2012 Movie News Archives

February 28, 2012: Development Hell - "Batman vs Superman"

Batman vs Superman MovieLine.com has an exclusive excerpt from the updated book "Tales From Development Hell" by film journalist and biographer David Hughes. A chapter of the book discusses the life and death of the never-made "Batman vs Superman" film that Warner Bros. hoped would revive both the Batman and Superman franchises in the early 2000s. Reportedly the studio was excited about the script written by Andrew Kevin Walker (Se7en, Sleepy Hollow) with rewrites by Akiva Goldsman (Batman Forever, Batman & Robin, A Beautiful Mind).

    The story begins five years into Bruce Wayne's life post-Batman, having put his costume back into the closet following the death of Robin. He has settled down, married a woman named Elizabeth, and is happier than ever. Over in Metropolis, however, Superman has not been so lucky in love, having been dumped by Lois Lane due to the myriad difficulties of being Clark Kent's girlfriend. When The Joker, previously thought dead, kills Elizabeth with a poison dart, Bruce takes it hard. First, he blames Superman, because the Man of Steel saved The Joker from a fatal beating just before the murder; second, he resumes the mantle of Batman - not, this time, under any pretense of metering out justice, but for the sheer cathartic pleasure of beating up bad guys. Superman, who has been busy wooing his first love, Lana Lang, in Smallville, tries to talk Bruce out of his vengeful ways, an act which ultimately pits the two heroes against each other. Eventually, it transpires that Superman's nemesis Lex Luthor was behind The Joker's return, hoping that Batman and Superman would kill each other. Instead, the two heroes unite to defeat first The Joker, and finally Luthor, the man fundamentally behind Elizabeth's death.

Read the complete chapter on "Batman vs Superman" at MovieLine.com.

Purchase "Tales from Development Hell" from the Superman Homepage Online Store.



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