Costume Designs from Tim Burton's Unmade 'Superman Lives' Film

By: Andy Khouri
From: http://www.comicsalliance.com/

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At the moment there's a Superman movie in development with a story by a noted screenwriter and a visionary director signed on to direct. It's easy to forget that when it comes to the Man of Steel on film, the same state of affairs has existed for the better part of 20 years. As detailed in the book Superman Vs. Hollywood, a number of filmmakers and performers were attached to various aborted Superman films before we finally saw Bryan Singer and Brand Routh's Superman Returns in 2006, but none more closer to the finish line than Superman Lives by Tim Burton and Nicolas Cage, on which $50 million was spent before Warner Bros. terminated the project. If the photos after the jump prove anything, it's that Superman dodged a pretty big kryptonite bullet.

Released for the first time last week was a collection of pre-production photos from Superman Lives, specifically spotlighting the radical and achingly 1990s-specific redesign of Superman's costume commissioned by the famously idiosyncratic Burton. Taken from the Facebook page of Visual Effects artist Steve Johnson, the photos are fascinating and frightening glimpses into what might have become of America's greatest hero (especially disturbing are those shots of the Nicolas Cage mannequin). Indeed, that Burton never called "action!" on even one take of Superman Lives is something for which both comic book fans and general audiences should thank Rao and all other available gods, demons and supernatural beings.

Interestingly, before the Superman project fell to Burton, Clerks and Mallrats writer/director Kevin Smith was hired to write a Superman screenplay under the auspices of producer Jon Peters, a polarizing figure in Hollywood who, it is suggested in the book Hit and Run: How Jon Peters and Peter Guber Took Sony for a Ride in Hollywood, may have been making movies while not knowing how to read. Burton chose not to use Smith's script, freeing the screenwriter to later deliver what is an absolutely unforgettable tale of Hollywood horribleness as seen through the prism of a dubious Superman movie. You can listen to Smith's story in the YouTube clip below.

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from: http://gammasquad.uproxx.com/

Get ready to cringe, folks. When the Burgers got married, some surprise guests showed up to reenact a scene from Superman II. Only a few members of the wedding party and the groom were in on it:

From the anonymous woman who sent me the video:
“This is the wedding reception of my husband’s best friend. My husband is Lex Luthor. The bride had no idea this was going to happen.” [GreatWhiteSnark]

I give it about 3 more years till every argument ends with, “Well at least I didn’t turn our special day into a Richard Donner cosplay convention, superdork.” And then he’ll say, “You said you like surprises!” And then she’ll say, “But I meant surprise me by bringing home Bill from the office for a threesome.”

First Look At Bizarro Superman

By Kellvin Chavez

El Mayimbe here...

Spec season is alive and well once again in Hollywood and that's good.

Once in while here at the site, we look a certain specs which we think either have merit or of interest to fanboys.

Enter Bizarro Superman.

Robert Gordon, the writer of such movies like Men In Black 2 & Galaxy Quest decided to create Bizarro world on spec for shiz & giggles.

At press time, I'm unaware if a studio purchased the script, but development executives in Hollywood are certainly getting a kick out of it and I'm sure our readers would too.

Reader Dr. Strangefist took a look at the spec script for us in our current First Look Episode. Edgar "El Toro" once again provides the narration and Stuart Benedict performed the editing chores and is Exec produced by Kellvin.