Asylum / Batman Vs. Superman

by Andrew Kevin Walker and Akiva Goldsman After several failed attempts to get a new Superman off the ground, this crossover was proposed by Andrew Kevin Walker. It was designed to relaunch both the Superman and Batman franchises. I think it’s a great idea. Sure, they’re both good guys, but as anyone who reads the…

Superman: Man of Steel

by Alex Ford After Kevin Smith’s Superman Lives was dropped, Alex Ford wrote this script for Warner Brothers. He pitched it as the first of seven movies, which was intriguing, but Ford eventually split with Warners due to creative differences. This “Man of Steel” is independent from Man of Steel (the proposed sequel to Bryan Singer’s…

Superman Lives

by Kevin Smith Smith has been pretty vocal about the horrors of development. For all the hype, I’m not too keen on this script. It has some interesting elements: the death and rebirth of Superman, the presence of both Lex Luthor and Braniac. I liked the way the story just starts without explaining who Superman…