New Superman Movie Trailer

There are a lot of rumors about the 6th sequel of the Superman movie series and if you try to find out what is really planned, you’ll find your quest to be confusing and endless. Talk is all you will get. There are no new Superman movie trailers available, because questions like who will direct it, will it be a sequel of Superman Returns or a reboot, who will play Superman and who will play Lex Luthor, what will be its title, are still unanswered.

The discussion started when Warner Bros. announced that a sequel of Superman Returns would be released by mid-2009. The announcement came four months before Superman Returns was released in 2006. The title would be Man of Steel, the director would still be Bryan Singer, Brandon Routh would be the improved hero, Kate Bosworth and Kevin Spacey would continue to portray Lois Lane and Lex Luthor respectively. The sequel was going to have multiple villains and more action sequences. It all looked flawless until Superman Returns hit the theaters and failed to impress Warner Bros and Legendary Pictures.

From then on, the start of filming was shifting to 2007, to 2008, to 2010, while writers abandoned the project and moved on to new ones and Singer postponed his engagement in favor of Valkyrie. In 2008, the Scottish comic book writer, Mark Millar, presented his idea of filming Superman to Warner Bros, if Bryan Singer should back down. He sees it as a Superman trilogy, first part to be released in 2011, covering the entire life of Superman.

Within the next few months Warner Bros took into consideration ideas of several screenwriters and even suggested that a second installment be a reboot, claiming that the biggest issue is the bad reception of Superman Returns. Had it been more successful, the sequel would have been out by now. Instead it was shadowed by The Dark Night, written by Christopher Nolan. President of DC Comics, Paul Levitz, explained that as soon as Nolan starts working on another Batman, the release date for Superman will follow.

In the meantime, Legendary Pictures published a temporary plot synopsis on their official website, announcing Superman Unleashed title for the new sequel that will be more exciting than ever before. Although it was password-protected, the title and the synopsis leaked and it was removed immediately.

Judging by all of the above, we can expect Superman Returns to return once again. We don’t know when or how exactly, but that mystery and intrigues surrounding it surely enhance our anticipation and expectations.