# American film being shot in Sydney today? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 9, 2005, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-film-being-shot-in-sydney-today/298527 "2005-04-09T05:01:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2005, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-film-being-shot-in-sydney-today/298527/1 "2005-04-09T05:01:16Z")
A couple of blocks in York Street in Sydney are closed off today (Saturday) for a film crew. There are lots of extras milling around and the props all have a distinctly foreign (i.e. American) look about them: - New York “style” taxis; - left-hand drive cars with number plates emblazoned “Metropolis - the First State” etc Some of the crew were wearing T-shirts saying _Red Sun_. Does anyone know whether this is the name of an upcoming film? ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2005, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-film-being-shot-in-sydney-today/298527/2 "2005-04-09T05:15:49Z")
It’s the movie _Superman Returns_: [http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0348150/](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0348150/) ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2005, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-film-being-shot-in-sydney-today/298527/3 "2005-04-09T05:55:06Z")
Thanks. Disappointing that it’s just another formulaic Hollywood flic. If my bus has to be diverted, it could at least be for something interesting. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2005, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-film-being-shot-in-sydney-today/298527/4 "2005-04-09T06:01:38Z")
It could be interesting – they’re doing a Superman movie from scratch (ignoring the ones that have already been made) and it’s being directed by Bryan Singer of X-men fame. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2005, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-film-being-shot-in-sydney-today/298527/5 "2005-04-09T06:43:44Z")
> [@Cunctator](#): > > “Metropolis - the First State”… _Red Sun_… Disappointing that it’s just another formulaic Hollywood flic… Argh! But it’s Superman! Don’t you realise how incredibly _cool_ this is? Sydney gets to have _The Matrix_ movies, the _Star Wars_ movies, and now _Superman_. What does Melbourne get? _Charlotte’s Web_ and _Ghost Rider_. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Atticus\_Finch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ec9cab/32.png) [@Atticus\_Finch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atticus_Finch)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2005, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-film-being-shot-in-sydney-today/298527/6 "2005-04-09T06:52:57Z")
> [@Silentgoldfish](#): > > …they’re doing a Superman movie from scratch (ignoring the ones that have already been made)… If they’re ignoring the ones that have already been made, why is it called “Superman Returns”? ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2005, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-film-being-shot-in-sydney-today/298527/7 "2005-04-09T06:57:49Z")
> [@Atticus Finch](#): > > If they’re ignoring the ones that have already been made, why is it called “Superman Returns”? I don’t know. But they’re doing it as an origin movie so I can’t see how it could be a follow on. ---
**Author:** ![Blake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@Blake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blake)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2005, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-film-being-shot-in-sydney-today/298527/8 "2005-04-09T09:49:23Z")
> [@Silentgoldfish](#): > > It could be interesting – they’re doing a Superman movie from scratch (ignoring the ones that have already been made) … From the link above: “In this semi-sequel to the first two “Superman” films, the classic hero returns to Earth after having been missing for six long years.” ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2005, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-film-being-shot-in-sydney-today/298527/9 "2005-04-09T12:45:50Z")
> [@Silentgoldfish](#): > > I don’t know. But they’re doing it as an origin movie so I can’t see how it could be a follow on. It’s not an origin movie. It’s set after the first two movies, but I think Supes is going to be younger. The soundtrack will be based on the John Williams original, most other elements will echo the other movies, but it’s something of a secret as to how all that will manifest. ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2005, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-film-being-shot-in-sydney-today/298527/10 "2005-04-09T13:40:43Z")
Well that’s good to know: the first two Superman movies were really good, plus who doesn’t know his origin? ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2005, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-film-being-shot-in-sydney-today/298527/11 "2005-04-09T17:34:44Z")
Whoa! There really was no Superman 3 and 4! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2005, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-film-being-shot-in-sydney-today/298527/12 "2005-04-11T00:29:28Z")
There was an [article](http://smh.com.au/articles/2005/04/09/1112997221482.html) in yesterday’s paper about the filming. Apparently well have to put up with another weekend’s worth of traffic diversions because of the stupid thing. ---
**Author:** ![Khan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3ab097/32.png) [@Khan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khan)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2005, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-film-being-shot-in-sydney-today/298527/13 "2005-04-11T01:47:28Z")
> [@The IMDB article (emphasis mine)](#): > > Kevin Smith had been hired to write the screenplay at one time. Smith decided to leave once producer **Jon Peters told him he "didn’t want Superman to wear the suit, he didn’t want him to fly** , and he wanted Superman to fight a giant spider in the end". Smith thought these demands were ridiculous and were not true to the character. Director Tim Burton was also briefly attached to the project for a time before bowing out for similar reasons. What the hell? I’m checking to see if Jon Peters is still attached to this movie, but I hope they don’t go with the crap I put in bold. No suit? No FLYING? What. The HELL? I can’t find Jon Peters in the credits. Is he still with this project? ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2005, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-film-being-shot-in-sydney-today/298527/14 "2005-04-13T04:06:39Z")
This is all new. McG was signed on to direct for ages, and Nicolas Cage as Supes, and then they got rid of them (because it would’ve been a disaster) and when Bryan Singer came on board he totally started all production from scratch again. Supes definitely flies and wears the suit. Check out this [official preproduction site](http://www.bluetights.net/) with details.