Ok everyone this report was just sent in. Let me tell yall this. I heard from some guy out on the east coast that they heard a radio report that allegedly quoted Nick Cage as saying SUPERMAN would be in our theaters Summer 2000. Well, I've also heard that FANTASTIC FOUR was being scheduled for July 4th 2000. And we know that TWO TOWERS from the Lord Of The Rings series is scheduled for then. This Dan Gilroy is listed as having worked as writer on FREEJACK, CHASERS and a couple of other things. But let's see what you folks out there in Spy Land can tell me about this report....
Just when you thought he was dead...I saw this report on AOL this morning, thought you'd like to see it.
``Superman'' resurrected?
Since Superman died and was resurrected in a DC comic that sold 23 million copies, perhaps it's appropriate that the movie about that subject is on the verge of rising from the ashes.
Months ago, Warner Bros. executives seemed to be administering last rites to ``Superman Lives,'' the film that was to star Nicolas Cage and be directed by Tim Burton. The greenlight was canceled because the script didn't work, and the budget had soared to around $140 million. Cage flew off to star with wife Patricia Arquette and Ving Rhames for Martin Scorsese in ``Bringing Out the Dead,'' and Burton went off to direct Johnny Depp in ``Sleepy Hollow.''
Dish hears a rewrite came in to WB brass and producer Jon Peters, which has gotten Cage excited again. More important, studio brass is excited because the script can be made for under $100 million, with a greater emphasis on characters. The Clark Kent who saved the day is a screenwriter named Dan Gilroy, who might establish a cottage industry for all those bloated event pictures that need trimmer budgets and sharper storylines. No word if Burton will come back, but it looks likely that Cage will don those tights after all.
