No Current Plans for Superman's "Return"

It looks like those Japanese newspaper ads and television commercials for the 2010 Toyota Prius (shown here) might be the closest thing we get to another Superman movie after all. At least for the time being according to newly-appointed DC big-cheese Diane Nelson.

To their credit, MTV actually did their homework in the non-Twilight department and quizzed Nelson on the status of the next Superman cinematic installment:

"We actually don't have any current plans for Superman."

Of course with last week's official announcement of DC Entertainment being formed, everyone assumed that Kal-El would be dusting off his red-and-blue suit to return to the silver screen sooner rather than later. Plus there's those pesky legal issues between Warner Brothers and the Siegel/Shuster estates and the "2011 or else!" court ruling to boot.

So said remark does come as a surprise. But there you have it. Then again, Warner Brothers are big into keeping things "hush hush" on their properties. For all we know, they could unveil plans for a $400 million Superman trilogy next Friday unbeknownst to anyone. Or just have good ol Clark sit it out for the time being. Either one.