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Bret Ratner may go onto Rush Hour 3 instead of Superman. The Producers want The producers want "...someone who can inject both stylish eye-candy and manipulative emotion to deliver the ultimate post 9/11 flag-waving patriotic superhero movie."

So, apparently Michael Bay may be taking over as Director of Superman.

Man, I wonder what kind of reaction this news'll get around here...

I think just about everyone has, at one point, been considered director for a new Superman movie.


Around Winter 2000 I was rumored to be attacted to this project.

And in related news, Diff'rent Strokes' Todd Bridges is now being considered for the role of Superman.

I thought Ratner was a good choice...but Michael Bay?!?! If they stick to the action kind of stuff, then he certainly is capable...but if it's got any emotion in it, he'll drip sacarine all over it....bleh.... uh oh, so does this mean that NICOLAS CAGE is going to be brought back on board???

MATT

I'd pick Bay over Ratner any day. The Superman movie demands the sort of scope and cheesiness that only Bay can bring to the table.

Ratner got my respect with Red Dragon. Bay however...not so sure.

Same here....

Bay was attached a long time ago. Looks like he'll be back at the helm again.

I doubt he is official or even rumored, but when looking for post 9-11 patriotic stuff that will wind up looking more or less insulting than encouraging, you can't go wrong with Bay!

BS

I'm as patrotic as you can get, and I HATE bay.

Though I can't stand his overall filmaking techniques, his MTV style of editing drives me insane.

[Homer Simpson]Sounds interesting[/Homer Simpson]

Bay should stick to what he does best, dumb action flicks that have a sense of humor.

I'd like to see a Superman movie directed by Michael Bay. [runs and hides]

Am I the only one disgusted by this comment? Gee, I sure am glad that the effect of the WTC disaster has sent ripples through our lives and changed so much, so that some lamer studio exec can wrap himself in the flag (in quit possibly the most crass way possible) and cram another junk franchise turd down our throats in the name of patriotism. Where are the sensitive, artistic depictions of the effects of 9/11 (good and bad) on the American psyche? Nowhere! What happened to film art? The studio's idea of a healling post 9/11 film is a soulless franchise monster? WTF?

This movie is going to be unavoidably bad.

No one who even mildly cares about the Man of Steel should get their hopes up for even a second. Not with the current management of those Burbank studios.

DVD Talk thread/movie crapping has reached to the point where films still in the script stage will have there "How Bad Will Superman Flop" thread.

No, no, no, no, no, clemente, you misunderstand.

There isn't a chance in hell that the movie will bomb.

It'll just suck, that's all.

I think he is good for this movie.

Agreed.

They already made a good Superman movie back in 1978. Unfortunately there's still money to be made so we get to see some hack like Ratner or Bay take their spin at it....

Maybe Night Shaymalan should do this movie

Superman I and Superman II were great movies. You could say the II is better than I. It will be very hard to capture the essence of those two films. All they care about is $$$. The first two movies could use some updating for today. They should wait for Tom Welling to reach age 30 and play Superman. He's 24 all they have to do is wait six years. Who would be cast for Lois Lane? Sabrina Lloyd would be good, but I don't know if she has the Lois Lane look. I don't have a clue for a director.

here is my Michael Bay theory.

Michael Bay was actually a very good director, till Don Simpson died. Which is why Bad Boys was great, and half of the Rock was great. Simpson provided the heart and soul of the Bruckheimer/Simpson team, and Bruckheimer provided tha bang!

Now with Michael Bay directing again, and Joel Silver producing, Bay has the power to flex his muscle again, under a new producer! And one of the best ones there is! As we all know, Silver produced the Matrix, which means Bay's Superman, will at least be as good as the Matrix. And though I personally didn't really like the Matrix story, the SFX we're amazing. So I expect at least the same from this Superman movie.

Poor Jerry Bruckheimer, he has lost his star director protege. And producing movies like Bad Company and Kangaroo Jack... won't exactly put you back in the majors. I wonder, if he even knows what's wrong.

what say they make superman like they did twilight zone the movie? lets have four directors make 1/4 the movie.

or... it could be like a telephone movie. tim burton directs a scene, then the next scene is directed by Ratner, and all in a giant cycle. see where the movie ends up....

meh. dammit tim. come back and direct.

I honestly doubt the Matrix was as good as it was because of Joel Silver, he did produce Thirteen Ghosts and Ghost Ship.

yeah, i was thinking the same thing, too. but look at his track record, it's like a who's who of list of action movies of the last two decades.

it's seems he just went on a horror trip recently, though quite unsuccessful, though, he does have an affinity to horror with Creepshow. Maybe a bit too TV-ish, which is probably why the movies failed.

Joel Silver

Producer - filmography
(2000s) (1990s) (1980s) (1970s)

Adrenalynn (2004) (producer)
Lobo (2004) (producer)
Matrix Revolutions, The (2003) (producer)
Matrix Reloaded, The (2003) (producer)
Cradle 2 the Grave (2003) (producer)
Ghost Ship (2002) (producer)
Ritual (2001/I) (producer)
... aka Tales from the Crypt Presents: Revelation (2001) (USA)
... aka Tales from the Crypt Presents: Voodoo (2002) (Philippines: English title)
Jane Doe (2001) (TV) (executive producer) (producer)
... aka Runaway Jane (2001) (TV) (International: MIFED title English title)
Matrix Revisited, The (2001) (V) (executive producer)
Thir13en Ghosts (2001) (producer)
Swordfish (2001) (producer)
Proximity (2001) (producer)
Exit Wounds (2001) (producer)
Dungeons & Dragons (2000) (executive producer)
... aka Dungeons & Dragons: The Movie (2001) (UK: promotional title)
"Freedom" (2000/II) TV Series (executive producer)
Romeo Must Die (2000) (producer)


