Why it won’t…
Christopher Nolan
The guy turned a film about burglarising corporate secrets from dreams into a runaway success at the box office; he is the golden child of Warner Bros. It doesn’t hurt that he completely revived the Batman on-screen franchise either – lest we forget, the Batman movie before Bale’s Begins starred Arnie as Mr Freeze.
Money
They are going to throw money at this project. Warner execs will probably be under strict instruction to literally hurl wads of cash at the set every time they drive by on those golf cart things (which they will probably have to sell to throw more money at the film). Anyway, it’s going to look pretty.
It’s not the Nineties any more
There was a time when Superman movie news came with rumours that were less likeable than shitting out broad swords: “Superman fights a giant spider!” “Superman won’t fly!” “Lois Lane has a virgin birth!” “Superman goes to Kryptonian heaven!” “Lex Luthor and Brainiac become… Lexiac!” That’s all behind us now. Hopefully.
Dun-dun-der-der-derrrrr
It doesn’t matter about anything else. It wouldn’t matter if Superman was played by a Labrador. When that music hits, crowds vomit with excitement. And rightly so.
Blind optimism
Clark Kent would approve.
