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Video: The Death of “Superman Lives”: What Happened?

Video: The Death of “Superman Lives”: What Happened?

Image via Kickstarter
Image via Kickstarter

The Death of “Superman Lives”:What Happened?  is a documentary about a movie that never happened and was fully funded by Kickstarter.  Kickstarter has been fantastic for a ton of independent projects. It has enabled creators to get movies, comics, books, and more created when the traditional funding sources were not an option.

Superman Lives was a movie about the death of Superman and his return.  It would have taken much of their storyline from the 1992-93 plot of the death and return of Superman but with a Tim Burton twist and feel.  This was a huge undertaking back in 1998 because they didn’t have the special effects technology that we take for granted in 2013.

Image via comicbook.com
Image via comicbook.com

This movie would have starred Nicolas Cage.  Cage is one of my favorite actors but sometimes his characters can come across a bit stiff.  It is hard to tell what version of Cage and Superman we would have gotten if this movie would have been created. What you can say about Cage is that he is a fanboy.  He loves comics and super heroes.  He took the screen name of Cage to pay honor to Marvel’s Luke Cage- aka Power Man.

Image via escapistmagazine.com
Image via escapistmagazine.com

This movie would have had an all star creative team.  Tim Burton was going to direct this movie.  That means it would have been a dark version of Superman but this was during a dark time in his life and his death.  Matt Smith (renowned geek writer and director) was writing the script.

I am not sure I would have enjoyed this version of Superman on the screen but it was a shame that we never had the opportunity to find out.  This documentary promises to take us behind the scenes of pre-production and give us insights into why this much hyped film was never made.

The trailer for the documentary is below.  It is expected to be released in the Summer of 2014.


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