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Director Tim Burton ’s infamousSuperman Livesproject was nearly revive as an animated film , according toBatman Vs . Two - Faceco - screenwriter Michael Jelenic . Warner Bros. Pictures spend a good deal of time developingSuperman Livesin the former 1990s , with Nicolas Cage set to star as the Man of Steel himself . The ambitious blockbuster ultimately fell asunder for a bit of reasons , as writer / director Jon Schnepp ’s 2015 documentaryThe Death of " Superman Lives"covered in all-inclusive detail .
Warner Bros. Animation ’s DC film existence has not only accommodate some of the most famous comic rule book narrative of all time ( see Frank Miller’sThe Dark Knight Rises , Alan Moore’sThe Killing Joke , and so off ) ; it even allowed the late Adam West to reprise his role as the Caped Crusader two more times , in last year’sBatman : issue of the Caped Crusadersand the newly - releasedBatman Vs . Two - nerve . It near did the same for Cage ’s Superman that never was , as Jelenic revealed during a roundtable audience forBatman Vs . Two - expression .
Speaking to the pressure ( h / tCBR ) while promoting theReturn of the Caped Crusaderssequel , Jelenic explained that"I had a big pitch , and [ Warner Bros. ] took it in earnest for a second - to do Tim Burton ’s [ Superman Lives] … to do that animated . “Jelenic did n’t elaborate on what WB ’s reasoning was for ultimately not refashioningSuperman Livesinto an vivify movie beyond that . However , when a appendage of the military press half - joke that coop would be onboard for such a projection , Jelenic hold - adding"He would absolutely do it ! "
Although there ’s nothing to suggest that WB and DC are presently giving any thought to resurrectingSuperman Livesas a feature - length animated film , it ’s arguably not outside the realm of possibleness . Burton ’s superhero picture show that never was has become notorious for itsmany bizarre originative elementsand strange approach to the Superman mythology - enough so that there ’s now a built - in fanbase that would check out an revive picture show version , if only to find out how it liken to the one in their mind .
On the other hand , it would be very difficult for an animatedSuperman Livesto live up to the zany movie that many of those same fans have envisioned . Beyond that , it might do little more than support that WB was correct to cancel the undertaking ( in live - action shape ) in the first post . While the superhero movie genre has acquire by leaping and limit since the ' 90s , Burton and Cage ’s shared vision might still be too out - there and otherwise campy - especially by the genre ’s more straight - faced modernistic criterion .
One thing is certain though : if aSuperman Livesanimated film were to be light-green - get down , Cage would indeed agree to solve on it .
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