Discuss: Should The Wachowskis Reboot Superman?

Posted by Dr. Cole Abaius (cole.abaius@filmschoolrejects.com) on February 12, 2009

Whoa. Wachowskis and Superman?

Fresh out the rumor mill, Aint it Cool posted an incredible bit of news from a fairly reliable source on all things geek that claimed Bryan Singer isn’t interested in creating a reboot of Superman for Warners. It makes sense considering he already created one. Singer’s a talented director, but it seems foolish for the studio to want to go back to the director who built the film they are trying to get away from, and it seems just slightly insulting that they would hire him on board to play clean up.

So apparently Warners is offering the job to The Wachowski Brothers.

This is incredible. The source claims it comes straight from frequent collaborator James McTeigue himself. It’s also in the complete infancy stages (if it’s more than a rumor at all) so it has a solid chance of making it as a footnote into the next edition of “The Best Comic Book Movies That Never Were.” However, it raises a fantastic opportunity for a few cinematic questions:

  • Could The Wachowskis pull off a strong Superman story?
  • If not them, who would you rather have at the helm?
  • Do you keep Routh or wipe the slate clean?
  • Should Kate Bosworth even be told this movie is being made?

There is nowhere near the kind of solid journalistic confirmation needed to report this as news, and Superman: Man of Steel still lists Bryan Singer as the producer and director. Still, it’s just the kind of rumor that gets our imaginations going. What would a Wachowski Man of Steel look like?

What do you think?


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  • MrBabyMan
    Well, it'll either rock like 'The Matrix' or suck like 'Speed Racer'. I always tend to err on the side of caution. Best not to make it.
  • The Wachowski's aren't equiped to handle Superman. I'd rather see Brad Bird. The Wachowskis are all flash and no bang.
  • _Oz
    1) Wachowskis? Hell no! Give Singer a second chance, I say! He's a good director, he'll know how to make amends.

    2) Brandon Routh IS Superman!

    3) Kate Bosworth was terrible Lois Lane. Kate Bosworth was NO Lois Lane.
  • Jacob Ross
    This is the most horriable Idea Ive ever heard.
  • CMW
    The Wachowskis would, most likely, make a Ratner-quality Superman. Why not let Singer make another one? Even though his film wasn't, strictly speaking, a reboot, Singer did have some exposition to get out of the way before really zeroing in on the story at-hand. Pull a Holmes-esque switcheroo with Bosworth, drop in Beckinsale, and let him try again.
  • daviedave47
    Well...let's see...good questions...

    1) I think the Wachowskis have it in them to make a great Superman movie...although it would come down to the matter of how faithful to canon they decide to be. I understand that there are many variations to the Superman mythos (depending on who wrote it), but there are a few basic facts which have been (mostly) universal...i.e. he's an alien (Kal El from Krypton), Ma and Pa Kent, Smallville (not the TV show), Metropolis, The Daily Planet, Lois Lane, etc...it is a matter of which direction they want to go with all of it.
    2) As for other directors, you'd need someone like John Favreau or Christopher Nolan...someone who is dedicated to making a great comic-book movie, without sacrificing too much of the material.
    3) Routh? I though he was okay as Supes...he didn't have much to work with in the last movie, so one would hope there would be more for him to do.
    4) Kate Bosworth...who's that? Heh...just kidding...she shouldn't even be allowed in the theater to watch the next Supes movie. In other roles, she can be good...but not Lois Lane.
  • OMV
    I got to be honest with you, I liked the last Superman a lot, however I feel like with Batman, the more the franchise re-invent and reboot the less I am interested, pick one freaking actor for god sake, Brandon routh did a fine job, Christopher Reeve was a freaking wimp boy, so I say keep Routh and let's forget the old ones were ever made.
  • It is rightfully that they should do a reboot since it was that loong for a refresh. But I thought Bryan was going to make a better reboot but that was a bit of a flop.
  • Andy
    Christopher Reeve a wimpy boy??? Look up pictures of him as Superman, he's jacked as shit. Routh looks like a gadamn Dolce & Gabbana model.
  • In my opinion Kate Bosworth should not be allowed to play her again. I don't know what Bryan Singer was looking in her. Brandon is a good Superman but they need to amke the script better so he can have better lines. For The Wachowski Brothers as the directors that I cannot see, I loved Matrix and hated Speed Racer, I don't think I would trust those guys to make the reboot.
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