A number of years in the past, it was rumoured that Warner Bros needed to rent Christopher McQuarrie, recent off of his Mission: Inconceivable sequels, to helm Man of Metal 2, which might have allowed Henry Cavill to reprise his position as Superman. Whereas showing on the HappySadConfused podcast, McQuarrie revealed that it was imagined to revolve round a battle with Inexperienced Lantern and “boy, it was f**king good.”
He elaborated, saying the important thing to Inexperienced Lantern was giving his energy a flaw. “The entire idea of Inexperienced Lantern is that the ring must be recharged. Sure, you may have infinite energy, however you solely have a lot battery life, which may run out at inconvenient instances. That, for me, solved the entire Inexperienced Lantern downside,” including, tongue-in-cheek, “the costume is one other factor.”
As for Superman, “Henry (Cavill) had a tackle that, and the 2 characters had superb similarities that will have allowed for superb battle.” McQuarrie additionally shared that he had an “epic” opening labored out that will have been comparable in type to Pixar’s Up.
“The primary 5 minutes of the film had been a setup after which you knew precisely what made Superman tick, what he was most afraid of, and why Superman made the alternatives that he made, and it will have been epic. In 5 minutes, the size of the film would have been extraordinary.”
All will not be misplaced, although. McQuarrie acknowledged that he tried to go away the viewers leaving Mission: Inconceivable – The Ultimate Reckoning with the identical feeling he would have tried to evoke along with his Superman film—the sensation of hope. He went on to reward Richard Donner’s Superman films for being the one ones to acknowledge that, on the finish of the day, Superman’s worst enemy is himself.
It’s too unhealthy we by no means obtained to see McQuarrie’s model, as who is aware of what might need come of the DCU had it been made.