McG McGone from SUPERMAN?

Rumors say the flashy director was packed up on a rocket and shot into space...

By Den Shewman     June 25, 2004
Source: Dark Horizons, Superman-V.com, Project Voice

McG has been the target of scorn and speculation, as well as some adulation, during his post-Brett Ratner reign as director of the new SUPERMAN movie over at Warner Brothers. But now several websites are reporting that McG is out, the creator of the BATMAN: DEAD END fan flick might be in, and that J.J. Abrams scripts (the latter drafts introducing a new Kryptonian suit) were tossed in the McTrash.

Superman-V.com says that McG was "Ratnered" after he failed to show for an Australian location scout, which compounded on his recent indecisiveness and apparent indifference. Dark Horizons and Project Voice say that the J.J. Abrams drafts of the script may be scrapped in favor of a new writer, and mention that J.J. intro'd a new black Kryptonian suit in later drafts.

And in the "If it's not a planted rumor then I'll eat Kandor" department, take a grain of Kryptonian salt when you read that Warners is trying to set up a meeting with Sandy Collura (creator of fan flick BATMAN: DEAD END) to talk about his "possible involvement." Now, if you were making decisions on a major, potentially billion-dollar franchise, would you put it in the hands of a newbie? (Watch DEAD END again before you answer that.)

After all this, the actual shooting the movie will be a cakewalk...


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