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Will Superman Ever Get Off The Shelf?

post #1 of 21
6/17/04 at 4:33pm
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From IMDB:

Will 'Superman' Fly Off the Shelves?


Superman, who appears to have been struggling with kryptonite since he last appeared on the screen 17 years ago, may finally make his return next year in a film to be produced for Warner Bros. by Neal Moritz (The Fast and the Furious) and Gilbert Adler (Starsky and Hutch), Daily Variety reported today (Thursday). The trade publication observed that although it was likely that Charlie's Angels director McG (Joseph McGinty Nichol) will direct, he has not yet been signed. (Nor, for that matter, has the film been officially greenlighted.) Variety said that the studio has decided to find a relative unknown to play the Man of Steel and that McG screen tested six actors last week for the role.
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post #2 of 21
6/17/04 at 4:38pm
It would be really weird if this same story had been on the main page for a couple of hours.
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post #3 of 21
6/17/04 at 4:40pm
(wait for it)

THERE'S A MAIN PAGE?!?
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post #4 of 21
6/17/04 at 4:41pm
Maybe Superman flew around the world really fast a bunch of times so this guy could post it on the boards first.
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post #5 of 21
6/17/04 at 5:21pm
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Sorry, my mistake!
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post #6 of 21
6/17/04 at 5:44pm
Jason Behr? He looks like a Supes but he's sort of wooden.
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post #7 of 21
6/17/04 at 5:57pm
Is he the kid with the biggest ears?
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post #8 of 21
6/17/04 at 5:59pm
I hope it never makes it to theatres.
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post #9 of 21
6/17/04 at 6:01pm
If Behr does this...they need to get Shiri Appleby as Lois Lane.
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post #10 of 21
6/17/04 at 6:18pm
Yeah, Dumbo ears.

Appleby can't be much of an actress if she was a bit player in a Greenlight movie.

Still, she's a fab piece of ass.
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post #11 of 21
6/17/04 at 6:23pm
You should see her as the chorus line dancin' whore playtoy of Armin Mueller-Stahl in The Thirteenth Floor.

All kinds of Wicked Awesome...
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post #12 of 21
6/17/04 at 6:26pm
I saw that shit. She's got, what, two lines?
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post #13 of 21
6/17/04 at 6:33pm
Quote:
Originally posted by Kirby Drummond

Appleby can't be much of an actress if she was a bit player in a Greenlight movie.
So I should just abandon hope for Aidan Quinn as the Irish Man of Irish Steel?
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post #14 of 21
6/17/04 at 6:34pm
Yes. But there two good lines. And she's jiggling.
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post #15 of 21
6/17/04 at 6:37pm
As for Shaker Heights...in Appleyby's defense maybe she saw Bill Sadler's name, thought it was Roswell, and showed up.

She seemed surprised when they interviewed her during Greenlight...
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post #16 of 21
6/17/04 at 8:32pm
i'm still pissed that McG is gonna be helming this.
i'm sure that McG's Superman film will be a bullet time extravaganza, supes will probably know kung fu.

Note to Warner Execs: IF Superman uses Kung-fu in the flick i'm going to spew. Superman is SUPERMAN. He doesnt need to know kung-fu.

we'll get a "awesome" soundtrack comprised of top-40 radio pop hits.

i could go on..but i'm getting angry.
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post #17 of 21
6/17/04 at 9:07pm
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Originally posted by mole
supes will probably know kung fu.
What, you've never heard of Torquasm-Rao?
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post #18 of 21
6/17/04 at 10:08pm
It's cool that Peters is off, but I'm not entirely sure Adler and Moritz are much better. And I know McG isn't.

if WB is so receptive to fan reaction and fan criticism, as they seem to want to appear to be, how are they completely missing the total trainwreck atmosphere that's always surrounded this movie?
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post #19 of 21
6/18/04 at 1:12am
A lot of shit has changed. Personally, I wouldn't bank on McG yet. The fact that Peters is losing ground, Abrams is out of the re-writes, and McG has twice now confirmed that he's not signed to direct, are good signs. If WB wanted him to sell that he was the director, as they did with Ratner, then he wouldn't be saying otherwise. Someone told him to quit being coy about it in interviews.

Also, with Horn choosing who plays Supes, plus new producers he brought in, confirms a lot of from a few months ago. Supposedly they would like something locked in for San Diego Con to announce. Mark Millar is still claiming some good people are going to be involved with the project, (which, depending on what you think of him, can be taken either way).
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post #20 of 21
6/18/04 at 6:07am
It would've been off the ground if AICN didn't leak that script.
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post #21 of 21
6/18/04 at 6:47am
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Originally posted by ProjectQ
It would've been off the ground if AICN didn't leak that script.
thank god they did leak it..

damn, u'd think that a Superman film wouldnt BE hard to f*ck up..but what do i know, i'm not one of those bigshot executive types
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