Singer Developing Superman Sequel

Director Bryan Singer is back working on the screenplay for a Superman Returns sequel with Transformers writers Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, he tells Empire. Returns writers Michael Dougherty and Dan Harris opted out of penning Superman: Man of Steel, and the strike arrived just as other scribes were to pitch ideas. Internally, Warners has moved the release date from 2009 to 2010.

Here's my prior Superman reporting. And here.

Comments

[Peter Debruge]

I'll believe it when I see it.

[Mark]

Here's an interesting proposition for the Hollywood studios. How about hiring people that can actually write to work on the big summer movies? Kurtzman and Orci's screenwriting credits, culminating in the Bayhem of Transformers, are truly shocking.

[Crow T Robot]

The writing was my problem with "Returns." The actors were all fine. The effects were great. The story was clever. But the individual scenes never crackled. There was none of the biting humor of the Mario Puzo penned original. I enjoyed as entertainment, but it all felt very... heavy. Singer needs to put a song in the next one's heart (like the one Spider-Man 2 had).

[Richard]

Doubt it'll happen. Lots of lingering distaste from the first movie. Merchandising collapsed, dvd is sluggish, fans continue to rage against it two years later. Web forums are unhappy Singer is still attached. Maybe Singer gets an idea on how to turn it all around. Maybe, but doubtful.

[Frank Dirscherl]

Most fans were reasonably happy with the film, with the actors and with Singer as the director. Only a handful of online trolls (usually the same online trolls) rage against this film. There won't be a problem in getting this film made, and I'm sure Singer will deliver another wonderful, exciting adventure.

[A. Mason]

The public rates X3 higher than SR, so yeah, they're unhappy. The sequel vs reboot issue has the fans split down the middle. Beyond the divided fanbase, the public-at-large aren't paying any attention to the issue. Whether they'd prefer a Singer-less sequel to a Singer-less reboot is all up in the air, but they definitely don't want a Singer sequel.

[Frank Dirscherl]

BULL! If the film is good, the people will come. Any comments to the contrary is just ignorant nonsense!!