House on Haunted Hill (1999) (producer)
"Strip, The" (1999) TV Series (executive producer)
"Action" (1999) TV Series (executive producer)
Made Men (1999) (producer)
Matrix, The (1999) (producer)
Lethal Weapon 4 (1998) (producer)
... aka Lethal 4 (1998) (USA: promotional abbreviation)
Double Tap (1997) (producer)
Conspiracy Theory (1997) (producer)
Fathers' Day (1997) (producer)
Bordello of Blood (1996) (executive producer)
... aka Tales from the Crypt Presents: Bordello of Blood (1996) (USA: complete title)
Executive Decision (1996) (producer)
... aka Critical Decision (1996)
Fair Game (1995) (producer)
Assassins (1995) (producer)
... aka Assassins (1995) (France)
... aka Day of Reckoning (1995)
W.E.I.R.D. World (1995) (TV) (executive producer)
First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies, The (1995) (TV) (producer)
Demon Knight (1995) (executive producer)
... aka Demon Keeper (1995)
... aka Tales from the Crypt Presents: Demon Knight (1995) (USA: complete title)
Richie Rich (1994) (producer)
Demolition Man (1993) (producer)
Lethal Weapon 3 (1992) (producer)
Two-Fisted Tales (1991) (TV) (executive producer)
Last Boy Scout, The (1991) (producer)
Ricochet (1991) (producer)
Hudson Hawk (1991) (producer)
Parker Kane (1990) (TV) (executive producer)
Predator 2 (1990) (producer)
Adventures of Ford Fairlane, The (1990) (producer)
Die Hard 2 (1990) (producer)
... aka Die Hard 2: Die Harder (1990) (promotional title)


Lethal Weapon 2 (1989) (producer)

"Tales from the Crypt" (1989) TV Series (executive producer) (episode "'Til Death") (episode "99 and 44/100 Pure Horror") (episode "About Face") (episode "Abra Cadaver") (episode "As Ye Sow") (episode "Assassin, The") (episode "Beauty Rest") (episode "Bribe, The") (episode "Came the Dawn") (episode "Carrion Death") (episode "Cold War") (episode "Collection Completed") (episode "Comes the Dawn") (episode "Confession") (episode "Creep Course") (episode "Curiosity Killed") (episode "Cutting Cards") (episode "Dead Right") (episode "Dead Wait") (episode "Deadline") (episode "Death of Some Salesmen") (episode "Dig That Cat... He's Real Gone") (episode "Doctor of Horror") (episode "Ear Today... Gone Tomorrow") (episode "Easel Kill Ya") (episode "Escape") (episode "Fatal Caper") (episode "Fitting Punishment") (episode "Food for Thought") (episode "For Cryin' Out Loud") (episode "Four-Sided Triangle") (episode "Half-Way Horrible") (episode "Horror in the Night") (episode "House of Horror") (episode "In the Groove") (episode "Judy, You're Not Yourself Today") (episode "Kidnapper, The") (episode "King of the Road") (episode "Korman's Kalamity") (episode "Last Respects") (episode "Let the Punishment Fit the Crime") (episode "Loved to Death") (episode "Lover Come Hack to Me") (episode "Lower Berth") (episode "Man Who Was Death, The") (episode "Maniac at Large") (episode "Mournin' Mess") (episode "Mute Witness to Murder") (episode "My Brother's Keeper") (episode "New Arrival, The") (episode "Oil's Well That Ends Well") (episode "Only Sin Deep") (episode "Only Skin Deep") (episode "Operation Friendship") (episode "People Who Live in Brass Hearses") (episode "Pit, The") (episode "Reluctant Vampire, The") (episode "Report from the Grave") (episode "Sacrifice, The") (episode "Seance") (episode "Secret, The") (episode "Showdown") (episode "Slight Case of Murder, A") (episode "Smoke Wrings") (episode "Split Second") (episode "Spoiled") (episode "Staired in Horror") (episode "Strung Along") (episode "Surprise Party") (episode "Switch, The") (episode "Television Terror") (episode "Thing from the Grave, The") (episode "Third Pig, The") (episode "This'll Kill Ya") (episode "Three's a Crowd") (episode "Till Death Do We Part") (episode "Top Billing") (episode "Trap, The") (episode "Two for the Show") (episode "Ventriloquist's Dummy, The") (episode "Well Cooked Hams") (episode "Werewolf Concerto") (episode "Whirlpool") (producer) (episode "Collection Completed") (episode "Dig That Cat... He's Real Gone") (episode "Lover Come Hack to Me") (episode "Man Who Was Death, The") (episode "Only Sin Deep")
... aka "HBO's Tales from the Crypt" (1989)
Road House (1989) (producer)
Die Hard (1988) (producer)
Action Jackson (1988) (producer)
Predator (1987) (producer)
Lethal Weapon (1987) (producer)
Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986) (producer)
Commando (1985) (producer)
Weird Science (1985) (producer)
Brewster's Millions (1985) (producer)
Streets of Fire (1984) (producer)
Jekyll & Hyde... Together Again (1982) (executive producer)
48 Hrs. (1982) (producer)
Xanadu (1980) (co-producer)


Warriors, The (1979) (associate producer)

You highlighted Assassins as a good film? Seems to me that while Silver's produced his share of great action flicks, he's also produced tons of crap. It's a rather hit and miss scenario.