SR had heaps of emotions, something that TDK was sorely lacking.

Well, do realize that the latter "dumping Sup Jr" and starting with a new style (and probably new cast) is pretty much restarting.

TIH was a restart, despite the fact that it wasn't an origin story. It had a different origin (which they showed in the credits) and was a completely different storyline.

Even if they don't re-tell the origin, they need to do another restart. They can't keep this same style and the same story.

I just dont feel that they have to restart every movie just because the last one wasnt well received in public. Pretty soon we will get Catwoman Begins and Howard the Duck Begins

there was no real drama or tension between Superman and Lois Lane in the last movie because you knew they were going to end up together.

(BOF) Batman-On-Film has some news about a Superman Sequel...
I can report that a spec script has drawn the interest of the folks over in Burbank. While it is a direct sequel to SUPERMAN RETURNS, it also revamps and adds a lot of the current Superman comic book mythos into the film franchise.

Also, Superman Homepage is adding some speculation to the fire started by Anne Thompson at Variety yesterday.

I received an email earlier this week stating that writers have been hired, and Bryan Singer (who is still attached to direct) is having writing sessions with them twice a week. I'm unable to get the names of those writers at this point in time, but have put in a call to my source to get a response to Anne Thompson's report.

"Blu-ray.com reports that Warner Home Video will re-release the Blu-ray Disc for Bryan Singer's Superman Returns on September 9 with Dolby TrueHD and PCM soundtracks. The original Blu-ray release featured only a Dolby Digital soundtrack while the HD DVD got the lossless audio track. Warner is now rectifying the situation with a proper Blu-ray release.

The idea of watching a new Superman origin story is so boring that I could decompose just thinking about it.

Just a few days after this article was posted, Warner Bros. Pictures Group President Jeff Robinov has told The Wall Street Journal that the studio is going to be reintroducing Superman. We assume this will be similar to how Louis Leterrier's The Incredible Hulk was a reboot of Ang Lee's Hulk. Here is what the article says:

Warner Bros. also put on hold plans for another movie starring multiple superheroes -- known as "Batman vs. Superman" -- after the $215 million "Superman Returns," which had disappointing box-office returns, didn't please executives. "'Superman' didn't quite work as a film in the way that we wanted it to," says Mr. Robinov. "It didn't position the character the way he needed to be positioned." "Had 'Superman' worked in 2006, we would have had a movie for Christmas of this year or 2009," he adds. "But now the plan is just to reintroduce Superman without regard to a Batman and Superman movie at all."

The article also talks about Warner Bros. adapting other DC properties over the new few years. "By 2011, Mr. Robinov plans for DC Comics to supply the material for up to two of the six to eight tent-pole films he hopes Warner Bros. will have in the pipeline by then," it says. Those projects will likely be about single characters at first, and will be darker much like The Dark Knight:

With "Batman vs. Superman" and "Justice League" stalled, Warner Bros. has quietly adopted Marvel's model of releasing a single film for each character, and then using those movies and their sequels to build up to a multicharacter film. "Along those lines, we have been developing every DC character that we own," Mr. Robinov says.

Like the recent Batman sequel -- which has become the highest-grossing film of the year thus far -- Mr. Robinov wants his next pack of superhero movies to be bathed in the same brooding tone as "The Dark Knight." Creatively, he sees exploring the evil side to characters as the key to unlocking some of Warner Bros.' DC properties. "We're going to try to go dark to the extent that the characters allow it," he says. That goes for the company's Superman franchise as well.

The studio is set to announce its plans for future DC movies in the next month. For now, though, it is focused on releasing four comic-book films in the next three years, including a third Batman film, a new film reintroducing Superman, and two movies focusing on other DC Comics characters. Movies featuring Green Lantern, Flash, Green Arrow, and Wonder Woman are all in active development.

We'll let you know as soon as the studio has announced its plans for future DC movies.

I just got confirmation three sources that the next Superman indeed is a full reboot!! They all believe Singer is being offered a producing credit if he wants it, but there will be a new cast and crew!! Announcements should be made shortly after Labor Day according to them.

I still say either you give Singer another crack or you wait twenty years.

He had the right idea and even the right cast (save the horrifically miscast Bosworth). But he had no script and the movie was a big, stinky bore.

The last thing we need is more brooding in the Batman sense. I liked Singer's more optimistic approach even if I thought his movie was a turd.

Why is everyone so afraid of making a superhero movie with fun and adventure?

I still say either you give Singer another crack or you wait twenty years.