The Movie Blog posted about Mark Millar writing the next Superman movie. Epic trilogy like Lord of the Rings? I'm definitely interested. I'm not familiar with Millar's work, but he's done a lot with comics and superheroes in the past. The comments at the Movie Blog are mostly favorable, so that's something.
A three-part Superman movie could work really well. I'd love to see Superman deal with one or two major villains throughout the movies. As I've said before, Lex Luthor shouldn't be the main adversary, but I wouldn't mind seeing him in a sub-plot.
The first movie shouldn't spend too much time on Superman's origins. Make it brief if it needs to be included at all, and them move on. The 1978 Superman film did the origin story really well. We saw Krypton explode and Clark's journey to Earth during the opening credits. Then we glimpsed Smallville and the Kents, but the bulk of the movie was about Superman in Metropolis.
I hope Millar stays away from time travel in the new movies. Spinning Earth backward to reverse time and save Lois was cool only the first time around, even though it's a ridiculous concept. Clark better not find a way to go back in time and see Krypton either and encounter his infant self (a la Smallville's season 7 finale). Oh, and please no amnesia kiss.
Check out the Movie Blog's post on Millar's involvement in the Superman movie(s) and you can see the full article at /Film.
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