It’s a whole lot of fun and actually has something of a sense of humor. With Miller’s involvement, the film would presumably not have hated its audience. Those were different times for sure, but there was something oddly familiar about it given how DC’s films have turned out.Ĭompletely unrelated to the Batman and Superman films of the time, Justice League: Mortal would have done the whole immediate ensemble thing that we ended up with in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. It was shortly following Superman Returns and Batman Begins, and a year or so before Iron Man would come along to kick off the MCU. Kieran and Michele Mulroney delivered Justice League: Mortal to the execs at Warner in 2007. The full script survives today on the blog archives of Mr. If only we had a time machine, we could have worked all these goodies into a Burton film that may have overshadowed Zack Snyder's best efforts. There is also Doomsday, the early scenes on the planet Krypton, and the romance between Clark Kent and Lois Lane. Some of our favorite elements include the “Lexiac” blend of Lex Luthor and Brainiac, an underused Superman baddie. Cage as Superman? Too bizarre to say no to. In the master’s hands, this one would have been fun. Therefore, attentions turn to the most fully formed version from Dan Gilroy ( Nightcrawler), which utilizes elements from previous scripts (including Smith’s and the “Death of Superman” storyline) to render a Burton-esque story that is romantic, dazzling and broad in scope. While narrowing down the scripts for this particular project, we tend to side with director Tim Burton and agree that Kevin Smith’s take on the screenplay was far from a workable script. Much has been made of Superman Lives, which would have starred Nicolas Cage as the Man of Steel (and it got damn close to becoming a reality).
Unfortunately, it will probably stay on the page, though we could see it existing on its own outside of the Gladiator banner. It’s an intriguingly bizarre and visually arresting picture as written. Maximus ends up hunting gods, and leading wars across time - from the Crusades to the Pentagon.
While the first was a gritty revenge epic set in ancient Rome, Gladiator 2 would have taken the now deceased Maximus into the afterlife on a quest to find his dead wife and son (who were murdered in the first film by Commodus). Why didn’t it get made? Our bet is that studios are leery of sequels that are structurally different from their predecessors. According to film essayist Devin Faraci, it made it further than the birthing stages and even had a fair amount of support from Ridley Scott himself, the original film’s director.
But no script embodies it more than Nick Cave’s Gladiator 2 - a script that, believe it or not, wasn’t just immediately laughed out of the pitch room. “Bats** crazy” is a term that gets thrown around a lot in the movie world.
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