Superman Lives may have been too bonkers for the big screen, but it sort of sounds perfect as an animated adaptation.

Superman Lives may have been too bonkers for the big screen, but it sort of sounds perfect as an animated adaptation.

  If there’s one film that I wish I had the cash to finance, it’s Tim Burton’s Superman Lives. A balmy director, Nicolas Cage in the lead role as the last son of Krypton and some crazy ideas could have resulted in one hell of a film that would have been a cult classic by the standards of today. But …

With Joel Silver/Terry Gilliam and Zack Snyder recently taking turns to throw each other’s adaptation of Alan Moore’s Watchmen under the proverbial bus, there’s been a lot of talk of what could have been in the comic book adaptation. Inspired by that, I thought I’d take a look at 10 other comic book adaptations – some good, some bad and some nuttier …

I’m actually kind of sad that Tim Burton never got to make his Superman Lives movie. By all accounts, it would have been crazy, weird and a 90 minute advert to sell more Superman toys. But dammit, it would have been worth it just to see Nicolas Cage as Clark Kent/Superman! Precious few photos or video have escaped from the …

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