Writer David Goyer Linked to 'Superman' Reboot

I'm not sure I want David Goyer directing very much - that's been a real hit and miss prospect - but writing, particularly superhero movies, seems to be his strong suit. When he bowed out of his ABC show, FlashForward, to focus on features, there was speculation that it meant Batman Whatever It's Going To Be Called. Not so. Not yet. The next David Goyer superhero script will be the next iteration of Superman, according to a source tipping Latino Review. Makes sense, I guess. Goyer is not only good at comic book adaptations, he's been one of the busiest hired guns for both DC and Marvel properties, and he's worked with Christopher Nolan on the Batman movies, something DC Entertainment is desperate to recreate. There have even been reports that Nolan is overseeing the new Superman without becoming too involved. Here's the way this is said to be playing out: It has a working title of The Man of Steel (but I would expect marketeers to "rebrand" that as Superman: The Man of Steel if it sticks), and Goyer has been brought in to bring the series "back to the John Byrne incarnation. Modern. Believable. Fun." If you thought a new Clark Kent flick would have anything to do with Superman Returns, this new information leaves Bryan Singer and Brandon Routh on the outside. I don't think anybody will have a major problem with that. You've got to earn your way back, and neither of those guys did better jobs than we expected. Here's an odd twist: So modern is the story that The Daily Planet is apparently falling on hard times because of the rise of the internet. Let's see Superman turn back time by flying around the world to change that inevitability. We're also getting Luthor and Brainiac, and this won't be an origin story. That may be the best news of all; who doesn't know Superman by this point, or who couldn't be adequately brought up to speed without going through the whole thing again? This isn't a studio press release or anything, so don't take every bit of it as gospel. But it dovetails nicely with what Warner Bros. wants to do with the property, so I'll buy the big story for now and worry about the details later.

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[Vince]

Goyer is pretty damn good when it comes writing for superhero films (though you could make the argument that the Nolan brothers had a hand in that as well), plus he had a hand in one of my favorite movies ever Dark City so this makes me all the more excited for the Superman reboot.