James McTeigue Confirms "Superman" Involvement
James McTeigue Confirms "Superman" Involvement
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FirstShowing caught up with director James McTeigue (V for Vendetta, Ninja Assassin) to ask him a few questions about the new Superman movie, which he has been rumored to helm and the Wachowskis (The Matrix) to produce.
He first revealed that his involvement is not a rumor. "Maybe [there's] some truth to [it]," he said. "I've had some discussions, the Wachowskis to a lesser degree, but the Superman franchise is in a strange kind of place at the moment. I think they're still trying to work out the mechanics of how that can come together."
Warner Bros recently lost rights to Superman's origins and two weeks ago, DC Entertainment head revealed that there are currently no plans to develop another installment. But that hasn't stopped McTeigue from talking about his plans for the reboot.
"I think I would be interested in doing it if they let me do it the way I wanted to do it," he started. "I would say that, if you take the Richard Donner Supermans and the last Superman [from Bryan Singer], I think that Superman is probably ripe for a bit of a change up."
McTeigue continued: "I'm not saying you do the ubiquitous dark Superman, I'm just saying that I think there are some things that you could excise from the Superman mythology, if you took the world that he was in and changed that a bit, and maybe even project that into the future a bit."
"I think you don't really have to play into the origin story anymore. I think there's a whole bunch of things you could do to make that film more alive and exciting again."
He first revealed that his involvement is not a rumor. "Maybe [there's] some truth to [it]," he said. "I've had some discussions, the Wachowskis to a lesser degree, but the Superman franchise is in a strange kind of place at the moment. I think they're still trying to work out the mechanics of how that can come together."
Warner Bros recently lost rights to Superman's origins and two weeks ago, DC Entertainment head revealed that there are currently no plans to develop another installment. But that hasn't stopped McTeigue from talking about his plans for the reboot.
"I think I would be interested in doing it if they let me do it the way I wanted to do it," he started. "I would say that, if you take the Richard Donner Supermans and the last Superman [from Bryan Singer], I think that Superman is probably ripe for a bit of a change up."
McTeigue continued: "I'm not saying you do the ubiquitous dark Superman, I'm just saying that I think there are some things that you could excise from the Superman mythology, if you took the world that he was in and changed that a bit, and maybe even project that into the future a bit."
"I think you don't really have to play into the origin story anymore. I think there's a whole bunch of things you could do to make that film more alive and exciting again."
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