Photo of Josh Hartnett as Superman emerges from Brett Ratner’s scrapped SUPERMAN: FLYBY project

A new photo has appeared online with the actor Josh Hartnett dressed as Superman for a wardrobe fitting Brett Ratnerhe scrapped the Superman film project Superman: Overflight. This is the project that JJ Abrams wrote the screenplay for.

The costume shows us that this version of the Man of Steel would have sported a red Superman logo on a black background instead of yellow. This version of the logo was notably used in Max Fleischer Superman cartoons. As you can see, the “S” doesn’t really pop.

Several actors are being considered for this role at this time, including Henry Cavill AND Brandon Routh. Hartnett was initially offered the part, but ultimately turned it down. Matthew Bomer he was then hired for the role, but the project later fell apart.

Hartnett spoke about turning down the project, saying, “Spider-Man was something we talked about. Batman was another. But somehow I knew that those roles had the potential to define me, and I didn’t want that. I didn’t want to be labeled Superman for the rest of my career. I was maybe 22, but I saw the danger.

Superman: Overflight was “an origin story that included Krypton besieged by a civil war between Jor-El and his corrupt brother, Kata-Zor. Before Kata-Zor sentences Jor-El to prison, Kal-El is launched to Earth to fulfill a prophecy. Adopted by Jonathan and Martha Kent, he has a romance with Lois Lane in the Daily Planet. However, Lois is more interested in unmasking Lex Luthor, written as a government agent obsessed with UFO phenomena. Clark reveals himself to the world as Superman, bringing Kata-Zor’s son, Ty-Zor, and three other Kryptonians to Earth. Superman is defeated and killed and visits Jor-El (who committed suicide on Krypton while in prison) in the Kryptonian paradise. Resurrected, he returns to Earth and defeats the four Kryptonians, while the script ends with Superman leaving for Krypton, leaving a cliffhanger for a sequel.

Robert Downey Junior. he was supposed to play Lex Luthor in the movie and Shia LaBeouf he would have played Jimmy Olsen. Scarlett Johansson AND Selma Blair were candidates for the role of Lois Lane, and Christopher Walken was in talks to play Perry WhiteAND Joel Edgerton he was ready for the part of Ty-Zor. Paul Walker he was also in the running for a role in the film.

Abrams wrote Superman: Flyby in 2002. At the time he was best known for his work on the TV series Happiness. He spoke about his vision for the film by saying, “The thing I tried to emphasize in the story is that if the Kents had found this guy, Kal-El, who had the power that he had, he would most likely have killed them both.” in a short time. And the idea that these parents would see – if they were lucky to survive long enough – that they would have to immediately start teaching this kid to limit himself and not be so fast, not be so strong, not be so powerful. The result of this, psychologically, would be fear of oneself, insecurity and shame of what you are capable of. Extrapolating that to adulthood became a fascinating psychological profile of someone who wasn’t pretending to be Clark Kent, but who was Clark Kent. That he had become the kind of character who is unable or unwilling to accept who he was and what his destiny was.

The photo comes from Ryan Unicomb, who apparently has a knack for finding things like this from unmade or unreleased film productions.