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Mark Millar on His 8-Hour Superman Epic
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Empire Online talked to Mark Millar ( Wanted , upcoming Kick-Ass ) more about his proposed "Superman" epic. Here are several clips from the article: Mark has been working closely with a 'big-Hollywood action director' who he refuses to name at this stage on a pitch for what he is calling the Magnum Opus of Superman stories. His idea is for an 8-hour saga, split into 3 films to be released a year apart, in a Lord of the Rings fashion. "I want to start on Krypton, a thousand years ago, and end with Superman alone on Planet Earth, the last being left on the planet, as ...
Mark Millar on His 8-Hour Superman Epic
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Empire Online talked to Mark Millar ( Wanted , upcoming Kick-Ass ) more about his proposed "Superman" epic. Here are several clips from the article: Mark has been working closely with a 'big-Hollywood action director' who he refuses to name at this stage on a pitch for what he is calling the Magnum Opus of Superman stories. His idea is for an 8-hour saga, split into 3 films to be released a year apart, in a Lord of the Rings fashion. "I want to start on Krypton, a thousand years ago, and end with Superman alone on Planet Earth, the last being left on the planet, as ...
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... being left on the planet, as the yellow sun turns red and starts to supernova, and he loses his powers." He also invokes the example of Michael Corleone in the Godfather films, which is interesting, since he pooh-poohs Superman Returns for coming out so many years after the first two Superman films, yet the third Godfather came out after a similarly prolonged gap between films, and to a similarly mixed-at-best reception. -- Empire 3. Remember those rumours about the allegedly altered ...
Millar Talks Superman Movie Or Is It Red Son?
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... Empire has posted an article in which writer Mark Millar gives further details on his pitch for a 8 hour, 3 film, Superman epic which sounds very similiar to his Superman graphic novel Red Son, only with the film pitch removing the communist raised Superman in favour of the actual Superman. ...
Godfather of Superman Films, 'G.I. Joe' Chatter and a 'Dragonball' Mini Clip
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Mark Millar ( Wanted ) is working with an unnamed director on what he is calling the Magnum Opus of Superman stories, an 8-hour saga, split into 3 films to be released a year apart, in Lord of the Rings fashion. He tells Empire Online , "I want to start on Krypton, a thousand years ago, and end with Superman alone on Planet Earth, the last being left on the planet, as the yellow sun turns red and starts to supernova, and he loses his powers." IGN has up a list of the ...
More Details for Mark Millar’s Superman
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... Mark Millar revealed that he was working on an epic new Superman trilogy with a “big action director”. The comic writer didn’t offer up too many details, but now has opened up a lot more to the folks at Empire . “It’s gonna be like Michael Corleone in the Godfather films, the entire story from beginning to end, you see where he starts, how he becomes who he becomes, and where that takes him. The Dark Knight showed you can take a comic book property and make a serious film, and I think the studios are ready to listen to bigger ideas now.” “I want to start on Krypton, a ...
Mark Millar Wants to Make An 8 Hour Superman Epic
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... who wants to shop it around for him. Now, he's told Empire his big pitch and goal, which is nothing short of a Superman epic. Millar wants to make an 8-hour saga, split into three films, Lord of the Rings style. "It's gonna be like Michael Corleone in the Godfather films, the entire story from beginning to end, you see where he starts, how he becomes who he becomes, and where that takes him. The Dark Knight showed you can take a comic book property and make a serious film, and I think the studios are ready to listen to bigger ideas now ... ...
If Mark Millar Made SUPERMAN Movies...
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... from beginning to end, you see where he starts, how he becomes who he becomes, and where that takes him. The Dark Knight showed you can take a comic book property and make a serious film, and I think the studios are ready to listen to bigger ideas now.” [EDIT] I want to start on Krypton, a thousand years ago, and end with Superman alone on Planet Earth, the last being left on the planet, as the yellow sun turns red and starts to supernova, and he loses his powers." ...says Millar in THIS INTERVIEW with Empire. Personally, I come from (what I sense to be) a unique school of ...
Millar’s Massive Superman Trilogy
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Mark Millar, the comic book writer behind Wanted and the upcoming Kick-Ass has said publicly that he has an idea for a new Superman relaunch, and now that no Supes is in the pipeline, he’s starting to talk about it a little bit more…
Millar spoke with Empire Magazine about his epic Superman trilogy, and it sounds like quite the drastic re-boot:
“It’s gonna be like Michael Corleone in the Godfather films, the entire story from beginning to end, you see where he starts, how he becomes who he becomes, and where that ...
Sigh… Mark Millar Talks Superman. Again.
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... that in said article!)
That said, you folks have to realize that if Millar was really in the running to write the screenplay, he would never openly reveal plot-details of his script.
He was basically saying (in his own way): “Look, I’m not getting the gig. But if Warner Brother did hire me, here is what I would do…”
Nothing more, nothing less.
Source: Empire ...
Mark Millar Shares ‘Superman’ Plans
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... Millar is the comic book artist responsible for Wanted, which then became a movie this summer starring Angelina Jolie. He’s been banging on about an idea for a Superman movie for a while now, and has finally revealed his big plan to Empire magazine. He said: ...
