Christopher Reeve in Supergirl (reloaded)

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After the failure that was Superman III Alexander & Ilya Salkind went to work on a Spinoff movie based on Superman's cousin Supergirl but for the movie to work they would need Christopher Reeve to pass the Torch.
Reeve feeling typecast but getting the Directors bug goes to Warner Media & Tristar and agrees to reprise his role on the following conditions:
  • The Studio produce his directorial debut: Street Smarts
  • He has more control over his character
  • This will be his last time out as Superman if they make another film they can replace him
 
The Byronic Hero

The Byronic Hero

Unless they make the original version of part III (Braniac, Kandor, etc) then I have no hope for this flick. The magic idea with a Faye Dunaway caught up in the downward spiral of Mommie Dearest just was too z-grade to work. I still mourn the waste of Peter O'Toole. The Salkinds were obsessed with making a cheap movie after Superman III failed to perform. Cannon only agreed to allow Reeve script control to get that financing they later squandered on everything BUT IV. The Salkinds fired Donner who actually was successful. After the flop of III, no way they give Reeve control. In fact, they made Supergirl to do away with Reeve in order to have a soft reboot and a cheaper production (their attention and capital was too invested in Santa Claus: The Movie). It didn't help that Reeve made it known he hated working with the Salkinds, was tired of being typecasted, and seriously wanted to move on.

You want a Superman/Supergirl movie? Keep Pryor from talking about how much he loved Superman II in an interview, the Salkinds never reach out to him, and we get the original part III as mentioned above. Of course it makes Supergirl a love interest, but it keeps the big budget, has a larger scale, and can't be worse than what we got (and I personally love III despite it's B grade quality).
 
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Inferus said:
Unless they make the original version of part III (Braniac, Kandor, etc) then I have no hope for this flick. The magic idea with a Faye Dunaway caught up in the downward spiral of Mommie Dearest just was too z-grade to work. I still mourn the waste of Peter O'Toole. The Salkinds were obsessed with making a cheap movie after Superman III failed to perform. Cannon only agreed to allow Reeve script control to get that financing they later squandered on everything BUT IV. The Salkinds fired Donner who actually was successful. After the flop of III, no way they give Reeve control. In fact, they made Supergirl to do away with Reeve in order to have a soft reboot and a cheaper production (their attention and capital was too invested in Santa Claus: The Movie). It didn't help that Reeve made it known he hated working with the Salkinds, was tired of being typecasted, and seriously wanted to move on.

You want a Superman/Supergirl movie? Keep Pryor from talking about how much he loved Superman II in an interview, the Salkinds never reach out to him, and we get the original part III as mentioned above. Of course it makes Supergirl a love interest, but it keeps the big budget, has a larger scale, and can't be worse than what we got (and I personally love III despite it's B grade quality).
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Hey I have no allusion that this movie wouldn't still be awful, I'm going with it being more coherent story wise, and Reeve giving the movie enough good will to the public that the film does well at the box office
 
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Kalvan said:
It would have as much of an impact as Arnold Schwartzenegger had in Red Sonja.
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I think it could be quite different after all
  1. Red Sonia could not use the Conan character for copyright reasons
  2. Fans of the pulp novels would not be as invested in In Red Sonia as Marvel comics fans
  3. Everyone knows who Superman is
 
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