I think Dan Gilroy’s script is my favorite of the various versions of the script I think the idea of having Superman’s robot nanny/guardian “K” resurrect him, make his powers & costume, and being revealed to contain the life essences of Superman’s dead Kryptonian parents is a very interesting idea

That first version of the script sounds like that infamous 200th issue of Avengers.

Batman and Robin, you've struck again! Will your ugly shadow ever leave the comic book movie world!

Hearing Kevin Smith talk about how all of this went down is absolutely hilarious.

4:10 - Oh dear God I'm having Pregnant Miss Marvel flashbacks here X _ X

I have my own version of the script. So Superman's life is pretty much perfect, he and Lois are about to get married and even have a kid on the way. Then suddenly brainiac invades earth and demands Superman surrenders himself or he will kill him. Superman then gets the help of Batman and wonder woman to take down brainiac. Brainiac takes a sample of Superman's blood and retreats. Brainiac then creates doomsday on the mothership and after completion the mothership lands on metropolis. The Trinity appears and brainiac realeases doomsday. Wonder woman hits doomsday but she is backhanded and flung halfway to the other side of metropolis. Batman tries to use some kryptonite and stabs doomsday, but it doesn't do anything to him, since brainiac altered Doomsday's blood to be powered up kryptonite and not weakened by it. Batman is then grabbed by doomsday and crashes into a building and passes out. Superman then fights doomsday. the two are evenly matched and incredibly strong, but doomsday keeps getting stronger and eventually pumbles Superman to the ground and mortally wounds him. Superman gets up and punches out Doomsday's heart, killing him. Superman does a victory yell but collapses afterward. Brainiac takes Doomsday's body and retreats again. Batman gets up and sees Lois holding Clark's body and sobbing deeply. Bruce Wayne then holds a funeral for Superman and after everyone pays their respects, even lex luthor, Batman and wonder woman tell everyone to have hope, for even though Superman is dead, the leauge is still active and will help protect metropolis. Supermans body is then thrown to the sun and the leauge take on brainiac and a fully revived Doomsday. Doomsday is still to strong and the leauge loses. Supermans body then absorbs enough solar radiation that he comes back to earth and takes on doomsday. Superman tries to punch Doomsday's heart again but he ends up hurting his hand. Doomsday now can't be killed the same way twice. The two have another epic battle while Batman takes on brainiac in the mothership. After a long fight Superman grabs doomsday and takes him to the sun and eraticates him. Batman deafeats brainiac the mothership is destroyed and Superman lives a happy life with Lois.

Talk about Joss Whedon's Wonder Woman, Batman Triumphant, and some of the unmade versions of Freddy vs. Jason.

Do: Cannon Films Spider-Man, Carolco Pictures Spider-Man and James Cameron Spider-Man, PLEASE!!!!!! All the Spider-Man movies that were cancelled before Sam Raimi was chosen to direct.

Next time on Legends of Fandom, do Genndy Tartakovski's Popeye the Sailor

Do George Miller Cancelled Justice league movie

I would like to see an episode about the failed Broadway musical of Batman. It is such an interesting idea and there is so much that went into its production that there is an actual cult following that have a dedicated website all about it. I think you could do a really good job with it ERod if you give it the chance.

My dad was listening to part of that documentary as I was watching it and, not being the comic/animation geek I am, still realized the movie ideas were terrible and didn't capture the essence of Superman. They should get over their animation snobbery and just make a theatrical animated movie. It worked for Batman: Mask Of The Phantasm and plenty of people (myself included) still say it's the best theatrical Batman movie ever made!

I highly recommend you do a legend of fandom video on the original Alien 3 scripts as well as the proposed Alien 5 film directed by District 9 director Neil Blomkamp.

How about the original draft for TriStar's Godzilla movie, from before we wound up with Tuna-Breath.

George Miller's Justice League Mortal PLEASE! That is the one superhero movie I'm sad it never happened.

14:02 A bit of a correction: That was actually Jon Peters's choice to play Lois Lane but she was the one who turned it down while Tim Burton wasn't a fan of that casting choice. (Even on the documentary when asked if she was considered, he answered in a chuckle "I guess I wasn't in that day." But other considered actresses included Elisabeth Shue, Annabeth Gish, Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Aniston, Julia Roberts, and Gwyneth Paltrow. But the main two Jon Peters met with were Courtney Cox and Julianne Moore.

Hey Erod. Can you do a Legends of Fandom on Justice League: Mortal.

