J.J. Abrams Reportedly Meeting With Writers For New Superman Movie
Superman Returns in 2006, there were countless attempts made at bringing the Man of Steel back to the big screen. The most famous was Tim Burton’s
Lethal Weapon 4 and
Superman Reborn, Wolfgang Petersen was hired to direct
Batman vs. Superman with Akiva Goldsman rewriting a draft by
Justice League: Mortal in front of cameras, and J.J. Abrams’
Superman: Flyby had Brett Ratner and then McG attached before that project also fell apart.
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Abrams lobbied Warner Bros. to let him direct the movie, but at the time, he’d only helmed two episodes of his TV show