It looks like Bryan Singer may be losing his second shot at the Man Of Steel. Today we get news that Louis Leterrier may have been offered the job! We get the folowing scoop from our friends at cinematical:
There was an interview with Incredible Hulk director Louis Leterrier over at AlloCiné (via AICN) in which someone threw out a number of different sequels (Spider-Man, Superman, Indiana Jones), and (I think) asked if he’d be interested in directing any of them. Now, according to someone who wrote in to AICN, Leterrier stopped at Superman and said something like … “maybe they have already asked me.” We here at Cinematical have watched the video in question (you can too over here), and he definitely does look at the camera, smile and say something regarding the Superman sequel. I don’t speak French, though, but it appears as if that’s the correct translation.
Just last week Mark Miller was calling dibs on the next Superman picture, and now we learn that Louis Leterrier may have been scouted by DC? The waters in which Bryan Singer swims, are infested with sharks! I think all of this news circling about, and the lack of a f timeframe spells bad news for Mr. Singer. I could be wrong, we may get an announcement next week that he is back in the saddle…..but I feel winds of change about my breast.
I wouldn’t mind if they switched up directors, but I think it’s a shame that Brandon Routh and Kevin Spacey may get tossed as part of the reboot. I enjoyed both of their performances and would love for them to stay on board, but if the continuity is going to stay true – we will also have to account for Superman’s kid and Lois Lanes new boy toy Cyclops. Sadly I think it would be easier for them to just restart the franchise ala Hulk. Man that kid was a stupid fucking idea.
International friends, I would like to know your reaction to this news. Would you be disappointed if Singer got the axe? If he does, who would you like to see take the reigns of the man in tights?
I dug Incredible Hulk . A lot. Letterier fits the bill as far as the “Action Director” Millar hinted at. Though in fairness, Singer is the better allround director & his action chops are nothing to sneer at. I reference the Wolverine/Mystique & Wolverine/Sabertooth fights from X1 & ALL the bangin’ fight scenes from X2. Give the dude one more chance to “Go all Wrath Of Khan” on a Superman flick & then reboot.
First of all i think Mark Millar said they got an American Director on board so i think Louis Leterrier is not a possiblity here and i don’t like him to make a Superman anyway, sure he is a good action director and we had’t seen any real action in superman movies after 5 movies and he did a great job on hulk but the point is Superman needs Drama (not too much but a god needs a Drama) and there won’t Ed Norton there to help him
BTW I like Returns cause it is much more better than those stuff they back in 70s & 80s but I don’t LIKE Singer cause he don’t comicbooks he just makes movies and as a usual comicbook reader i am totaly pissed with X-men (this is not Cyclops man) and as a moviefan I have to say that the actions sucks
I was thinking about spielberg to do it or even I can handle a movie made by James Cameron but I don’t these guys could be involved
And in the end we must remember that Mark Millar lies most of the time (I realy like the guy and am a fan of his works but he lies)
Isn’t Leterrier connected to the remake of ‘Clash Of The Titans’?
In any case, I don’t see Singer stepping down from this. Not completely anyway.
If he were replaced? I still stand by what I said ages ago in related comments. Roland Emmerich….and I hated 10,0000 BC and I’ll still say…Roland Emmerich.
this was my idea! i liked spuer man returns, but i can get how some one doesn’t like it. it was like there was no voilence, no major fight like any other comic book movie to seal the deal off. i liked it, but they better top it.
I never understood why the background of the Superman movies became the norm. I hate the ideal of Krypton as a crystal planet. It makes no sense because Jor-El sent him to a planet that was suppose to be like Krypton, and Lex Luther is always played as a joke in the movies. Have the learned nothing from the comics. I was disappointed and in awe of “Superman Returns” but it’s one franchise that needs a reboot. Keep Routh though. He was the best part. Lose everyone else including Singer.
I love the Superman movies, even the bad ones. I know them all back to front and i’m with Rick on this.
I don’t care who makes it anymore, just friggin make it.
