Mark Millar Back on Superman?

Mark Millar Back on Superman?

We have heard of Millar's attachment to a live-action Superman movie before, but we thought that thing had gone sour. So, what's Millar talking about now...?

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By ACCESS - Oct 27, 2009 04:10 PM EST
Filed Under: Superman
Source: Mania

Here are Millar's statements from Mania:


Superman Red Son, that is. They just gave me a brand new hardback of the issues collected a few years back with lotsa extras, includign the secret Alex Ross stuff nobody's seen.

But this looks AMAZING! I didn't even know it was out. Have I got some kind of advance copy? Dc pretty good like that.

PS WB been talking to me about Superman again too, btw. Heh heh heh. More later...

There's a lot of good stuff in this hardcover. It not only looks beautiful (DC has great designers), but there's stuff you don't know about like the Alex Ross costume designs and so on. Some stuff even I hadn't seen myself. It's worth checking out and should give you a littl taste of what I have planned for a very secret and special project...



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Hmmm interesting?
I don't think Red Son would be the next live movie adaptation of Superman but it will fit perfectly in DC's animated movies.

So, is that what WB and Millar is talks about an upcoming animated movie? Or are they starting to look at that Millar proposed trilogy with Matthew Vaughn.

As for me, I just want to see Superman fly again on the big screen.
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LEEE777
LEEE777 - 10/27/2009, 4:43 PM
Its MILLER TIME!!!

DOOMSDAY IS COMING!!!





; )
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 10/27/2009, 5:07 PM
EPIC & SUPERMAN!

Yep thats all we need @ ACCESS!!
fightingfoo93
fightingfoo93 - 10/27/2009, 5:07 PM
Man I just want to see superman on the big screen. Hope it gets made before the end of the world.
ecksmanfan
ecksmanfan - 10/27/2009, 5:14 PM
Miller would do an amazing job with this franchise. i say let it roll!
bleedthefreak
bleedthefreak - 10/27/2009, 5:28 PM
will someone just give him this job already i want an epic superman movie and i want it now... or within the next few years
BillyBlack
BillyBlack - 10/27/2009, 5:31 PM
Nice. If they do decide to get another Superman project going, this is totally the guy who should be doing it.
supermarioworldE
supermarioworldE - 10/27/2009, 5:34 PM
WB isn't as focused on superman as they should be. You'd think that they'd give a little more time and respect to the superhero that put them on the fantasy map back in 78
jimthefan
jimthefan - 10/27/2009, 5:34 PM
poor supes hes got more rumors and news then any1 else but yet nothing ever significant
InTylerWeTrust
InTylerWeTrust - 10/27/2009, 5:34 PM
I would be happy if he was a consultant on the reboot and helped with the overall storylines.

Though I would save the actual writer's job for an actual, well, screen-writer.
GUNSMITH
GUNSMITH - 10/27/2009, 5:36 PM
CAN SOMEONE PLEASE JUST MAKE THIS DAMN MOVIE BEFORE THE MAYAN CALANDER ENDS AND WE ALL GO THE CRAP?
SciFiNut
SciFiNut - 10/27/2009, 5:42 PM
Yeah - considering RETURNS was part of at least half of the old series, it wasnt a reboot - so I'd be fine with Miller taking over and rebooting. I think he'd breathe a new life into the character, something Supes desperately needs. The first new MOS movie we got in decades was made to mimic the old - audiences have changed, and so should Superman. Bring it, Miller!
GUNSMITH
GUNSMITH - 10/27/2009, 5:46 PM
BATMAN WAS REINVENTED, AND IT WAS A SUCCESS...SUPERMAN WAS COPIED BY SINGER,TOO NOSTALGIC...WELL LOOK WHAT HAPPENED.
InTylerWeTrust
InTylerWeTrust - 10/27/2009, 5:50 PM
I agree. We need a re-invigoration of the Superman franchise. Get cracking Mr. Miller ;)
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 10/27/2009, 6:09 PM




DOOMSDAY!!!
thwhtGuardian
thwhtGuardian - 10/27/2009, 6:17 PM
I don't know if I'd want to see a doomsday movie, atleast not right off the bat. I think I'd like to see a faux kryptonian army, like in Birth Right.
JoshWilding
JoshWilding - 10/27/2009, 6:17 PM
Mark Millar is probably my favourite comic book writer ever...as good a news as this is, I'd rather he stick with Marvel so we can keep getting stuff like Civil War and Old Man Logan!!!
InTylerWeTrust
InTylerWeTrust - 10/27/2009, 6:19 PM
I KNOW I don't want a Doomsday movie.

