Bryan Singer's Look Up in the Sky: The Amazing Story of Superman.

oscar_merkx · 12-17-2005, 04:48 PM

http://superherohype.com/news.php?id=3702

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Variety reports that Superman Returns director Bryan Singer has engaged documentary director Kevin Burns to make Look Up in the Sky: The Amazing Story of Superman.

Singer, who is executive producing with Burns, is working with the studio on ambitious plans to get the feature-length documentary a theatrical release through a Warner Bros. distributor and a TV viewing before WB unveils Superman Returns on June 30.

"I have such an admiration for the evolution of the character and what Superman has represented over nearly eight decades," Singer said. "I wanted a document that respects the legacy and the collective consciousness of Superman."

While WB didn't confirm distribution plans at this early stage of the game, Singer said his intention, based on discussions with the studio, is for the documentary to be used in several incarnations.

Aside from a limited theatrical window, a TV broadcast would show a cut of the film that includes a scene from the new movie. The documentary will also likely end up either on the DVD release of Superman Returns or in a free-standing DVD version.

"The two projects serve each other, and I think the time is right to tell a story of evolution and survival," Singer said.

Burns, who has already done 40 interviews with artists and actors from the films and TV-series incarnations, said he'll deliver the film by the end of April.

Sounds awesome

Adam Lenhardt · 12-17-2005, 11:09 PM

Kevin Burns's name is more of a draw than Singer's to me. His Star Wars documentary was fantastic.

Kirk Tsai · 12-18-2005, 03:21 AM

I had mistakeningly thought it would be Ken Burns until I read Adam's post. That has me significantly less excited. From what I've seen of Mr. Kevin Burns, he is a competent, TV biography or DVD extras documentarian. Which is to say, these documentaries can be thorough (in the case of Empire of Dreams, not even such), but lack depth.

Ken Burns, on the other hand, often finds cultural meaning in popular subjects. Some may find his work insufferable, but I think his documentaries are far more moving and rewarding. I would have liked to see Ken Burns would have done with this, especially since most of his films do not have this much moving images. It would be a new territory for him.



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