Brainiac Concept Art from Tim Burton's Superman Lives

Brainiac Concept Art from Tim Burton's Superman Lives

I'm guessing Tim Burton enlisted a 3 year old to be his Concept Artist. Just Saying.

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By ArmouredAvenger - Nov 18, 2009 05:11 PM EST
Filed Under: Superman
Source: /FILM

Two Superman Lives pre-production paintings from Burton’s current Museum of Modern Art and, accompanying book. The Art of Tim Burton

Pictured is Brainiac. Tim Burton wanted Pierce Brosnan for the role.



The second is of uh...Living Kryptonite...?

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akthunder
akthunder - 11/18/2009, 6:04 PM
I really cannot imagine his Superman movie.
TNTjesus
TNTjesus - 11/18/2009, 6:10 PM
Singer really disappointed fans with Superman Returns...but Burton would have FUBARed Superman
Tobuttica
Tobuttica - 11/18/2009, 6:22 PM
Good call TNT. He's not the right person for Superman and thank goodness we only got a disappointment from Singer. I think Burton might have caused riots.
Duhdaduh
Duhdaduh - 11/18/2009, 6:39 PM
it would have been weird but not so bad
...what am i saying it would have sucked ass
Wadey09
Wadey09 - 11/18/2009, 6:40 PM
i think burton still used this concept for brosnan. watch Mars Attacks!!!! and you'll see what i mean.
thwhtGuardian
thwhtGuardian - 11/18/2009, 7:13 PM
yeah I see these sketches and it reminds me of the giant robo-spider showing up in wild wild west. It's like he was,"screw it I worked hard on these concepts! I'm gonna use them in another movie!"
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 11/19/2009, 10:07 AM
Ive posted the first one ages ago, the second looks like his 3 year old kid drew it lol! : D
darthstern
darthstern - 11/19/2009, 10:21 AM
at least it was not lex, again
Bijous
Bijous - 11/19/2009, 10:24 AM
So frickin' lame!
BloodredNemesis
BloodredNemesis - 11/19/2009, 10:27 AM
thank god he didnt get the green light to make this movie...surprised he didnt have johnny depp down for a role in this.....maybe he was going to be lex luther...errrrr
Roughhouse
Roughhouse - 11/19/2009, 10:42 AM
Tim needs to stick with the darker characters. I personally like the original Batman. Of course much better than tragedy of Batman 3 & 4. I would watch a Sandman or Spectre movie by Tim.
StephenStrange
StephenStrange - 11/19/2009, 10:49 AM
wierd
Stumblin
Stumblin - 11/19/2009, 10:54 AM
I honestly would have loved to see Burton's take on Superman, at least he's making it his own.
Ryden
Ryden - 11/19/2009, 11:06 AM
meh i still would have went to see it and at least he was actually planning on using a villain for supes to fight lol
superdog
superdog - 11/19/2009, 12:06 PM
it may have been good on acid.....but otherwise it would have sucked
Stumblin
Stumblin - 11/19/2009, 12:06 PM
People seem to forget Batman and Batman Returns, neither of which contained Johnny Depp, granted now he's been using him in every damn movie lately, however, that does not detour the fact that he is a good director, and with Kevin Smith's writing, it could have been an awesome movie.
DrFever
DrFever - 11/19/2009, 12:27 PM
Dear Baby Jesus,
Thank you for not allowing this movie to ever be made.
Amen!
darthstern
darthstern - 11/19/2009, 1:41 PM
at least it was not lex, again
superdog
superdog - 11/19/2009, 1:50 PM
i would have prefered lex to this psychodelic funk. and lex was actually going to be in the movie as well just not a main guy
contrast
contrast - 11/19/2009, 1:51 PM
honestly, if you read the script, Nick Cage makes perfect sense as Superman. And I am by no means the biggest supporter of Burton, but I am a fan of Stan Winston, and you should see how different the concept art for Edward Scissorhands was from what Stan made...the weird drawings weren't accurate descriptions of what he wanted, they were more like charactures. If these sentences aren't strung together coherently, that's probably because I'm not really awake yet...so, er, sorry if I ramble
vonstallin
vonstallin - 11/19/2009, 1:52 PM
Singer really disappointed fans with Superman Returns...but Burton would have FUBARed Superman
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TNTjesus - 11/18/2009, 6:10 PM



MANNNNN
I pissed a little bit laughing my ass off when i read your post, lol
eljayson
eljayson - 11/19/2009, 2:05 PM
I F**ing hate Brandon Routh. May he die for his faggot sins.
superman7
superman7 - 11/19/2009, 2:25 PM
To anyone who hasnt heard this already. Supeman Returns was actually supposed to be allot more like an amalgam between the movie and the game.

