The team of David Goyer and Christoper Nolan helped revive the Batman franchise and now Warner Brothers is hoping the two can do the same for th Man of Steel.
Reuters reports that Goyer is in discusions to pen the script for the upcoming “Superman” reboot. Nolan has been linked to the project in an advisory role, though nothing has been confirmed about how much he’ll be involved. (Some are hoping Nolan would direct).
The project would reunite the duo, who worked on bringing back the Dark Knight.
Warner Bros. has a lot of incentive to move forward on “Man of Steel,” as the project is rumored to be called at this stage; under a deal with the heirs of Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel, a movie needs to be in production by 2011 or the studio will have to fork over millions.
Goyer, who is wrapping up his involvement with his ABC show “FlashForward,” is no stranger to the DC Universe. He wrote a draft of “The Flash” several years ago, and back in 2000 he wrote the “Justice Society” comic book with Geoff Johns (who last week was appointed DC’s chief creative officer.)
I think this could be very interesting and while I didn’t hate Bryan Singers Superman, I thought it was lacking in imagination. I think if Nolan Goyer and can use some of that Batman magic on Superman, it could be very interesting. Also, might this mean a Batman / Superman crossover in the future. Batman and Superman did crossover several times in the animated series and it there were usually suprising results.