Variety reports:
Superman needs some ideas for what his next adventure might be.
“Superman Returns” scribes Michael Dougherty and Dan Harris have opted not to come back and pen a sequel to the 2006 summer pic that would have reunited them with helmer Bryan Singer. The three also worked together on “X2: X-Men United.”
As a result, WB is now taking pitches for Supe’s next outing from other scribes — just as the studio is trying to figure out which actor will don the character’s tights in “Justice League.” . . .
Harris, who had previously helmed “Imaginary Heroes,” is writing and directing “I, Lucifer,” based on the book, with Daniel Craig attached to star.
Say what? Daniel Craig, who (if the films stay true to the books) will lead a rebellion against God in the His Dark Materials trilogy, is also going to play the original rebel against God? Seems so — though this news has apparently been kicking around for at least a year and a half, which leads me to wonder both why I have never mentioned it here before, and how close this project is to getting out of “development hell“. (Um, no pun intended. Honestly.)
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