I just saw the first trailer for it and have to agree with a lot of people in that it’s literally “What if Superman was a horror story”. I’m just wondering how exactly Sony can do that. It looks like it follows Supe’s origin just a little too close for my liking. I mean, you’ve got the alien baby adopted by a farmer couple that couldn’t have one of their own, the symbol that looks a bit too Kryptonian (though that could just be because Kryptonian doesn’t look all that special), Heat Vision, Flight, and Super Speed. They even named the kid Brandon, which I can’t help but feel is a nod to Roth. All they’re missing was the name of the boy’s homeplanet and a chunk of said planet weakening him (or if this is more of an Ultraman situation, since the kid was only shown using powers at night, powering him up).
If it makes bank and is received well, watch it land Gunn a gig as the director of the next Superman movie (in conjunction with whatever he ends up doing on Suicide Squad).
I can already imagine snobby critics having review headlines as the best or worst superman film.
If this film is successful, James Gunn would get extra credit and people will be wanting him to be invovled with the next superman film and see him as some savior for Supes and DC films. If it’s a failure, WB may think that even a ripoff can’t be a good superman related or inspired film
I like superman. I’m just not so loyal that I can’t stand to see him in any other light other than boy scout. Besides WB isn’t doing anything with him. Why shouldn’t Sony? It’s carma. Treat you fans poorly and somthing like this might happen.
@dglasco7 that is a very good point. Still I love dark hero movies. And I can’t think of a single super hero horror film except maybe spawn. And that wasn’t really a horror film. Still I’d still like to see it. The ultimate what if Batman was right about him.