Who Are The Front Runners To Direct Superman?
Thu, July 22, 2010 
Right from the moment it was revealed Christopher Nolan would be Producing or "Godfathering" the new Superman film, rumors started to fly rampant that his younger brother Jonathon was the front runner to direct. You really have to love nepotism in Hollywood, don't you. It definitely seems like a plausible possibility, the only problem being nothing aside from Nolan Producing and Goyer writing has been officially announced at this point, that and the rumor almost seems to be too obvious of a choice.
According to The Playlist a "good source" has re-ignited the rumor mill this time naming not only Johnathon Nolan but also David Goyer as the two front runners to direct the next Superman film. If Nolan were take the job it would mark his directorial debut. Which in most cases you would assume the studio wouldn't be so quick to hand over a major franchise to an inexperienced director, the exception in this case being Nolans impressive screenwriting resume which includes The Dark Knight and the forthcoming Batman 3. Goyer on the other hand hasn't had nearly as much success as a director as a writer. Which would bring you to assume he wouldn't be considered for the job either, however according to their source there's already a Man of Steel draft that's really wowed the studio. That alone along with his involvement on the new Batman franchise could easily explain his name being on the shortlist.
The job was also allegedly offered to the Wachowski brothers who turned it down. Also making the rumor mills recently and being shot down in the playlist's report was the potential casting of Tv star Zachary Levi, according to them he has no involvement what so ever with the development of the reboot.
More somewhat obvious news was that the plan was for an unknown to don the cape, as the studio would like to secure the talent for a three-picture deal. According to the source “there is a list knocking around, but its nothing major and really worth nothing more than a fan wish-list.”
And last but not least we'll apparently be hearing major announcements in regards to the superman franchise over this weekend at comic con. I find that last bit somewhat hard to believe and in turn makes me question the rest of their almost entirely obvious "scoop". As far as I know the plan from Warner Bros is for the focus to be on Green Lantern come Saturday in Hall H. But don't get me wrong I would love to hear something new, I'm just not holding my breath either way.
Reader Comments (6)
This seems like such old news by now. I don't think we'll hear anything for a while but I could be wrong
I so wish this true, but something tells me it's fanboy BS. I seriously doubt we'll hear anything this weekend, but who knows. The other thing is if we do hear about superman thats almost a guaruntee we'll be hearing about batman 3...come on title!!
I think it would be funny for WB to hold their panel, focus completely on GL and maybe other projects in the works and then at the end the projector "malfunctions" and we get quick flashes of random graphics including the S-Shield the BB/TDK Bat Emblem and some "teaser" style images, all very erratic, as though it really was a glitch, and then a graphic reading 2012 appears and slowly fades away, just before the projector "dies." That might cause a bit of a stir, just to keep people guessing as they leave. IDK, just something crazy like that for S's and G's.
@ Kal-El Fan that almost sounds crazy enough to be something they would do. I would be happy with a production start date or director announcement from supes right now, and a title for batman 3. Why not? That's not asking too much
I've been saying for a while now I think Goyer will get it, but I mean that's fanboy guesstimating at best which also kinda what their "good source" sounds like lol
Sounds like everything we've already heard before.