There’s a report out today that one of the future inevitable sequels to this summer’s Superman Returns could be the long-awaited, much-discussed confrontation between the Man of Steel and the Caped Crusader
?Superman Returns? director Bryan Singer may have his eye on a meal ticket once belonging ? in fact, he?s still pretty keen ? to Wolfgang Peterson. And after what he did with ?Superman Returns?, cinemagoers are likely to hand it to him.
Now that ?Superman Returns? has made quite a bit of cabbage, and everyone?s interested in knowing where Kal-El goes from here, Singer said he might like a shot at directing the long-gestating ?Batman Vs. Superman? project. I stress ?might?.
Initially, director Wolfgang Peterson had planned to make the film ? based on a script by ?Se7en? writer Andrew Kevin Walker ? but he eventually pulled out (because of numerous reasons, including the inability to find a fitting Superman and Batman) to make swords ?n? sandals epic, ?Troy?. This was long before Warner decided to greenlight ?Batman Begins? and ?Superman Returns?.
Today, Singer tells MTV that he?s considering the ?Batman Vs. Superman? film ? but not before The Man of Steel has a couple more singly adventures.
The plot itself seems like an interesting way to turn the two superheros into rivals:
In Andrew Kevin Walker?s script for ?Batman Vs. Superman?, Lex Luthor and The Joker are the villains. In the story, the crooks team up. Batman?s lover is killed. Channels of communication are mixed. Fingers are pointed. Bam! Suddenly Batman and Superman are duking it out.
Wolfgang Peterson said at the time that the “plot is structured in a way that these two very different sides basically of the same coin have to clash at some point because they handle situations totally differently. … For a large portion of the thing they are at each other’s throats. But then, of course, because they are both crime fighters, they join forces again and fight evil.”
Of course, given that both franchises seem to be doing pretty well on their own, they are unlikely to merge anytime in the near future.
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