Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures are bringing in a new Superman film that will be produced by critically acclaimed Christopher Nolan. And Nolan’s screenwriter for Batman Begins David Goyer is busy penning the script for the Superman movie. What else? Recent negotiations has locked in Zack Snyder in the director’s seat.
The screenplay supposedly has a Richard Donner connection — which might only be in its villain: General Zod — which I hope is the case. I enjoyed Richard Donner’s Superman films, but the influences should be more heavy towards the comic books.
Zack Snyder is a surprising but welcomed choice. He always has loyalty towards source material and wanting to do it justice. His past visual style with Dr. Manhattan in Watchmen had a sense of wonder, which would match well with Superman. And it’s Snyder. We can expect real fight scenes — something that was sorely missing from Superman Returns.
The collaboration between Christopher Nolan and Zack Snyder is really exciting. They have different styles, but together there’s a lot of potential. And they both know it.
“In the initial meetings, he’s been super amazingly smart and also amazingly kind, filmmaker-to-filmmaker. I have great respect for him. The process has been amazing so far, and it looks like nothing but pluses.”
-Zack Snyder about Nolan.
Warner Bros. intends to reboot the Superman franchise to lead the DC Comics adaptations much like Marvel’s own movie universe. So far on paper they’re off to a good start.
I am actually looking forward to seeing what Zack Snyder can do with the Superman franchise. I was not a fan of the more recent movie starring Brandon Routh. Hopefully they will have a better casting director this time around. I think Zack Snyder will give us an all-around better and more exciting Superman than we’ve seen so far.
It’ll definitely be a more exciting Superman. I was always a fan of Snyder’s work, and under Nolan’s wing he’ll be sure to learn a lot to apply to his craft. It’s a win/win situation.
And I am a fan of Nolan — but he needs to lay off the ever-climatic-therefore-never-climatic music (e.g. Inception).
Since Superman has traditionally always been the bright brawny American hero, I wonder if we’ll see more of a different side to Superman’s world or a different side to Snyder’s style. After Dawn of the Dead and the two graphic novel adaptations — and now seeing Snyder under Nolan — you wonder if Metropolis will be dark like Gotham and Superman conflicted like Batman. It’d be a shame to see that happen, since people like Nolan’s Batman so much and aren’t looking for a faulty duplicate.
But after seeing Snyder make a huge turn from his usuals in his Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole, I’m curious to see how the wonderment Tim identified will appear in the positive light inseparable from Superman. I may prefer DC’s Batman to Superman, but the Superman fans out there are still waiting for a great modern film.
Nolan and Snyder, do your work!
Myself and Adam have been talking a lot about this. We both feel the same way. We both feel that Superman should be more relatable to the human race. Unsure of himself. We both want to see conflict in the character. For example, how does Superman save 2 people at the same time on two different parts of the planet? He basically decides who gets to live and who gets to die. When he’s Clark Kent, does he not hear the sounds of the dying? Does he choose when to save people and when to not. Just a sample of some interesting things we might see in this one.
I think we can both agree that Snyder is the man. His dedication to the original works has always impressed us. Combine that with the mind of Chris Nolan and David Goyer’s writings. We might see something huge.