Warner Brothers is reportedly ramping up for yet another Superman reboot, only 3 1/2 years after Bryan Singer’s attempt. However, they’ve now turned to genius Christopher Nolan (“Batman Begins”, “Dark Knight”) to serve as something of a script “godfather” to get the Man of Steel back on the reboot track. Now, count me as one who enjoyed 2006’s “Superman Returns”.  It was a bit light on action and heavy on esoteric atmosphere and pathos, but I thought it was done well.  Kevin Spacey in particular was a great Lex Luthor.  My only major complaints were Bosworth as Lois Lane and the whole Superman’s kid side plot, while Brandon Routh played Superman/Kal-El/Clark a bit too much like a wounded puppy. That being said, Nolan’s stab will undoubtedly be a stroke much closer to the tone and feel of the original comic, something he nailed with the Batman reboot.  It’s not clear and probably unlikely that he would direct, but his influence would undoubtedly be felt. I’d love nothing MORE than to start talking about ideas for casting, plot, and such.  But, since we’re probably at least 2 1/2 years to any kind of release, it would only serve to get me jazzed up. Now, my friend Wolfman (aka Keith aka “Magic Hour”) would probably wax poetic on his distaste for comic book movies, let alone remakes, but I think he would be upfront in saying he has enjoyed Nolan’s Batman films, and I would hope he’d look forward to Supes.

Warner Brothers is reportedly ramping up for yet another Superman reboot, only 3 1/2 years after Bryan Singer’s attempt.

However, they’ve now turned to genius Christopher Nolan (“Batman Begins”, “Dark Knight”) to serve as something of a script “godfather” to get the Man of Steel back on the reboot track.

Now, count me as one who enjoyed 2006’s “Superman Returns”.  It was a bit light on action and heavy on esoteric atmosphere and pathos, but I thought it was done well.  Kevin Spacey in particular was a great Lex Luthor.  My only major complaints were Bosworth as Lois Lane and the whole Superman’s kid side plot, while Brandon Routh played Superman/Kal-El/Clark a bit too much like a wounded puppy.

That being said, Nolan’s stab will undoubtedly be a stroke much closer to the tone and feel of the original comic, something he nailed with the Batman reboot.  It’s not clear and probably unlikely that he would direct, but his influence would undoubtedly be felt.

I’d love nothing MORE than to start talking about ideas for casting, plot, and such.  But, since we’re probably at least 2 1/2 years to any kind of release, it would only serve to get me jazzed up.

Now, my friend Wolfman (aka Keith aka “Magic Hour”) would probably wax poetic on his distaste for comic book movies, let alone remakes, but I think he would be upfront in saying he has enjoyed Nolan’s Batman films, and I would hope he’d look forward to Supes.