When J.J. Abrams Superman script didn't pan out, Bryan Singer came on to the project, he brought in his own writers and started fresh. The end result was 2006's underwhelming Superman Returns. One of the more fascinating what-ifs in comic-book movie lore was the proposed sequel to the film, which was very actively being developed despite the critical and commercial indifference towards the first film. The proposed film was actually going to be titled Man Of Steel. In an interview with Empire Magazine the director explained: "We did explore it a little. Just hammering out ideas. I think Darkseid was going to be the villain. It was pretty world-destroying, actually." This sequel, Singer explains, just "fizzled out." While opinions on 2013's Man Of Steel varies wildly, it's probably safe to say that it was more entertaining then whatever Singer and company would have cooked up. Or maybe not, who knows.
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