Kevin Smith's hilarious SUPERMAN LIVES story

Back in 1996, fresh off the groundbreaking success of his independent movie Clerks, young writer/director and New Jersey comic book owner Kevin Smith was approached by Warner Bros. to advise them on the studio's biggest in development project; a resurrection of the Superman franchise which had laid lament for ten years because of the poor reception to Superman IV: The Quest for Peace. Warner Bros. had taken interest in Smith after his critically lauded draft for Chasing Amy, revolving around two comic book creators got into their hands and they, probably justifiably so, thought his opinion had useful value. Smith told them in no uncertain terms that Gregory Poirier's script was "terrible" and that he "didn't get the Superman mythos" which worried Warner Bros. greatly. Not wanting to put their mult-million dollar franchise into the wrong hands and seeing Smith as a huge comic book fan, and the speaker of the audience they were hoping to reach out too, he was soon given the job to write a screenplay of his own. Today's Daily Vid is Kevin Smith's hilarious re-telling of his time with Superman producer Jon Peters and how his Superman Lives, was doomed to fail from day one. The vid was taken from Smith's one man show An Evening With Kevin Smith...