I totally agree with you Doug, I can’t believe how somebody thought the super bastard was a good idea, they all must have their eyes taken out for comitting such attrocity. At this point, and even though I liked some elements of superman returns, it still is an old fashioned outdated character, a reboot is necesary to make it more appealing.
Hi, since I’m French I can tell you what Leterrier said about Superman. He said to the guy who asked the question : “It’s funny that you ask me that because maybe I was offered to do it”. Which obviously confirms that the studio approached him.
By the way, I saw The Dark Knight today at a press screening in Paris. It is awesome! It’s very dark, very spectacular. All the actors are great. ALL. Of course, Heath Ledger does an outstanding performance (he deserves to be nominated to the Oscars) but it’s not a One man show. Nolan was intelligent enough not to sacrifice his movie on Ledger’s performance. Although the audience was 99% journalists (French critics! Horrific, no?), they applauded several times during the movie (which is quite rare at a press screening), they applauded at the end of the movie and one more time when the hommage to Heath Ledger appeared in the end credits. Personnally, The Dark Knight is one of the greatest super-hero movie of all time and certainly one of the best movies of the year so far.
I want SInger to direct it. He revived comic book movies single hand-idly with X-MEN.
I don’t care who directs it… If it is good then do it. I enjoyed and was disappointed at the same time with Superman Returns. I’d like to see them correct the mistakes. If Leterrier did do a reboot, I’d like to see him do what he did with the Hulk. He didn’t discredit the first movie I mean it even begins where the Ang Lee one left off… I know he said it was a reboot, but if you didn’t know that you could see it as a sequel just done much better. THis way if they did it with Superman they could still tell a new story, but maybe not discredit the whole superkid thing and lois’ new guy… Even if they used a new cast, they shouldn’t discount the old stories
I would have always liked to see Steven Spielberg direct a Superman film, as he is a quintessentially American director, perfect for a quintessentially American hero. But I doubt he would have any interest in comic book films these days, if indeed he ever did.
I love the fights in the Transporter film, so I was looking forward to what Letterier would do with the Hulk. I was feeling the film pretty strong, loved the TV show nods throughout and the whole man on the run thing. For me the highlight was the college campus fight, since it took place during daylight and involved both human opponents and civilians. The big fight at the end fizzled for me though. I like a good fight scene, but there’s just something a little boring about seeing one digital creation fight another digital creation, without any real live-action involvement or suspense. Since the end result of the fight is a foregone conclusion, i.e. we know the hero wins, it’s like watching someone play a videogame with a cheat code that makes it impossible for them to die.
I think a lot of this “third act pixel boxing” in comic book films comes from people considering superhero films their own genre — they shouldn’t be. At the end of the day, these are action films, and action movies have traditionally done an excellent job of showing how the bad guy / good guy showdown effects the real world — look at the Die Hard films, the Lethal Weapons, etc., even the two Bad Boys films. If some car chase ends with a vehicle smashing into a building, we’re shown the owners and customers inside running and reacting — sometimes even getting a line off in disgust. That type of stuff helps put me in the scene, and seeing a real location destroyed, with real actors and extras running for their lives is more convincing to me than seeing finely rendered digital bricks get smashed.
But comic book film climaxes these days seem to exist in digital isolation.
All it would take for me was one scene where the Hulk saves some actual bystanders on the street, not the kidnapped love interest, and they share a moment together before the “two-guys wailing on each other” CG thing continues. In the end, this hangup of mine may be unfair to Hulk — the climactic showdown was greatly spoiled by the trailers for months now, so the visual impact was lessened. Who knows how I would think if I hadn’t known the Hulk drops out of a helicopter at night into a city and runs right at the Abomination for a streetfight.
So, all that said, Letterier did an okay job working with a superhero character again. I wouldn’t mind seeing him on Supes. I’d certainly prefer it to the antiseptic, boring and overly familiar version of Superman that Singer piggybacked to the screen. But Hulk wasn’t exactly a mega hit. Shouldn’t the suits at WB be looking at directors with a more successful track record?