"Superman Lives" stuff

[Metallo]

Didn't see a thread for this. Some of these pics are old and long since seen but a few are new to me

Superman Lives Suprman’s Tomb Blueprints




Toy Concept Art from Tim Burton’s Superman Lives：ERADICATOR

ERADICATOR
Created by Jor-EI, Superman’s father, to be Superman’s “protector” and to rescue him from Death.
Embodies the “newtechnology” and the “good” of Krypton. Is a power source that never runs out.
Comes to “life” in the Fortress of Solitude where he re-activates Superman’s signature technology.
Can take different forms depending on the situation and the specific need required to protect Superman.
Appears in the movie in two different forms: 1)as a humanoid; 2)as “special suit” for energizing Superman during the all-encompassing darkness.
As a humanoid, the Eradicator is majestic, wisely and imposing.
Has a heroic body, composed of pure energy, that is clothed is translucent robes.


Toy Concept Art from Tim Burton’s Superman Lives：ERADICATOR SUIT SUPERMAN

ERADICATOR SUIT SUPERMAN
Special suit made from Eradicator technology that restores Superman’s powers during the darkness on Earth.
Encloses Superman entirely to completely hide his identity; creates a powerful new silohuette for Superman.
Suit magnifies all of Superman’s traditional powers.
Sleek and aerodynamic metallic suit that pulses with light energy (light piping).
Includes smooth armor accented with hieroglyphic designs.
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Toy Concept Art from Tim Burton’s Superman Lives： “RECOVERY SUIT” SUPERMAN

“RECOVERY SUIT” SUPERMAN
Superman wears this suit in the rejuvenation chamber in the Fortress of Solitude.
Suit is laden with Kryptonian technology, including triangular-shaped energy ports for “plugging” Superman into the Eradicator technology (for restoration of his powers).
Energy “circulates” visibly through the sculpted Kryptonian power matrix (use of light pipe and translucent areas on the figure).
Likely to be dark metallic blue with light accent colors.


Toy Concept Art from Tim Burton’s Superman Lives：CLASSIC SUIT SUPERMAN

CLASSIC SUIT SUPERMAN
Superman appears in this suit in the beginning of the movie, until his “death.”
Reflects an updated” 90’s look” to Superman’s traditional suit.
Maintains signature colors of the blue tights with the red cape.
Key design elements include the all new, contemporized “S” shield, and the addition of chest armor and shoulder pads.


Tim Burton’s Superman Lives Brainiac’s Skull Ship Maquette for movie.

'Superman Lives' Toy Designs Emerge to Ruin Your Holiday

Dec 16th 2011 By: Andy Khouri

Just when you thought you were going to make it out of 2011 without being reminded that Tim Burton very, very nearly made a Superman movie starring Nicolas Cage as a glow-in-the-dark Kryptoborg, YOU WERE WRONG. Just under the wire, more sheckshocked designers have released into (world) wild (web) a collection of tie-in action figure concept images that offer a traumatizing glimpse into what was unbelievably close to happening.

The images come courtesy of a Facebook fan page dedicated to Man of Steel, the forthcoming Superman film directed by Zack Snyder and starring Henry Cavill. According to the accompanying text, designers at Hasbro Toys Group were tasked with creating all sorts of designs for use not just as action figures but in the film itself.

The designers on the development team at Hasbro Toy Group were responsible for creating designs that could be used in both the movies as well as toys. Working in conjunction with the studios, they developed concepts all the time; Ideas that could be used across both platforms. The team did hundreds of designs for Superman Lives. They also had the design team drawing Supes with cowls, masks, etc.

Among the tidbits leaked to the Facebook page were proposed story and casting points points, like "Woody Harrelson as Jor-El and Supes having a son."

While we know designs like these would have looked abominable on a real human being ("and a hero..."), they're not really so bad as far as funky Superman redesigns go. Indeed, some elements have reappeared in Jim Lee's redesign of Superman for DC Comics' New 52 initiative, particularly the repeated triangle motif and the armor look you can see in some of the designs below.

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[Valentine Smith]

Nice! I haven't seen some of these!

[Scissorpuppy]

Over the past year a good deal of material has leaked from this project. It's only a matter of time before we see a real photo or video footage of Nic Cage as Sups.

[Metallo]

Toy Concept Art from Tim Burton’s Superman Lives：HUMANOID BRAINIAC



HUMANOID BRAINIAC
An evil computer (from Krypton) in human form.
Energy vampire that constantly needs to recharge his artificial powersource.
Seeks the “perfect” body of the Eradicator to overcome his biggest vulnerability (loss of power).
Has the ability to “hard-wire” (download) his consciousness into various “beasts” from the Universe.
Is mysterious and wicked looking. Is tall with a huge head.



