Tuesday, March 29, 2011

March 16, 2011: Snyder Not a Slave to Previous Superman Movies




The LA Times interviewed Zack Snyder and asked him all about his up-coming new Superman movie. Snyder explained that this new movie would come from the point of view as if there'd never previously been any Superman movies. "Respect the canon but don't be a slave to the movies," he said.

    "Literally, the one thing that everyone can start to think about is that we're making a movie that finally goes with the approach that there's been no other Superman movies," Snyder said. "If you look at 'Batman Begins,' there's that structure, there's the canon that we know about and respect but on other hand there's this approach that pre-supposes that there haven't been any other movies. In every aspect of design�and of story, the whole thing�is very much from that perspective of respect the canon but don't be a slave to the movies."

    I mentioned to Snyder that in hindsight the Singer film might have been�boxed in by the past and�too tentative - the movie seemed at times like a cautious curator trying to move around among fragile museum pieces. "Yeah, and we're not afraid of that at all," Snyder said. "Our Superman, he's got things to figure out but he's a physical cat."


Read the complete LA Times article to hear Snyder's thoughts on other up-coming casting announcements, what it's like collaborating with Christopher Nolan, his excitement over bringing Superman back to contemporary moviegoers, and when we might see Henry Cavill in the Superman costume.


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