From denofgeeks, The plan, following the Batman template, was fairly straightforward. Bring in an established director whose films have mixed commercial and critical acclaim. Give them the reigns to one of your potentially most lucrative superhero franchises. Sit back and watch the cash come in, and start planning the sequel fairly quickly.
It worked with Christopher Nolan and Batman Begins, which paved the way, of course, to last summer's The Dark Knight. And when Warner Bros unleashed 2006's Superman Returns into the world, under the stewardship of Bryan Singer - who by this time had two successful X-Men movies under his belt - the thinking was surely that 2009 would see some form of Superman 2.
Only, as you've probably worked out, it hasn't happened yet. That's in spite of Warner Bros' summer 2009 slate being so bare at one point that it needed to delay a Harry Potter movie by eight months to bulk it up.
So where exactly is the next Superman film? Nowhere in sight, appears to be the answer. For a while, it seemed that Bryan Singer would be re-attached, and while nobody has come out and said that he won't be doing another Superman movie, Warner Bros has clearly hardly been beating a path to his door to do it. The reason? The underwhelming word of mouth that the last film garnered. It actually did similar numbers to Batman Begins too at the US box office, and yet many were left wondering several things. Where's the action? Why are you being quite so reverential to the earlier films? What's this silly plot all about?
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It was the Christ-like fall from the sky that did the movie in for me. Well, that and the fact that the rest of the movie was totally gay and boring.
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