What’s going on with the new Superman movie?!?

Okay, so remember way back when I did that post about DC potentially losing the rights to Superman? But how if they had a new film rolling by 2011, everything would be A-Ok? Well guess what! According to new DC Entertainment President Diane Nelson, a new film for the man of steal is NOT being planned. On ANY level whatsoever. I’m sorry, but I’m fairly certain that if the flagship character of my company (granted, Supes shares that status with Batman) was in jeopardy of no longer being mine, I’d be doing something about it, right? But nope. So far absolutely nothing is going on. Apparently they’re in Green Lantern mode. It’s like the company is taking stupid pills. Look, the goal of the DC Entertainment creation was to spearhead their most popular, as well as their lesser known, properties into media outside of comics, and to not have a new Superman film be immediately in production, especially when a Judge sais the equivalent of “Make it or lose the big blue boyscout,” it makes me wonder if the company is in good hands with Nelson as the President.

And then there were rumors that comic writer Mark Millar had made a pitch to the suits at DC Entertainment. Not true. In a recent statement Millar said that he never does pitches, because it’s basically giving them free material, which is why he sticks to comics. He said the only person who has heard his proposal for a Superman movie is director Matthew Vaughn, whom he said is the only one he’d want to work with on a Superman movie. I say turn the production over almost entirely to the talented writers and artists in the comics division of DC Entertainment. This way you get a Superman story done the RIGHT way. Granted, they’re doing something similar with the Flash film in development, with comic writer Geoff Johns attached as the writer, but I think it’s time that that method is used for EVERY comic movie based on a major franchise. Look, preproduction can take anywhere from 6 months to a full year, and that’s if it’s a rushjob. Superman does NOT deserve a rush job, but at the same time, you’ve got probably a hundred talented writers who already have Superman scripts ready to at least be rewritten. Point is, Superman is the flagship character (once again, next to Batman), so treat him like it before you lose him.