There are few things more tantalizing than an interesting sounding movie that never made it to theaters.
Superhero cinema is littered with this, from the notion of casting Bill Murray as Batman in the 1980s, to Nicholas Cage’s take on the Man of Steel in Superman Lives, to Darren Aronofsky’s potentially comprehensive reinvention of Batman, right the way to the fabled ‘Snyder cut’ of last year’s Justice League. Also in that crowd is, of course, Mad Max: Fury Road director George Miller’s Justice League: Mortal, which would have aimed for a mid-2009 release.
The project got all the way through to being cast, complete with costuming tests and concept art, before being canned due to the 2007-2008 Writers Guild of America strike and (as rumor has it) because Christopher Nolan was not exactly enthusiastic about sharing the Batman IP. Recent releases have given us a wealth...
Superhero cinema is littered with this, from the notion of casting Bill Murray as Batman in the 1980s, to Nicholas Cage’s take on the Man of Steel in Superman Lives, to Darren Aronofsky’s potentially comprehensive reinvention of Batman, right the way to the fabled ‘Snyder cut’ of last year’s Justice League. Also in that crowd is, of course, Mad Max: Fury Road director George Miller’s Justice League: Mortal, which would have aimed for a mid-2009 release.
The project got all the way through to being cast, complete with costuming tests and concept art, before being canned due to the 2007-2008 Writers Guild of America strike and (as rumor has it) because Christopher Nolan was not exactly enthusiastic about sharing the Batman IP. Recent releases have given us a wealth...
- 3/23/2018
- by David James
- We Got This Covered
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