New director for SUPERMAN reboot

By Matt Holmes / June 25, 2011

First Mark Millar, and now Louis Letterier? Both guys have mentioned Superman reboots, it looks like something is really going down over at Warner Bros. and it doesn't involve Bryan Singer who has probably been dumped on his ass after the less than impressive Superman Returns. Speaking to a French media outlet, The Incredible Hulk director claims he has heard whispers that WB are considering rebooting the Superman franchise, or as he puts it "reinventing it". No shit, they should have done that LAST time!

Confusion began earlier in the day when a couple of bloggers read the translation of his interview wrong, and claimed he said that he had held talks with Warner Bros. over directing the new movie himself. Thankfully that turned out to be mis-communication. A couple of weeks back we heard Mark Millar mention that WB a "well known American action director" had called him up to team together and pitch a new project involving Supes to Warners. Letterier is only semi-known but he is most certainly an action director after cooking up The Transporter series and the recent Hulk movie. And of course he ain't American. Whatever or whoever it is, I think the death nail has been hammered into Singer's future for the series. It really doesn't help his case that the world is going bat crazy right now for WB's other big superhero character. I think Warners will want that kind of atmosphere for the next Superman movie and I can absolutely guarantee them it wouldn't happen with a Superman: The Man of Steel.. a direct sequel to Superman Returns. In this case, a change is good. source - aicn