# Brian Singer to direct Supeman.

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 26, 2004, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brian-singer-to-direct-supeman/261548 "2004-08-26T03:10:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![rolandgunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cdc98d/32.png) [@rolandgunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rolandgunslinger)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2004, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brian-singer-to-direct-supeman/261548/1 "2004-08-26T03:10:34Z")

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I read in the new issue of **WIZARD** that Singer is off X3 and will be directing the new Superman movie.

Any thoughts?

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**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2004, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brian-singer-to-direct-supeman/261548/2 "2004-08-26T03:24:46Z")

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I hope he doesn’t fuck it up, is my first thought.

Second and third, too.

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**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2004, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brian-singer-to-direct-supeman/261548/3 "2004-08-26T03:33:17Z")

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Lots of thoughts on this already:

> **[Bryan Singer, come on down](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=267234)**
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> You are the latest in a long line of directors to be attached to a new Superman movie. ‘X-Men’ director signs for ‘Superman’. What do you think? Singer is a decent director, but granted he has had some good scripts to work with. If a good script...

> **[Bryan Singer (probably) dropping X3 to direct Superman... \*sigh\*](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=267269)**
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> And, most likely, taking two of the bigger X2 screenwriters with him. Well, fortunately, screenwriters can work on multiple projects more easily than directors, so there’s still a good chance that X3’s script will have that continuity and quality...

> **[Cast the new Superman movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=270731)**
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> I coulda sweared that there was already a thread about this, but a search from the past few months turned up nothing. So the rumors going around say that Bryan Singer is looking into casting Tom Welling (of “Smallville”) as Superman in the new...