Doomsday sucks balls. Here are the reasons why:

1. He's one note. All he does is kill people. Nothing else. Wow! That's so......boring.

2. Absolutely 0 depth. This sort of goes hand in hand with #1, but it's a bit different. Doomsday is not interesting at all. He has no complexity and is as predictable as the weather.

3. It's too early for him. The next movie will be a reboot (most likely), does it really make sense to start a new continuity with the title character dying in the first 45 minutes?

4. Supes' death won't have the impact it should have. If you kill Superman off so quickly, the audience won't have had enough time to bond with the character, and thus, his death won't have as much emotion/influence that it would if the story was saved for a sequel.

5. Supes just "died" in the last one, Returns. He "died" then comes back to life. In the Death of Superman arc, isn't the main gist of it "he dies, then comes back to life?"

6. He is a blatant rip off of the Hulk. Hulk gets stronger the more you anger him/fight him. Doomsday gets stronger every time you hurt/"kill" him. Both are huge strong monsters, and what I just mentioned before.

Moving on, here is my plan for the Supes/Justice League franchise, this would be in chronological order:

Reboot- Brainiac as main villain, Parasite or Metallo as small (Scarecrow in TDK type role) villain, Lex Luthor as supporting character (come on, he's an essential part of the DC universe as a whole). Set up for Darkseid invasion at the end.

Justice League- Darkseid invasion as main plot. End with set up for Doomsday's arrival on Earth.

Reboot Sequel- Death of Superman storyline. They can bring in other established JL characters this way, and make Supes' death the big A-bomb on the DC universe it should be.

I know that an attack from Lee that bashes this comment and sh*ts over Brainiac is coming, but I stand strongly by my reasons. Doomsday SUCKS.
Kryptonite27
Kryptonite27 - 10/27/2009, 6:23 PM
doomsday would not be good in a live action movie
and they ruined the character on smallville
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 10/27/2009, 6:41 PM
SMALLVILE sucked DOOMIE off!!!

He's meant for the BIG CGI Screen!!!

EPIC!!! $$$$$$

Brainaic sux TYLERS ballz! : D

'I know that an attack from Lee that bashes this comment and sh*ts over Brainiac is coming,' Lmao!




DOOMSDAY IS COMING!!!


Denn1s
Denn1s - 10/27/2009, 6:41 PM
GUNSMITH @ LOL man. before 2012... bring routh back for [frick]'s sake... and NO origin ... have the origin explained like it was in returns..
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 10/27/2009, 6:44 PM
DENN1S @ Good call! ; )
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 10/27/2009, 6:46 PM
Ok, I liked Returns as i have stated many times! So, I really want Routh back..but whatever! Just make a damn movie. I really want that rumored Supes cameo in Lantern to happen and then his own movie. Doomsday..I have to agree with Tyler. No doubt having that Death Of Superman story would be a gig special effects, action extravaganza..but thats pretty much all it would be. Better to get a villain like Brainiac any day..mind and muscle. Get some dialog going between them. What the hell is Supes and Doomy gonna talk about?
ProfOJ
ProfOJ - 10/27/2009, 6:49 PM
you silly mortals!that last super piece of crap was one of the first sighns of myan doomsday!
InTylerWeTrust
InTylerWeTrust - 10/27/2009, 6:49 PM
Denn1s: Personally, I think I have a great idea to not only recap the origin (to satisfy those who aren't up to speed), but do it quickly and move it out of the way so we can get onto the real meat of the story!

I picture this, start off with the credits in space, an homage to the classic Donner films, and then we are brought down to earth, in the middle of Smallville, as the viewer is treated to a double montage of sorts. In the back ground, you see the life of Clark play out from when he reaches Smallville in the ship up until he walks into the Daily Planet offices. In the front of the screen, a montage of newspaper articles (perhaps published by the Daily Planet...) detailing significant events in Clark's growth into the hero. For example, one could have the headline "Sudden Meteor Showers in Smallville!" while another could be "Crashing Passengers Miraculously Saved!", etc, etc.

