2004 Movie News Archives

Superman

June 28, 2004: McG Out, Bay In?

Over the past few days there have been reports all over the place that McG has been axed as Director for the up-coming Superman movie. Today AICN has a report which reads...

    McG is out of SUPERMAN and Warner's wants to make it a mandate to get Michael Bay. Apparently he's looking for something big, as he's having trouble getting the budget he wants for his "Island" project at DreamWorks. Apparently part of the reason Moritz came on-board Supes was that Bay was attached to direct I AM LEGEND for him and former partner, HARRY POTTER franchise and WB-based producer David Heyman. With Adelstein gone from Original, and Sony having inked a deal with DeLuca (which upset Neal), he and Heyman are mulling re-teaming up. It doesn't hurt that Neal has close ties to potential Lex Luthor Vin Diesel and was shooting STEALTH in Australia, where WB wants to do SUPERMAN. I know for a fact Neal loves Australia, and he's been trying to convince studios to shoot a lot of his productions there. Heyman, like every other producer on the WB lot, has been trying to get on Supes. Aside from the Potter films, what's going to put him where Joel Silver can't get, is his relationship with Neal and they're combined relationship with Bay.



2004 Movie News

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