JJ isn't writing or direction so I have no clue how you got to this point.
JJ isn't writing or direction so I have no clue how you got to this point.
Abrams himself wrote a Superman film way back when. I remember reading the script breakdown on Ain't It Cool News (boy, I haven't visited that site in a lifetime). The "highlight" was a superpowered kung fu showdown between Superman and Lex Luthor, who was also Kryptonian.
This was post-Matrix, if you couldn't tell.
This was post-Matrix, if you couldn't tell.
I think JJ. Word was he was looking to do Superman when Bad Robot signed that deal with WB
He's associated with safe and sterile, plus great opening acts that collapse once a film hits the 45 minute mark. The fear is we get a generic and forgettable but passably good movie that starts great and then evaporates once the story really gets rolling.
Although I agree that this is likely to star a new Superman, I wouldn't be entirely surprised to see Cavill appear in some capacity due to some multiverse-related reason. Even if that only amounts to little more than a cameo.
Yeah, Cavill is a great actor for Superman, but hes attached to the Snyderverse so its best to get another actor.
JJ producing will probably be fine. Bad Robot does production on the Mission Impossible movies and shows like Westworld and Lovecraft Country which are all perfectly fine media.
If he ends up directing I give it a 50/50. I hope Cavill is back.
If he ends up directing I give it a 50/50. I hope Cavill is back.
Someone call John Mctiernan. Mother fucker directed predator, die hard and hunt for red October. He's not busyyyyy
Yes, amazing culture writing doesn't always transfer to comics very well. His dialogue is fucking shit
I think It's the opposite of good. He somehow managed to make BP in space boring.
More confident in his writing than Abrams' directing at this point.
Production sorry. Seeing Abrams name just fucks me up in general at this point.
Fuck yeah, I'm in. I'm genuinely excited for the future of DC with the way these movies are beginning to stack up. It's beginning to look, as of right now on paper, like a really good future and I hope this Superman movie does a good job at actually giving us a likable Superman that's lighthearted. Things are beginning to actually (and hopefully) look good for the new DCEU:
- The Batman
- The Flash
- The Suicide Squad
- Shazam: Fury of the Gods
- Black Adam
- Wonder Woman 3
- Blue Beetle
- Static Shock
- Superman Reboot
He does have clout, even though his last movie was a nightmare. I wonder if he was having lunch with someone high up at WB, and they broached the topic, at which point JJ agreed to take another crack at it. As others have mentioned already, he does love bringing ruined franchises back to life.
I bet we'll even see a few subtle things from his aborted Superman script in the reboot. Filmmakers love salvaging ideas that never got traction, nevermind that he's not the writer, as producer he still has sway on what goes in a script. (much to my chagrin as screewriter myself)
I choose to believe that this scene getting big on Twitter sealed the deal
weird take, it's like you clocked that JJ Abrams was involved in LOST over a decade ago but missed all of the other straightforward franchise-type work he's done since then. if this was about damon lindelof, there might be something to it... but this is a strange stance to take on JJ.
I won't tolerate this slander against Big Brandon
Didn't Warner hire him to be their Kevin Feige for the DCEU? I may be misremembering things, but that's what I thought.
