Kevin Smith Details Canceled Nicolas Cage Superman Project At DC
Kevin Smith admits he was caught up in Warner Bros.'s recent cuts to HBO Max and has spoken about his own canceled plans to bring Nicolas Cage in to play Bizarro Superman in a DC television series. Smith, who rose to fame in the 1990s off the back of his independent film Clerks is well known for his love of the comic-book world, and in addition to penning his own issues for both Marvel and DC comics, he also directed episodes for the CW's The Flash and Supergirl. Smith was also responsible for writing an early version of the script for Superman Lives, Tim Burton's infamous Superman reboot film, which was also set to star Cage before it was canceled in 1998.
Over the past week, Warner Bros. Discovery has dominated headlines with their decision to shelve the HBO Max film Batgirl along with several other projects in various stages of development. In addition to Batgirl's shelving, the cuts also affected the planned sequel to the 2020's Scoob, which was also near to completion, and it was reported that HBO Max would be moving away from developing new original scripted content altogether. These changes would culminate in the announcement that HBO Max would be combined with the Discovery+ streaming service in Summer 2023.
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It would seem that Smith himself was one of the many creatives affected by Warner Bros. latest moves and has spoken about his own plans, which were placed on the chopping block as a result of the Warner Bros. Discovery merger. On the latest episode of Hollywood Babble-On, Smith revealed that he was approached to write and direct an episode of a planned DC-centric anthology show, DC's Strange Adventures, which would focus on some of the lesser-known
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