Toy Concept Art from Tim Burton’s Superman Lives： DOOMSDAY



DOOMSDAY
Alien lifeform genetically engineered by Brainiac to destroy Superman.
Super-adaptive; Can not be defeated in the same way twice.
Huge, monstrous form with glaring eyes and razor-sharp claws.
Has sharp bony protrusions from head to toe.

Body has exposed circuitry that extrudes from it.

[Keith]

Just wanted to say that the colorful Robot Superman was the artist having fun, and was not being considered for the suit in the movie.

I still don't know what to make of all this.. lol

[Deleted]

I stand by what I've always said about this project.

It would've been absolutely fucking FASCINATING to see.

[Jimbo]

I know next to nothing about this. Was Superman supposed to be a cyborg brought back to life like RoboCop or something?

[Knight]

Fucking heck,them concepts are amazing. Beautiful art work!!

Looks like a proper baad antagonist for Superman.

[Deleted]

Jimbo, it was a take on "The Death Of" and would've had him fight Doomsday, almost die, and come back all armored and shit, ready to kick ass.

[Metallo]

There was also the one Reborn/Lives script where Superman would die, his life essence impregnates Lois, and he would be reborn through her.



Yeah...

Kinda like in Jason Goes To heck only not as funny.

Superman Lives would have been interesting to watch the way a 20 car pile up would be. It certainly would have been, by far, the most unique take on Superman of all time.

[Scissorpuppy]

I still think WB should capitalize on the mystery behind this project and do a book with facts, interviews and high quality pics. I think it would sell enough to make a profit. Then again it seems that more and more stuff is coming out, soon there would be no need for a book. They still have the holy grail though, a real pic and video of Nick Cage with wig as supes. Once that hits, WB won't be able to give the book away.

heck, Just a feature length doc on the failed attemps from 1990-2004 would be interesting. I was really hoping the SR dvd/BR release would have had something like that. Nope. Instead of actually trying to make money from these mistakes, they just lumped all that wasted cash into the Returns budget.

[Metallo]

Yessir thats smart thinkin. But WB doesn't like your smart thinkin kind.

Th SR Blu Ray should have had some kind of extended history doc on the development of SR.

Its a fascinating story. The film was mired in development heck for a decade. You'd think they would try to use some of that to help make money.

Maybe WB is too embarrassed to admit all the stupid sh** they tried.

[Kamdan]

Still would have rather of seen this than Superman Returns. I’m not saying it would have been good, but at least it would have tried something new, rather than lamely rehashing Donner’s films and would have been a good example, along with Batman & Robin, on how NOT to make a comic book film.

[SupermanUF]

You know, now that I'm older, I really wish this movie got made.

In 1998, if someone walked up to me and said "Would you rather see Tim Burton's take on Superman, with Nicolas Cage playing the Man of Steel, or a love letter to the Donner films, with a Chris Reeve lookalike playing Supes?" of course I would have chosen the latter.

But now that's what we got... I dunno. Burton's movies are dark and moody, yes--but they have a certain whimsy, a magical quality--that may have worked for his Superman. Burton's made some questionable movies (see Planet of the Apes), but never really made a bad one, especially in the 90s. It would have blown open the Supes mythos in a way we've never seen before, and after seeing all his artwork on exhibit at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, I think the man is nothing short of genius.

[ye5man]

If it was a good as Big Fish then I'd regret it not being made

However for me, Burton is more miss than hit (by a significant margin) so I'm personally OK it all passed.

Plus SR completely destroyed interest in any Donner related Superman films for the rest of my life, so once again, I'm happy to move on.

[mavcon75]

After seeing all of this...I'm thinking of going on an Angry Video Game Nerd rant about all of this....but rather than waste my time typing up obscenities that would linger in space for decades...easier to say that I'm SO glad we never got this movie....you guys are right....but an interesting take doesn't mean it's a good one either.

[Jor-L5150]

Jan 10, 2012 3:19:34 GMT -5 SupermanUF said:

You know, now that I'm older, I really wish this movie got made.

In 1998, if someone walked up to me and said "Would you rather see Tim Burton's take on Superman, with Nicolas Cage playing the Man of Steel, or a love letter to the Donner films, with a Chris Reeve lookalike playing Supes?" of course I would have chosen the latter.

