Why Mark Millar won’t write Superman Returns Returns
Ever wonder, “hmmm…why doesn’t DC just hire Paul Dini, or Grant Morrison (seriously, issues 1-6 of All-Star Superman are the blueprint for the greatest Superman movie of all time), or Geoff Johns, or *any* of their writers for screenwriting duties for their films?” Well, here’s the updated tale of Marvel scribe (Civil War, etc.) and mega-Superman fan Mark Millar’s attempts to write the Superman Returns sequel:
” And for about fifteen minutes things were looking very sweet. I had a massive three-picture epic in mind, cribbed from notes I’ve been putting together for the last five years for a Superman comic-book revamp and the people I spoke to absolutely loved it. Everyone said this was very, very exciting, but…”
http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=134016
October 25th, 2007 at 10:17 pm
Yeah…that sounds like a nice way of Hollywood saying - NO DICE!
November 1st, 2007 at 5:30 pm
that is just BULL SHIT
Millar wasn’t hired but not because he worked for Marvel