Lex teamed up with Metallo. He used the crystals for the Kryptonian Military tech too. The Kryptonite island was to give an infinite energy source to Metallo and keep superman away. And Lex made up the rumor that Krypton was still around to get superman away.

This is to SHH mostly but to anyone who wants to see Tom Welling as Superman:


Tom Welling as Superman
NCboyChris
NCboyChris - 11/19/2009, 2:58 PM
eljayson, that seems rather harsh and ignorant. I never did get the whole gay stigma about SUPERMAN RETURNS. Sure, Singer was on THE ADVOCATE with the headline, "How Gay Is SUPERMAN?" but it was a comparison of Clark hiding behind the glasses (as if in the closet) to what gay men go through. Singer may be gay, but he is a decent director and personally, I tought RETURNS was good, just too slow. There was only one real action scene, and yes, I was no fan of superkid and Lex once again being the villain, but the story was good.
DeadWebHead
DeadWebHead - 11/19/2009, 3:18 PM
This is what all his set design sketches look like... you should see his sketches of the bat mobile.

Honestly, I would've loved for this movie to have gotten made, I think it would've been interesting as hell.

You know what I think would've made this movie actually acceptable and far more interesting? Change the title to simply "ELSEWORLD"
Verdugo
Verdugo - 11/19/2009, 3:37 PM
Thank god this movie will never see the light of day!
HeyVanity
HeyVanity - 11/19/2009, 4:26 PM
Yeah... I'm just gonna go ahead and call bullshit.
thwhtGuardian
thwhtGuardian - 11/19/2009, 4:31 PM
on what?
GUNSMITH
GUNSMITH - 11/19/2009, 4:39 PM
BURTON'S BRAINIAC IS SO STUPID
Upupandaway
Upupandaway - 11/19/2009, 6:02 PM
This is what all Burton concept art looks like. This would have made for an interesting movie IMO. Good or Bad? I don't know.
JoshWilding
JoshWilding - 11/19/2009, 6:08 PM
Jeez, WTF is Tim burton taking when he comes up with stuff like this!?! :P
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 11/19/2009, 6:51 PM
@ deadwebhead

yeah, if it was an elseworlds movie it would have been fine...except it wasn't. this was going to be the new superman. thats just terrible.

@ contrast

how would nic cage make sense as clark?? he's a terrible actor, he's balding, and he's the furthest thing from tough looking as you could possibly get. sorry, i just think nic cage should be loaded onto a plane and flown into a volcano.
selinakyle
selinakyle - 11/19/2009, 8:38 PM
ACK ACK
Cali
Cali - 11/19/2009, 8:48 PM
There's a few things wrong with everyone's perspective on this vision. Other than nic cage as supes the producer behind the film was pushing a huge spider villain to fight (check out the interviews with Kevin Smith) so i'm sure it was a concept that worked in Braniac in some sort of cyborg spider form. The common concept pic of superman seen is also hinted at being a bizarro concept. So thus far instead of a bastad child, lex luthor, and kryptonie in Bri-man's version we have *gasps* actual super villains to fight supes! I think Burton might have had a better vision honestly
Ryguy88
Ryguy88 - 11/19/2009, 9:15 PM
Looks just like Pierce.
TheNameIsBetty
TheNameIsBetty - 11/19/2009, 9:49 PM
WTF

was that stuff even in the comics?
SirExcalibur
SirExcalibur - 11/19/2009, 10:00 PM
W.....T........F?.......anyways....Superman7 that picture is amazing I really love it!
TheBumblingIdiot
TheBumblingIdiot - 11/19/2009, 10:13 PM
loocks like my 3 year old sister got ahold of the crayons lol
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