Before Bryan singer directed Superman Returns, Tim Burton was involved in a project called Superman Lives. He wanted Nicolas Cage to play Clark Kent. Kevin Smith was hired as the writer for one revised script. He was eventually let go after he didn't agree with the producer's demand for a giant spider as the main villain.
Tim Burton and Nicolas Cage's Superman Lives was a film that never made it out of production, but it could find new life as an animated movie.
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Batman vs. Two-Face co-writer Michael Jelenic says at one point he pitched an animated adaptation of the Tim-Burton-directed Superman Lives.
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Kevin Smith is a well-known comics enthusiast and writer, but one of his most talked about projects never actually made it to the big screen.
So glad that they didn't ever get the chance to use the suit. It's just awful looking. I couldn't imagine the actor being able to fight or move around very well in it. I agree with the idea of changing the suit up, but this is bad. I'm very happy this movie never made it.
Nicholas Cage as "Superman"!!???
Thank God, this does not exist.
i'm all for not always slavishly following the source material, but that is just not superman.
i'm a big fan of burton's work, but if this is where he wanted to take superman, well then i'm glad he never ended up getting the job.
i watched the video where smith talks about nearly getting the superman writing gig, no flying, no cape and none of the other stuff that makes superman, superman, that producer was nuts, and the giant spider?
what made me laugh was asmith describes watching another film from the same producer, wild wild west, and guess what turned up.
I'm sorry that's just brutal and I can't say that I agree with Dark on "changing the suit". By doing so, you take away one of the most important things that is Superman. His suit is iconic and should never be changed. Blue, Red and Yellow with the S on the front and the cape otherwise it's not Supes.
I'm not the biggest Tim Burton fan myself but he has done some good things in the past and I like creative takes on subject matter but leave the icons alone.
Good thing this was not used, I mean com'on, nobody would even notice him in the room. Now the classic outfit, that just screams at you with "Hey, look at me".