For those of you that were waiting for the next Superman installment in The Man Of Steel; it looks like you may have to wait longer. Brian Singer looks busy with some other projects on his plate that look to be pushing the Kryptonian down the list. We get the scoop from Rotten Tomatoes:
“Bryan Singer had previously told us that the “Superman Returns” sequel “Superman: The Man of Steel” would be his next film after “Valkyrie.” His producers tell another story. Neil Meron and Craig Zadan have Singer lined up to direct “The Mayor of Castro Street,” a story of gay rights activist Harvey Milk, within a year.
“The next Superman, that’s a ways off,” claimed Meron, with Zadan adding. “Don’t worry about it. Trust me. We may even start preproduction on Harvey Milk while he’s on post production on the Tom Cruise movie.”
Superman Returns was not a horrible movie going experience, but I did have some problems with the story and how it related to the character of Superman. The action sequences were pretty boring and the entire film I kept asking myself “what cost so much money?”
I liked Spacey as Luthor and Routh as Supes, I just wish they had a stronger script to have worked with and no baby Daddy drama. Personally I would not mind if the studios tapped another person to direct this project. Singer left the X-Men series to tackle Superman, and looking back I would say that it was a poor decision. Hindsight is 20/20 but after the success of X2 I think it was a mistake for him to leave in order to make a mediocre Superman film. I would call in Clint Eastwood at this point, Superman needs an injection of macho.