Think of the montage of costume drawings in Spider-Man 1.
ProfOJ
ProfOJ - 10/27/2009, 6:52 PM
routh was good thow,it just should have had writers that gave a fig!!spacey was even good!it was like watching a cool looped screen saver,not a movie, as for the kid!? do we need too get into the physics!!! lol
JoshWilding
JoshWilding - 10/27/2009, 6:56 PM
Doomsday is not a good choice of villain unless you want a 2hr CGI fight scene! Id rather see a Superman villain with brains as well as brawn!
InTylerWeTrust
InTylerWeTrust - 10/27/2009, 6:58 PM
You might as well just get Michael Baysplosions to do a Doomsday movie... ;)
bobofet
bobofet - 10/27/2009, 7:41 PM
kill superman's kid!! they will use abomination's character for doomsday and would add more bones lol
superdog
superdog - 10/27/2009, 7:42 PM
Tyler@ And a farting doomsday, plus ma Kent smoking dope and humping Jimmy olsens leg. Lee77 would live it :)
InTylerWeTrust
InTylerWeTrust - 10/27/2009, 7:46 PM
superdog: LMAO! And then Doomsday would pee on Jimmy while he's holding a camera ;)
hewilldefytheirgravity
hewilldefytheirgravity - 10/27/2009, 8:18 PM
The best thing to do is bring in Darkseid. That whole dynamic would make for an epic movie. His hatred for the Kryptonian goes past Lex Luthor's. But hey I'm just a fan and our opinions rarely count when it comes to Superman.
Ship
Ship - 10/27/2009, 8:38 PM
Tyler u got the idea, but i don't think brainiac as the nemesis of any superman movie he is so conected to lex luthor that this fact can make the people upset, supes got many enemies so just pic one (not luthor again please). i guess when we think of superman all of us agreed that luthor is totally unnecesary. warner burn luthor cinematic ass, he needs a refresh, also superman need one.
ASSASSIN666
ASSASSIN666 - 10/27/2009, 9:03 PM
Give Routh the cape and give us an epic movie already. It's f**king embarrassing that we have all these green lit superhero movies coming, and the one icon of all of them is missing.
InTylerWeTrust
InTylerWeTrust - 10/27/2009, 9:19 PM
Ship: I'm not sure I totally understand your comment.

Though I think (keep that in mind, I'm just assuming right now) what you mean is that audiences might not accept another villain for Supes, after Lex is so important to the character.

I disagree. Batman Begins got great reviews and audience response, but the Joker, the most iconic Bat-villain, was not there. I highly doubt that Lex not being in the movie would make people upset. I don't think they'd even care at all.

With that said, I actually want Lex to be in the next movie, just not as the main villain of course. I want him to be in the background, maybe being shown as slowly descending into the true madman we know and love from the comics, but he still has a heroic public appearance, much like in the animated DC universe.
thegreek
thegreek - 10/27/2009, 9:24 PM
I just don't want a Trilogy ... With the stupid Red Sun crap ... Because superman wouldn't be able to leave and find another yellow sun .. .. BS.... NO DOOMSDAY until the middle of Superman story... Sorry LEE .... :-)

@ Tyler - You make quite a few valid points as usual... :-)
NERO
NERO - 10/27/2009, 10:22 PM
I think Doomsday has his time and his place. Tyler is 100% right that it's silly to kill Supes off
in the first movie out of the gate in a new franchise. There would be no connection with the character before his death.

Another thing I've hammered out there for a while now is that people forget two things about the death of Superman story.

One: The death held little weight, because you knew he would be back. The real emotion in the story
came after his death because DC did a great job showing how his loss effected all the other heroes,
that's where it got really good.

Supes death would better served as part of a post Justice League movie. In fact kill Supes in the third
or fourth outing of his new franchise. Pick up the aftermath in the next JL flick and show the reign of
Supermen.

Two: Remember the fall of Supes and the Fall of Hal Jordan are linked. Make three Supes and GLs with
the casts that get set up for the new franchises with Ryan Reynolds and whoever they get to play Supes.
Make Justice League one and two in between, JL3 will focus on the Superman aftermath and the reign of
the Supermen. The Climax of JL3 will end with Supes return and the breaking of Hal with the destruction
of Coast City. Pickup in the next GL with the turning of Hal to Parallax and intro the new Green Lantern.

Will all this take a long time... oh yeah. But the payoff will be better because by the time all this
happens, we will have known the characters for years and seen them grow... All the better to pull the
heart strings when we see them torn down and beaten. Use a spoon, it'll hurt more.

l0rdleg0las
l0rdleg0las - 10/28/2009, 12:15 AM
i hate Millar's supposed take on Superman.

all that needs to happen is up the action, get him a real foe that can take a kryptonian punch, make Lex a secondary character and not the main villian, keep Routh as Superman and dump everyone else.
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