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After making the blockbuster superhero film batman, filmmaker tim burton decided he would try to do something similar for. Tim burtons superman lives has become a cinematic phenomenon, even though it was never actually made. Doomsday, is the 32nd installment in the dc universe animated original. Tim burton was planned to direct the film and jon peters would produce it. The ambitious blockbuster ultimately fell apart for a number of reasons, as writer. The death of superman lives trailer explores tim burtons. Between the death of the first batman movie franchise and the current superhero boom, warner bros. Oct 18, 2017 tim burton s superman movie never ended up on the big screen, but for a brief period, there was consideration in reviving it for another format. The ideas they had for the movie and they drawings they did for the monsters that superman can fight were pretty good and quite creative designs. Watch as jon schnepp digs into the past, interviewing tim burton, kevin smith, jon peters, and many more category. Superman lives was in development from 1987 a full page, color ad in variety, touting its impending production until 2005 and had nicolas cage set to star as superman and tim burton attached to direct. Superman lives animated movie almost happened screen rant. Director tim burtons infamous superman lives project was nearly revived as an animated film, according to batman vs. Schnepps new documentary, the death of superman lives.
It chronicles the behindthescenes events surrounding the cancelled tim burton film superman lives. In 1996, warner brothers engaged kevin smith to write the screenplay. Burton s radical vision of the superman lore had nic cage playing a very different superman. The film was to be directed by tim burton and produced by jon peters. Nicolas cage says superman lives is the most powerful. Apr 20, 2015 the very definition of such a film was superman lives, a proposed superman reboot to be directed by tim burton with nicolas cage in the starring role. Regardless, tim burton and nicolas cages angstaddled, alienated take on the man of steel came very close to being released in the summer of 1998. Titled superman lives, the late 1990s project may be dead, but the burton superman shall live on forever in our hearts and minds in this video of nic cage doing stretches in his tight, shiny.
With nicolas cage, kevin smith, tim burton, dan gilroy. Jon peters as producer and nicolas cage himself starring. Death of superman lives trailer considers tim burtons. Schnepp spends a good chunk of his movie talking to the films producers, writers, concept artists, production designers and even director tim burton himself about what superman lives would have. Superman lives cancelled 1998 tim burton movie lost media. He debuted in cinemas in a series of animated shorts beginning in 1941, and then starred in two movie serials in 1948 and 1950. He is known for his gothic fantasy and horror films such as beetlejuice 1988, edward scissorhands 1990, the nightmare before christmas 1993, ed wood 1994, sleepy hollow 1999, corpse bride 2005, sweeney todd. It showed me a lot of the behind the scenes and the ideas that tim burton came up with and so did the art designers. Superman lives a movie that never happened and the film was going to be directed by tim burton. Great movie that describes what happened when tim burton tried making a superman in the same vein as batman. The story would feature brainiac, lex luthor and doomsday as villains.
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