This is the kind of video I miss from E-Rod, longer videos with more in-depth analysis. Instead of 10min 'Check out my green screen' exhibitions.

Would it have been a good idea if instead of doing Man of Steel to start off the DCEU they took the fifth version of the script of this cancelled movie and turned it into an actual film?

Do Legends Of Fandom | Avengers EMH Season 3

How about Darren Aronofsky's Batman Year One?

Can you do James Cameron spiderman

The documentary about the film that never was, shows how insane the thing would have been EYE BURNING BAD.

That first draft script was god-awful. Somebody must have read Avenger's #200....

At least Nicholas Cage was able to turn in an amazing performance as another superhero, in Spider-Man Noir.

14:04 I never knew Jimmy Olsen was known for his need to keep Will Smith's name out of his f*cking mouth.

In an alternate reality Superman Lives was in theaters.

Is there a way to copy this video and add it to the Blu Ray of The Death of Superman Lives?

Apparantly the CW did actually call Nicholas Cage to make an appearance in their crossover. He said no, obviously, because there is no way they could pay him enough.

Erod, that version of the script where Lois is impregnated was written by Jonathan Lemkin.

Great documentary. Got it and watched it two years ago.

How about Doctor Who: The Dark Dimension, or some of the other unmade Who things early movie drafts or failed attempts to revive the series like with Scream of the Shalka?

George Romero's Resident Evil movie

I swear to the almighty ones that if Robo-Spider-Walken does not become a meme, that I will officially make it my duty to make sure that it does become one.

A superhero movie with the hero having therapy sessions....That could be interesting. Also....The George A Romero Resident Evil Movie that never happened!

Great video EROD!👍

You should talk about Darren Aronofsky's Batman Year One

Didn't joss whedon almost do a wonder woman movie? And what about McG's justice league? Those would be good legends of fandom.

Subscribed. Thank you for the research. This video is great

RIP Jon Schnepp 😔

The writers : I never misscript anything not once not one time

I wish there were a streaming service for movies and shows from alternate timelines where they were made.

In some alternate-universe, there's a 1978 Richard Donner take on the property with an unknown Christopher Reeves bringing the duel roles of Ka-El to life and we'd have a definitive version worthy for the man of tomorrow. Wait.

Please do Escape from Jurassic Park for the next Legends of Fandom!!

A Super that can’t fly…? That’s…exactly what Superman originally WAS!!!

Ideas for later episodes: Aronofsky's Batman with a script by Frank Miller, George Miller's Justice League, or Steve Miner's Godzilla 3D from the 80s.

Ooo! Please talk about Earth's Mightiest Heroes: Season 3!

You did this movie? Amazing man!

I remember thinking maybe Nic Cage could still work if maybe they made him the older Earth 2 Superman, or Kal- L, instead of Kal-El, who in the comics was sealed away with Lois, Superboy Prime, and Alexander Luthor during Crisis on Infinite Earths. But I'm guessing fans probably wouldn't go for that idea now, despite Brandon Routh getting his second chance as Kingdom Come Superman later in CW Crisis on Infinite Earths, after Superman Returns flopped critically to audiences and critics.

There was actually gonna be an Ant Man movie made by Disney in the late 80s, but was cancelled because of a similar little film known as Honey, I Shrunk the Kids. In fact, the MCU Ant-Man references that movie in the opening scene which takes place in that movie's release year, 1989.

I remember that back in the sixties there was supposed to be a sequel to the Batman film, and it was supposed to be Batman vs Godzilla, starring the late great Adam West. I'm not sure how much info there is behind it, but it would still be interesting to hear.

FFS, Erod just used the "it's written for the fans" line -_- FML

My own suggestion would be the Warren Ellis comic series *Global Frequency* which was supposed to star Michelle Forbes but was cancelled after footage was leaked.

Personally I think Man of Steel was great, adding a lot of depth to Superman. Depth that you need to look into and pick up on, not just be told.

I've seen that documentary and it's a really interesting documentary on this movie that was never made

That saddest thing is that we could've had a Superman movie where Michael Keaton might've done a cameo as Batman. That would've been so great.

Blockbuster buster rocky horror picture show had an unmade sequal called the old queen's revenge

This is a great contribution to the legend of this film E-Rod. I agree that Jon Schnepp's doc is the definitive story of this film but I was glad to hear your take on it too :-)

Heck I would find it interesting to see what other attempts to make D&D a film before the 2000 failure.

Why is there french dvds in the background behind Erod ? That's a bit weird : )

I'm can't wait until next week!

