Tim Burton’s Superman Lives

Tim Burton had has quite a few superhero projects, with only 2 of them materialized. Superman lives is, at this moment, the most well-known failed attempt at bringing a superhero on the big screens. “The Death and Life of Superman” was supposed to be the storyline to be adapted, while Nicholas Cage was cast as the Man of Steel. Sandra Bullock was cast as Lois Lane, Chris Rock was set to become Jimmy Olsen, and Jim Carrey was set to return in a superhero movie, this time as Brainiac.

Things didn’t go well – Warner Bros had had a quite a few costly flops prior to this superhero project, parts of the script were leaked and the fans didn’t like what they saw (a Superman stricken with all sorts of existential problems), and the casting seemed just horrible.

The documentary The Death of Superman Lives: What Happened? explains, well, what happened and it shows that fans shouldn’t pass judgement just on a couple of pieces of information. With Nicholas Cage as the protagonist, this superhero movie would have been something like we never saw before (and, most likely, like we’ll never see again).