Titled Superman Lives, the project was being rewritten by Kevin Smith in the late 1990s and it was he who suggested Burton as director. Burton and Warner Bros. reached a deal and Superman Lives got a projected release date for the summer of 1998, but the movie was ultimately canceled.

10 Superman Lives The canceled Nicholas Cage Superman movie was to be based on the Death and Return storylines. But the project was shelved when Warner Bros. saw it as a financial risk and Tim Burton departed due to numerous script edits by the producers.

Currently streaming on Hulu and Showtime Anytime and also available for purchase from the film’s official website, The Death of “Superman Lives” is the Jodorowsky’s Dune of comic book movies: a feature-length deep dive into a never-made movie that only exists in concept art and within the minds of its creators.

The Snyder Universe. The first Superman film of the post-Dark Knight era of superhero films is the blockbuster sci-fi spectacle, Man of Steel. Directed by Zack Snyder (Watchmen, 300), Man of Steel features all of his trademark stylings and introduces Henry Cavill to the world as Superman.

The Death of Nicholas Cage’s Superman — It is popular lore that in the mid-’90s, Nicholas Cage was to play Superman in a movie from Tim Burton and writer Kevin Smith, at the time a Hollywood darling after the success of his indie hit Clerks. For a variety of reasons, the movie did not get off the ground.

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George Reeves (born George Keefer Brewer; January 5, 1914 – June 16, 1959) was an American actor. He is best known for his role as Superman in the 1952–1958 television program Adventures of Superman….Filmography.

Superman Lives (previously titled Superman Reborn) is the title for a canceled Superman movie intended for production during the 1990s. The film was to be directed by Tim Burton and produced by Jon Peters. The story would feature Brainiac, Lex Luthor and Doomsday as villains.

The film was to be directed by Tim Burton and produced by Jon Peters. The story would feature Brainiac, Lex Luthor and Doomsday as villains. Wesley Strick and Dan Gilroy wrote the screenplays that were nearly filmed. Nicolas Cage was officially announced to play Superman.

Lexiac creates the creature Doomsday to attack Superman. Superman and Doomsday battle to the death, after which time (and a public funeral) the Man of Steel’s body is transported to the Fortress of Solitude. The body is revived (powerless) by a mysterious Kryptonian force known only as “K”.

Superman and Doomsday battle to the death, after which time (and a public funeral) the Man of Steel’s body is transported to the Fortress of Solitude. The body is revived (powerless) by a mysterious Kryptonian force known only as “K”.