Despite the effort put into the film, Warner Bros. pulled the plug due to concerns about the script's quality and budget. Nicolas Cage, who was set to play Superman, later had a brief cameo as the character in The Flash.
In the '90s, Cage, a well-known comic book fan, had been set to play the Kryptonian superhero in Superman Lives, a film directed by Tim Burton and written by Kevin Smith.
Cage added that his Superman never came to fruition ultimately because Burton's 1996 flick Mars Attacks wasn't enough of a box office hit. “They were scared at the studio because of Mars Attacks. Warner Bros. had lost a lot of money on the movie.
Tim Burton Says Scrapped Superman Movie Is a Loss That 'Affects You the Rest of Your Life' While Burton wasn't able to make his "Superman Lives" movie with Nicholas Cage, the director says he has "no regrets" about the work he put into it.
Nicolas Cage is opening up about his cameo in The Flash where he was featured donning the costume of Superman. As you may remember, Cage tested as the Man of Steel for what would've been a Tim Burton-directed feature that was ultimately scrapped.
Why was Nicolas Cage shown as Superman in The Flash?
Nicolas Cage's cameo in The Flash is a reference to the canceled Superman Lives movie, in which he was supposed to play the titular role. Despite being a CGI-enhanced cameo, Nicolas Cage was actually filmed on set in a Superman suit that was originally made for the unproduced film.
Although he's dabbled in the world of superheros, he's never actually been part of the cinematic universe. “I've gotta be nice about Marvel movies, because I named myself after a Stan Lee character named Luke Cage.
Later, four superheroes debut in Metropolis who claim or are assumed to be reincarnations of him—the Last Son of Krypton, the Man of Steel, the Man of Tomorrow, and the Metropolis Kid.
Alerted by Superman's death, the Eradicator went to Superman's crypt and recovered his body – creating a physical form for himself out of matter from the crypt. The Eradicator also placed Superman in a healing cocoon, but also siphoned energy from him to fuel his own powers and become “Superman.”
“Henry was never cast. He was in a cameo, and that was the end of his story.” Indeed, like many of the vaunted promises Dwayne Johnson made while promoting Black Adam, the return of Cavill's Superman proved to be empty hype. “A lot of people made assumptions which weren't true,” continued Gunn.
After months of searching and secret auditions, Gunn finally announced his two leads for Superman: Legacy in late June 2023. Newcomer David Corenswet will be our new Clark Kent, Kal-El and Superman, while The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel's Rachel Brosnahan will be his Lois Lane.
At a 1999 New Year's Eve party in actor Nicolas Cage's palatial estate, the unthinkable happened: someone stole one of Cage's most prized comic books, his priceless copy of Action Comics #1—the first appearance of Superman and the birth of the superhero genre.
This Superman is played by none other than Nic Cage — or, at least, an expressionless digital recreation of a younger Cage from the '90s — as the iteration of Superman he was meant to have played in Tim Burton's Superman Lives.
None other than cash-strapped actor Nicolas Cage, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Cage turned a super-sized profit, the Reporter noted. He bought the 1938 Man of Steel original 14 years ago for roughly $150,000. The buyer has remained anonymous.
Summary. George Clooney will not be the new Batman in the DCU reboot confirmed by James Gunn on Skyblue. Clooney's Batman cameo in The Flash is a meta-joke that references his previous role and the concept of the DC Multiverse.
A Superman movie reboot, a Supergirl film, a sequel to The Batman, a Wonder Woman-based HBO Max series, and more are included in the line-up. Titled Superman: Legacy, the new Man of Steel flick will hit theaters on July 11, 2025.
Meanwhile, four men claiming to be Superman—Steel, the Cyborg Superman, Superboy, and Eradicator—emerge, and Lane discovers his grave is empty. Steel and Superboy are disproven as the original Superman, but the Cyborg and Eradicator both seem to recall some of his memories.
In fact, Superman should be immortal. He is invulnerable, his cells are invulnerable. He has no reason to age, and even those grey hairs, like in Kingdom Come, should not exist. Except it seems like the longer he absorbs yellow sunlight, the more durable he becomes.
Batman feared Superman's unchecked power, and Superman (Henry Cavill) hated Batman's brutal methods, but the real reason why Batman and Superman fight is manipulation by Lex Luthor (Jesse Eisenberg). Batman emerges victorious, and from a narrative perspective, Batman v Superman could go no other route.
Superman has beaten everything the Multiverse has thrown at him and always come back for more. He's faced Thanos's type many times and always won. Superman is vastly more powerful and skilled than Thanos. It wouldn't take him long to realize how dangerous the Mad Titan was and once he did, he'd take the kid gloves off.
Readers learned that the suit was designed to help the weakened Superman absorb more solar energy. As a result, the costume has become known to many as the Recovery Suit. Unfortunately, the outfit wasn't as indestructible as Clark was, and the suit was torn to shreds while battling Hank Henshaw in 1993's Superman #82.
He takes the full force of the bomb, but the sun revives him and he returns to the fight. Superman picks up Batman's Kryptonite spear, and stabs Doomsday with it. Doomsday stabs him too and Superman is weak enough from all of the various stabbings and explosions that Doomsday's stab proves fatal.
“He is a massive Superman fan. A comic book fanatic,” Muschetti added. Nicolas Cage fans know that his love for Superman runs deep. Not only did he plan to play the superhero in Burton's failed project, but he even named his son Kal-El, a reference to Superman's name on his home planet of Krypton.
Nicolas Cage missed out on a very profitable animated film series when he turned down the chance to voice Shrek in the 2001 computer-animated comedy. DreamWorks studio chief Jeffrey Katzenberg began developing Shrek in 1995 and initially offered the role of its lead protagonist to his friend Nicolas Cage.
He has indeed done it all except playing a superhero. Depp did get a chance to star in a Marvel movie but had to pass it on to Nicolas Cage. Depp made his debut with the 1984 film A Nightmare on Elm Street and went on to do a lot more gigs.
