SUPERMAN: FLYBY Concept Art Reveals A Massive Fight Between The Man Of Steel And A Kryptonian Battle Mech

SUPERMAN: FLYBY Concept Art Reveals A Massive Fight Between The Man Of Steel And A Kryptonian Battle Mech

New Superman: Flyby concept art has been revealed featuring the Man of Steel taking on a massive Kryptonian battle mech powered by Kryptonite. It looks like an epic sequence, and you can check it out here!

By JoshWilding - Feb 18, 2022 07:02 AM EST
Filed Under: Superman

Written by J.J. Abrams, Superman: Flyby was set to deliver a fresh take on the Man of Steel's origin story. Krypton was going to factor heavily into proceedings, with Lex Luthor written as a government agent who had become obsessed with UFOs and Lois Lane intent on exposing him to the public.

According to various leaks, Superman was set to square off with a group of villainous Kryptonians, ultimately dying and being sent to Kryptonian heaven to meet his father, Jor-El, before being resurrected. As you might expect, Kal-El was going to win the day, while a cliffhanger ending would have seen him return to his home planet. 

Superman: Flyby eventually morphed into Superman Returns, and the character was rebooted years later by Zack Snyder in Man of Steel

Marvel Studios concept artist Phil Saunders has now shared his early work from the scrapped movie showing Supermanfacing off against a giant Kryptonian battle mech. "This is one of my first movie [key frames], done for [Superman: Flyby] back in 2003," he noted. "The Rouser was [Kal-El's] evil cousin Ty-Zor’s [Kryptonian] [Battle Mech], armed with [Kryptonite] plasma weapons."

"[It] was a crazy idea but super fun to design," Saunders concludes. 

It's always difficult not to wonder what might have been with a movie like Superman: Flyby, but it doesn't sound like too much of a loss. This sequence would have been epic to watch play out, but with 2003 visual effects, we're not sure the reboot could have done Saunders' impressive work justice. 
 

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Origame
Origame - 2/18/2022, 7:11 AM
Yeah, these have been available for a really long time.
WruceBayne
WruceBayne - 2/18/2022, 8:03 AM
@Origame - I’ve never seen this. I thought Luther was supposed to be the Kryptonian villain in this.
Origame
Origame - 2/18/2022, 8:35 AM
@WruceBayne - I don't think he was actually revealed as a kryptonian until the end, but flyby was meant as a superman vs kryptonian prince story, and this mech was to appear near the end.
WruceBayne
WruceBayne - 2/18/2022, 8:42 AM
@Origame - ok, I had to make sure we were talking about the same thing
Origame
Origame - 2/18/2022, 9:38 AM
@WruceBayne - oh yeah. Not mixing that up with superman lives or anything.
PartyKiller
PartyKiller - 2/18/2022, 7:12 AM
Since JJ Abrams can't make good movies, we know it would've been terrible.
SimplyAz
SimplyAz - 2/18/2022, 7:21 AM
Wonder where DC would be if this had happened instead of Returns?
Think Flyby was meant to be more action packed as well

Lokiwasright
Lokiwasright - 2/18/2022, 7:50 AM
I think I speak for everyone that we want a Superman movie not articles about things that are irrelevant to an upcoming superman movie.
DarkDetective
DarkDetective - 2/18/2022, 11:26 AM
@Lokiwasright - oh wonder who this account belongs to...
Superspecialawesomeguy
Superspecialawesomeguy - 2/18/2022, 8:01 AM
You know despite the story being pretty out there (and that's putting it mildly), I still find myself intrigued by how this movie could've turned out (at the very least as a wacky Elseworlds story lol). Plus there's a chance that we could've seen Brendan Fraser as Superman...which would've made the movie automatically awesome lmao.



SimplyAz
SimplyAz - 2/18/2022, 8:22 AM
@Superspecialawesomeguy -

I was always excited to hear his name linked to the role, think he'd have nailed Superman/Clark as the guy who's just there to trying to be a good and hopeful.

ElricReturns
ElricReturns - 2/18/2022, 8:46 AM
@SimplyAz - I could always see him as Clark, but the second I imagine him in the Superman suit with the spitcurl it all falls apart.
SimplyAz
SimplyAz - 2/18/2022, 9:22 AM
@ElricReturns -

I definitely think he'd have had fun with the role.
Also he's a good guy so would have been great to see
CaptainFlapjaks
CaptainFlapjaks - 2/18/2022, 2:26 PM
@ElricReturns - he does have a "tom welling-ness" about him. And seeing him in scrubs, definitely has the ability to balance comedy and drama which i feel is needed for clark. The relatability he has
WruceBayne
WruceBayne - 2/18/2022, 8:07 AM
Bruce Willis for Lex Luther… can anybody else see it?
Dredd97
Dredd97 - 2/18/2022, 8:15 AM
@WruceBayne - never
WruceBayne
WruceBayne - 2/18/2022, 8:22 AM
@Dredd97 - lol lol 😂🤣
dragon316
dragon316 - 2/18/2022, 8:29 AM
I see mech all I see looks close to gundam big zam
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