2013 Movie News Archives

January 30, 2013: Never-Made Superman Movie Script by Wesley Strick

Brainiac The Superman Homepage has received a copy of the "SUPERMAN" script written by Wesley Strick for the aborted Tim Burton/Nicolas Cage "Superman Lives" project.

Of all the screenplays that were written during that period, this one (dated July 7, 1997) is the rarest, and has not appeared online before that we're aware of.

It is for this script that the Brainiac head on spider-like legs imagery (pictured) was apparently created.

In an interesting article covering this era of never-made Superman films, VoicesFromKrypton.net published the following information about Wesley Strick's tenure...

    Tim Burton's joining SUPERMAN LIVES pretty much knocked screenwriter Kevin Smith out of the creative process. Although actor Nicolas Cage was still signed for the lead role, the eccentric director had his own ideas for screenwriter. He chose Wesley Strick (who at that time had most recently penned the big-screen version of THE SAINT, starring Val Kilmer). Although nothing is really known about the Strick draft, his version had apparently gone over budget and some of his ideas were... well, different. Strick was discharged and Warner Bros. unwilling to allow this hoped-to-be-born-again franchise fade into oblivion and desperately clinging to the death of Superman storyline turned to writer Dan Gilroy.

Download the Wesley Strick "Superman" Script as a PDF file.

Thanks to Bertrand for the PDF file.



2013 Movie News

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