Watching this video makes me want to watch Superman Doomsday

Do the live-action She-Hulk movie that was planned in the early 1990s, with Larry Cohen as writer and director, Brigitte Nielsen was announced to play the role of She-Hulk in Cohen's film.

Rest In peace Jon Schnepp

I definitely want to see that documentary now.

Great 👍🏻 job.

Sounds like John Peters really hates superman

Whoa whoa, people really thought Luthor/Brainiac merger came from Superman Lives!?!

good video, i was thumbs up #200!

Tim Burton did Batman, was gonna do Superman and later he created his own superhero named Stainboy who appeared in his series of poems called The Melancholy Death Of Oyster Boy And Other Stories and was adapted into his own series of shorts on the internet.

*mentions of TDKL and Watchmen* What about Squadron Sulreme, which did the heroes in real world concept before Watchmen?

Fucking meatballs...

I think the point of the first script was that Christopher Reeves was getting too old to play superman, so they wanted to explain the actor change by having him die and reincarnate as his son Nicholas Cage.

I kind of disagree. I still think the 1st Superman movie captured the essence and everything that made Superman great. It told his origin beautifully. Christopher Reeve was the perfect Superman (He'll he was good even in the bad one's). And while yeah I'll agree that the movie has aged I feel like that's just something that in evidently happens to a movie like this. He'll the examples you mentioned Batman(1989), Tmnt(1990), and Spider-Man(2002) also haven't aged perfectly either. They also feel very 80s/early 2000's. But just like the 1st Superman movie they still tell the story and character great.

okay, but for real? I'd love to see how nicolas cage as superman versus christopher walken as brainiac would have gone. I reckon it would be so hilarious we wouldn't even care if it were awful

The DCEU Batgirl movie should be next!

SPOON!

Where is that animated part from death of Superman from? The part that looks like a motion comic of doomsday and Superman fighting? Looks so dope

How about a Legends of Fandom of Bruce Wayne? The planned prequel that was never made, but got replaced with Smallville.

At the time I actually got behind Nic Cage. I was a big fan following his action trilogy of The Rock, Con Air, and Face/Off.

Clark grew up in Kansas all his life...he wouldn't act like a alien... :p

18:14 Um, yes I can. I say that about the first Christopher Reeve film.

Continue!

Back to the Future with Eric Stoltz would be a good.

May I recommend the original Scooby Doo script written by Craig Titley in 1996 - which was filed away due to studio politics and replaced by the version written by James Gunn. I read it recently and really thought it was a far better story - although I think it might have made for a better animated film rather than live action - but it could have worked.

Maybe you could check out the Spider-Man film that would have been directed by James Cameron and starred Leonardo DiCaprio as Peter Parker.

I would very much like to see Erod cover the Green Arrow: Super Max movie, Josh Whedon's Wonder Woman, Superman: Flyby, Catwoman by Daniel Waters and Plastic Man by the Wachowski Brothers :)

There's a cancelled Plastic man movie and a fan made Spiderman: The Green Goblin's Last Stand

The clip at 18:13, what is that from? It looks awesome.

soooo we will never get the skits from the daily motion channel?

Not so sure why this is so suprising, this is the same producer who didn't want Rodney Dangerfield in Caddyshack 2.

Talk about George Miller's Justice League Mortal!

Heh well it's taken 20 years but we're finally going to hear Nicolas Cage playing Superman in theaters... because Cage was cast as Clark in Teen Titans Go! To The Movies. Yeahhhhh, not quite the same sort of due as getting Billie Dee Williams back as Two Face in The Lego Batman movie but still happening all the same.

The info here isn't quite right. The first version of Reborn was written by Jonathan Lemkin, and didn't feature Doomsday at all, let alone as the main villain. The script may not even have been finished, as only 60 pages of it leaked. And he doesn't go to heaven in the Poirier draft, he just gets resurrected by an alien named Cadmus.

The therapy sessions in the second script could have worked in a TV but not a movie. So yeah I'm gonna disagree with therapy being boring...although the heavenly one would have just been silly. ANd yes the fifth script was the best one. Still I think the Donner Superman movies were the definitive Superman movies at least for me they were.

Discuss the scraped Scooby Door script, written by James Gunn (Guardians of the Galaxy)

Do Batman Triumphant

Just think about it nicholas cage as superman

Now could you please do legend of fandom on Godzilla 3D to the max

Bit of a random one- what about that CGI Thundercats?