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February 4, 2016: Bryan Singer's Thoughts on "Superman Returns"

Superman Returns In an interview with Empire magazine, Bryan Singer reflected on directing "Superman Returns" and why the film misfired with fans.

    "It was a movie made for a certain kind of audience. Perhaps more of a female audience. It wasn't what it needed to be, I guess. I think I could lop the first quarter off and start the movie a bit more aggressively and maybe find a way to start the movie with the jet disaster sequence or something. I could have grabbed the audience a little more quickly. I don't know what would have helped. Probably nothing. If I could go again, I would do an origin. I would reboot it."

Interestingly, Singer had tentative plans in place for a sequel to "Superman Returns" which would have been titled "Man of Steel".

    "We did explore it a little. Just hammering out ideas. I think Darkseid was going to be the villain. It was pretty world-destroying, actually."

While those plans never got off the ground, a lack of interest from Warner Bros. saw the direct move on to a different project.

    "I ended up having the opportunity to go and make Valkyrie, and I think the studio lost interest at that point... I can't say it was all the studio's fault and I can't say it was all my fault. It just fizzled out."

Source: ComicBookMovie.com



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