But now that's what we got... I dunno. Burton's movies are dark and moody, yes--but they have a certain whimsy, a magical quality--that may have worked for his Superman. Burton's made some questionable movies (see Planet of the Apes), but never really made a bad one, especially in the 90s. It would have blown open the Supes mythos in a way we've never seen before, and after seeing all his artwork on exhibit at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, I think the man is nothing short of genius.

on balance, i am still relieved it didn't happen.

at the time- well i actually was looking forward to it. i was in the fringe minority who thought nic cage would be just fine as superman and the whole idea of doomsday/eradicator and (finally!) brainiac all in one big spectacle was just awesome.

having read the scripts it's obvious that kevins smiths story was far from ideal, but ok. then you add jon peters nonsense like gay robot sidekicks, and the comedy team of superman and eradicator- coupled with a superman who did. not. fly. well.... it's for the best i guess.

the thing with tim burton is that tim burton makes ONE kind of movie:
tim burton.
ANY thing he does it's all about HIS world.
HIS "batman" lives in the same place where jack skelington and edward scissorhands lives. i suspect that ed scissorhands lives in the suburbs just outside gotham.

[Metallo]

Indeed. Donner was a director who served the material. Burton was a director that made the material serve him. If it had been a hit...who knows what they heck that would have meant for Superman and other comic book characters from then on. Scary thought.

Burton worked for Batman because his sensibilities lined up with the character stylistically and thematically. Burtons sort of a dark loner and outsider.

He was changing Superman into something he wasn't. People complain about Singer making Superman an introverted outsider...Burton would have done that by a factor of 100.

Most of the scripts sounded terrible. They never could seem to even get what they wanted to do right. The film would have been entertaining the same way Batman & Robin was entertaining. In a WTF were they thinking kind of way. It certainly would have been interesting and different but I'm glad it didn't happen. I was also fascinated by it and looking forward to it in a perverse sort of way but in the end it was one of those movies that you know deep down was a mistake that rightfully didn't get made.

Unfortunately we've had a few that DID get made. Like Catwoman. We weren't as lucky there. Much like Superman Lives it was a colossal f*** up of a reimagining.

Just imagine Cage in that Edward Scissorhands suit with a sh*tty long stringy black wig. It would have been hi-freaking-larious. Maybe Cage could have done something with a more straight adaptation but oddly enough i think he fit Burtons idea of Superman better. But the problem is that idea was so far out there.

[Deleted]

UF, that Burton exhibit was at MoMA a while back. It was incredible. You really do get a sense of the sheer breadth of his imagination.

[crazy_asian_man]

Its a fascinating story. The film was mired in development heck for a decade. You'd think they would try to use some of that to help make money.

Maybe WB is too embarrassed to admit all the stupid sh** they tried.

For a fan's point of view..... is it better to see the disaster come out, in all it's absurdity, or have the plug pulled at the last minute?
(Personally, as bad as it turned out, I'm glad to have been able to get a glimpse of what a big budget Green Lantern film might have looked like- as the alternative would probably have been, 'never'.)

Personally... (so long as there are no repercussions to the project that would have bugged me), I would have loved for the Tim Burton version to have come out, for the same reasons that everyone mentions here- it's too weird to not be curious how it might have come out. (In looking back, it's actually strange that the Batman adaptation is as faithful- with some exceptions- to the comic as it is).

I have a bad feeling that the true ins and outs of the Burton era of Superman probably makes WB's processes of developing a movie look SO bad, that they didn't want to back anything that could put it out there.

[Valentine Smith]

I've begun the process of writing a book about all of the failed Superman projects between Superman IV and Superman Returns. I don't have a publisher yet, and this is still in the earliest stages, but it's gonna happen.

[Deleted]

!!!

[Keith]

Jan 11, 2012 17:06:20 GMT -5 Valentine Smith said:

I've begun the process of writing a book about all of the failed Superman projects between Superman IV and Superman Returns. I don't have a publisher yet, and this is still in the earliest stages, but it's gonna happen.

It needs to be done. There's so, so much there, interviews, photos, all those costume test videos that were posted on Facebook by the designers... If WB is too stupid not to do this and make money off of it, might as well be you lol.

[Metallo]

Jan 11, 2012 17:06:20 GMT -5 Valentine Smith said:

I've begun the process of writing a book about all of the failed Superman projects between Superman IV and Superman Returns. I don't have a publisher yet, and this is still in the earliest stages, but it's gonna happen.

That could be a huge damned book. A heck of a lot of work.

Canons Superman V and The Salkinds Superman: The New Movie alone could fill a book.

[Valentine Smith]

It may be a large book, yes. I'm gonna see how far I get, and if it ends up being two books, so be it.

Also, scratch what I said before about not having a publisher. Looks like I may have one after all! One who has published DC related stuff before, no less, despite not being an arm of TimeWarner.

I've also got a solid lead on the Puzo script. Not sure how much I'll be able to share of that if/when this comes through, but you guys will be the first to know.