2001 Movie News Archives
November 16, 2001: Superman/Batman Movie Rumor!
A report has been filed at the Ain't It Cool News website detailing (supposed) inside information regarding the long rumored "World's Finest" project putting Superman and Batman together in a major motion picture. Here's an excerpt from the report:Lets get down to what is what SUPERMAN/BATMAN... Andrew Kevin Walker turned this bad boy in around a month ago and is currently working on the first draft. The WB hopes to have a summer 2003 flick on their hands. And well I hope it comes true. Wolfgang Peterson is ready and has cleared out his future projects to stay with this film for the next few years.
LEX LUTHOR! THE JOKER! GOTHAM WORLD"S FAIR! MACHINE MEN!!!!!
Well here we go. This is the treatment and not the final script. This runs about 40 pages long. From what I can tell this is basically BATMAN 5 with SUPERMAN in it. The title is BATMAN/SUPERMAN. I guess the WB decided not to put an & in between in fear people might think it will be like BATMAN & ROBIN.
BATMAN: There is no doubt this is the Batman from the last four films. But he is all alone in this one. No Bat-girl, No Robin. Nightwing is mentioned one time and that's it. He is much darker and driven. The death of his parents still haunts him. For the first time on film he is a confident Batman... Not dealing with finding the murderer of his parents. Not trying to figure out if he should hit or kiss Catwoman. Not wondering if he's Batman or Bruce Wayne and NOT AT ALL showing up in the public with a credit card. That's one thing this treatment (from what I can tell) has done right. Batman and Superman have scenes together but Superman carries the public role as he should. Batman is left in the shadows for the first time in almost ten years on film.
SUPERMAN: It's hard to tell from only this treatment whether this is the Superman from the past four films. Nowhere near the amount of information is given about him compared to Batman. But Superman is already well known in this story. He has been around as long as Batman, they just have never met. There is no doubt Bats has more screen time than Supes. But I am sad to say Superman gets more of the action while Batman is mostly in the shadows doing detective work.
Read the complete report at the AICN website.
Remember, this is one unconfirmed "scoop" handed in. It does not necessarily form the complete truth, as Warner Bros. have not confirmed anything in this report. Take it as another rumor in a long line of rumors about the next Superman movie. Time will tell...
2001 Movie News
Listed below are all the Movie News items archived for 2001.- January 24, 2001: “Superman: The Movie” Re-Release Test Screening
- February 6, 2001: Superman DVD Release Date and Specifications
- February 6, 2001: Superman Lives Pre-Production Rumor
- February 8, 2001: “The Indian Superman”
- February 17, 2001: More on the Superman DVD and VHS release
- February 20, 2001: Superman DVD Spoiler Information
- February 21, 2001: More Superman DVD Spoiler Information
- February 26, 2001: Superman DVD Update and San Antonio Information
- February 27, 2001: Extended Scenes in the Special Edition of “Superman”
- February 27, 2001: Your Chance to be at the Special Press Screening of “Superman”!
- March 1, 2001: Superman Soars
- March 12, 2001: “Superman” Special Edition Credits
- March 21, 2001: Superman Re-Release Trailer!
- March 22, 2001: Warner Bros. Squash Negative Superman Re-Release Report
- March 22, 2001: Superman Lives Greenlighted
- March 26, 2001: Superman DVD Review
- March 26, 2001: Superman - San Antonio News Articles
- March 28, 2001: Superman Warner Home Video Press Release
- March 29, 2001: Superman San Antonio Report
- April 1, 2001: Superman DVD - “Total Movie” Article
- April 15, 2001: Donner and Mankiewicz Sign Superman DVD
- April 19, 2001: Superman Lives Lives On!
- April 23, 2001: Win Superman DVDs!
- April 28, 2001: Superman Movie Cast Reunion!
- May 11, 2001: Superman DVDs Feature in Top 10
- May 25, 2001: Warner Sued Over Superman DVDs
- June 13, 2001: Warner Home Video Superman Movie Website
- July 1, 2001: New Superman Movie Rumors
- July 1, 2001: Egyptian Theatre to Screen “Superman” Special Edition
- July 2, 2001: Special Edition “Superman” to Screen in Minnesota
- July 16, 2001: Superman Movie Suit and Hair Piece Up For Auction
- July 29, 2001: 60th Anniversary of the Fleischer Superman Cartoons
- August 4, 2001: Superman Movie Items Sold at Auction
- August 8, 2001: World's Finest on the Big Screen?
- August 15, 2001: Rumor Control - John Travolta
- September 3, 2001: Superman Comes to Somerdale
- September 9, 2001: “Superman” Stars Join to Honor Margot Kidder in L.A.
- September 11, 2001: Cain to Return as Superman?
- September 20, 2001: “Superman II” DVD Release Postponed in UK
- September 28, 2001: “Superman: The Movie” on Encore in October
- October 15, 2001: McG to Direct Superman?
- October 18, 2001: Richard Donner “Superman II” DVD Petition
- October 22, 2001: “Superman Lives” Pre-Production Artwork
- October 25, 2001: “Superman” Special Edition on the Big Screen (Update)
- November 16, 2001: Superman/Batman Movie Rumor!
- December 16, 2001: George Reeves: The Movie
- December 31, 2001: Superman in “Spider-Man” Movie
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