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Is this story about Superman Lives true?

posted 8 years ago by PhilistinePictures
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There was a rumour doing the rounds in 1997 or 1998 (on Corona's Coming Attractions website) that Warner executives asked Burton back to Batman whilst he was working on Superman Lives. This was after B&R had opened to dismal reviews and finished its run with disappointing box office. The rumour went that Burton laughed himself silly, then turned serious and bit their heads off about their poor handling of Superman 5 and how dare they offer him Batman 5 having ditched him after Returns? The executives were reportedly shocked at the outburst and told him he'd never work in Hollywood again.

Is the story true? I don't know. It was never repeated on any other website. But Burton did indeed leave Superman 5 (or got pushed, I don't know) and didn't work with WB again until Charlie and the Chocolate Factory nearly a decade later.

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[–] Wombstar 8 years ago

The fact i've been a big fan of his recent output since POTA is hardly trying to project my opinion on yours.. lol that's not how it works, but nice trying to deflect the problem.

Because it wasn't that long ago prior to Miss Peregrine you were bleating about how boring and generic it looked, i shall post your quotes, are you saying you were proven wrong??

The problem with "Peregrine" is that it seems generic given its director. If some random director would have directed it this way, then I would accept it as an interesting work of entertainment. We expect more distinct qualities from Burton

It might be a solid film but it still looks generic. You can't even see much of Burton's artistic influence over the set decoration or make up design.

You now think it was "Awesome" ?

[–] DarTobor (4596) 4 years ago

Regardless of all this, Burton's Superman project is one of the biggest "what ifs" in film history.