![]() His "Batman Returns" grossed less than the original in 1992, possibly because of how dark it was. after the studio had "several films fail right around it," so "suddenly, the economic pressure" over the large price tag increased, producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura recalled in "The Death of 'Superman Lives.'" In 1997, "Batman & Robin" and Kevin Costner's "The Postman" were among the studio's box office disappointments. The film "got caught in an unfortunate moment in time" at Warner Bros. So why didn't they? It sounds like the budget was a big part of it. "I thought it was gonna be a really different, sort of emo Superman, but we never got there." The death and return of Superman "It was more of a 1980s Superman with like, the samurai black long hair," Cage told Variety. His suit was imagined as being like a "chemical baby blanket" with a "life of its own," Burton can be heard describing in the footage. ![]() The film got far enough into development that Cage filmed a costume test in 1997. Other actors who were eyed include Christopher Walken for Brainiac, Kevin Spacey for Lex Luthor, and Sandra Bullock for Lois Lane. Cage was signed on to play Superman, and Chris Rock would have played Superman's friend Jimmy Olsen. ![]() The villains, Brainiac and Lex Luthor, were also set to be featured in the film. According to Smith, the producer demanded Superman not wear his suit or fly and was also weirdly insistent that he "fight a giant spider in the third act." (Peters denied the first two mandates in the documentary " The Death of 'Superman Lives': What Happened?" but confirmed he wanted Superman to fight a giant spider, which Smith dubbed a "Thanagarian snare beast" in his script.)ĭespite the title, the movie was to draw on "The Death of Superman," a story from the comics in which Superman is killed fighting Doomsday before being resurrected. The "Clerks" director worked with producer Jon Peters, though as Smith recounted in "An Evening with Kevin Smith," Peters had a few unusual requests. Development on the film, originally titled "Superman Reborn," began in the 1990s, and a couple of screenwriters took a crack at drafts before Kevin Smith was hired to write his own. ![]()
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