Rumors on BATMAN 5 and SUPERMAN LIVES

Consider this stuff as strick rumor stuff. I've been hearing the same thing from multiple sources, but noone I absolutely trust. As for this scooper's SUPERMAN LIVES stuff, let us pray that at least JON PETERS is up in the air, in fact let us all hope a patriot missile thinks he's a scud up there. I really don't think Jon Peters is the right person to have any say whatsoever over SUPERMAN LIVES or any other film for that matter. Mr SHAMPOO is just too... non-in-sync with me, his projects have never been the stuff to make me go 'wowzers' over. And I haven't heard the most pleasant stories in the world about him. Now if the studio would just go pull Kevin Smith's script out of their library, put a fresh binder on it, and get a director with the right dynamics that 'gets' Kevin's script, then we'll be moving full steam ahead. Keep your fingers crossed.

I just heard something very interesting from a friend and former boss of mine who now works at Warner Bros. in L.A. As I was grilling him for info on any Batman movie developments, which is is something I do occasionally, he told me that Kurt Russell was being considered, not for the role of the Dark Knight, but for that of Commissioner Gordon! I would presume that this would be for a"Year One" film; Russell is much too young to take over for Pat Hingle. Let me temper this information by saying that my friend did tell me that it could be disinformation spread as a cover story, and that Russell might actually be up for Batman. But he said he was told that talks with Russell are about Gordon. A cool thought, nevertheless, huh?

He also told me that Superman Lives is definitely on, that Nicolas Cage is still on board (they have too much money tied up in him to let him go), and that Tim Burton and Jon Peters are "up in the air" (blow, wind, blow!).

And since I don't want to get my friend in trouble or anything, please don't use my name. Call me...Stinky!