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Sat Oct 4, 2008 — by Robert Greenberger
Net goes Nuts Over Spacey Rumor
Actor Possibly Still in Next Superman Film
Much is being made of a comment, buried deep in an interesting interview with actor Kevin Spacey regarding his participation in the next Superman film. The UK’s Independent noted that Spacey was signed to reprise his Lex Luthor in the film but doesn’t quote the actor directly. Instead, he commented on his life as a producer and occasional actor.
"Well, look. If I'm not producing, then I'm an actor for hire. It ends there. That doesn't mean you're not working with a director and other actors and a writer to make the best movie you can, but it's a temporal experience, you'll be together for a couple of weeks or months and then you're done."
While it’s true he was committed to the next film, which at the time was still going to act as a follow-up to Bryan Singer’s Superman Returns, the playing field ahs changed. Singer is no longer attached to the film, which was recently announced as being rebooted ala Batman Begins.
After all, Warner Bros. Pictures Group President Jeff Robinov told the Wall Street Journal what the rest of us knew walking out of the theater that the homage to Richard Donner "didn't quite work as a film in the way that we wanted it to. ... It didn't position the character the way he needed to be positioned."
Exactly who will write, director or appear in the new start has yet to be announced so there may well be a lot of guessing through reading tea leaves. We suspect that any new Superman feature film will not bring back anyone from the Singer film or the 1980s features.
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Comments (7)
David (1:00 AM on Sun Oct 5, 2008)
If they don't go with Spacey, I think they should get John Locke to play Lex.
mike weber (2:29 AM on Sun Oct 5, 2008)
Personally, i think they should just realise that Lex is just not something that's gonna work in a film and move on.
(BTW, it looks as if your "reply" and "Add a Comment" links have been hijacked they're both redirecting to http://www.americaspower.org/Election
mike weber (2:30 AM on Sun Oct 5, 2008)
Well, they were...
Brian Alvey (8:49 AM on Sun Oct 5, 2008)
Must have been some bad ad code. I'll tell our ad networks to not run anything by them. Thanks!
Rick Taylor (8:25 AM on Sun Oct 5, 2008)
I think it's time they found a new villain to highlight.
Spacey was OK but did his best 'Gene Hackman' and really should of found his own take on the character.
Frankly, I'm glad Singer isn't attached.
He was such a fanboy he essentially remade the first Reeve movie.
Get a NEW story.
mike weber (9:26 AM on Sun Oct 5, 2008)
Get a GOOD story.
I wasn't all that pleased with it the *first* time.
Rick Taylor (10:37 AM on Sun Oct 5, 2008)
Got THAT right.