Apologies for this review going up much later than intended. I saw The Death of Superman Lives right before Comic-Con, and then Comic-Con -- and all of the never-ending work involved with covering that and its aftermath -- happened and suddenly it was two weeks later!
There are countless movies that were in development but never got made, but Superman Lives is pretty notable for just how big a project it is, the names involved and just how far along it got before the plug is pulled.
In fact, one of the most interesting things about the new documentary The Death of Superman Lives: What Happened? is finding out just how close the movie came to being made. While the internet was part of our lives in 1998, it still wasn’t what it is now – especially when it comes to following the minutiae of movie-making (which, admittedly, IGN is part of). If a freaking Superman movie collapsed today, this close to production, there would likely be a lot more attention paid to it, that’s for sure.
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There are countless movies that were in development but never got made, but Superman Lives is pretty notable for just how big a project it is, the names involved and just how far along it got before the plug is pulled.
In fact, one of the most interesting things about the new documentary The Death of Superman Lives: What Happened? is finding out just how close the movie came to being made. While the internet was part of our lives in 1998, it still wasn’t what it is now – especially when it comes to following the minutiae of movie-making (which, admittedly, IGN is part of). If a freaking Superman movie collapsed today, this close to production, there would likely be a lot more attention paid to it, that’s for sure.
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