Kevin Smith talks about Robert Rodriguez almost directing Superman’s lives and why “F -king will never make a Marvel movie

Kevin SmithIt is long abandoned Superman lives The screenplay has become the stuff of the legend of the comic film. A restart of Superman from the 90s of the 90s once set up on Nicolas CageFull of Brainiac, Lex Luthor and Doomsday.

But in a recent chat with Collider, Smith revealed a fascinating “What If” by that era of chaotic development: Children spy AND Alita: Battle Angel director Robert Rodriguez almost direct before Tim Burton skipped on board. Smith recalled:

“There was a moment in 1996-97 in which Robert Rodriguez, whom I knew a bit from the world of the independent film, called me to be like,” Warner Bros. asked me to direct your Superman script. “And I was like” please, do it.

Rodriguez was interested.

“Go:” I like it. It’s funny, friend. Cross me. Clearly you know more about Superman than me. “

For about two days, Rodriguez seriously weighed the project, but in the end he went to The facultyHis film for science fiction Horror teenagers for Film dimension. Smith said:

“Warner Bros. He wanted him great, and would have been his biggest budget to date.”

Looking back, Smith considers the missed opportunity a great creative “What if”, saying:

“If I could do something that did not happen, I think it would be that because I did not have the pressure to direct the film alone. It would have been in the hands of one of the greatest directors of largest and absolutely frized visionary action of my generation.

“It would have been a wonderful marriage of material. That screenplay-and I am not saying that the largest script-but the dialogue was acute in that script.

He also appreciated the idea of ​​having a creative distance if the Film Smomesse.

“Even if people were like” oh, I hate that superman “… then I’m like” yes, well, blame Robert. He directed it. “So I would have had the advantage of being involved but not being involved, and I never really had it.”

Later in the interview, Smith turned his attention to Marvel, in particular because you will never see him direct an episode MCU. He was behind the CW show camera such as The flash AND SupergirlBut don’t expect it to take something with a Marvel logo at any time soon.

“Everyone is like, ‘Do you want to make a Marvel movie?’ Fucking never.

But a cameo? This is another story.

“Wonder if [they] It was like ‘we want you to interpret … anyone. A scene – AF ** Ing Bad Guy, a good guy. “Oh my God, who should I disgust to make it happen? This is what I would be more interested. Because it would be fun and none of the responsibilities would be mine.”

Smith summed him up saying:

“I am put on this earth to make Kevin Smith’s films, if nothing else – and most of the critics will support that I am not even put on this land to do it. But nobody wants to make Kevin Smith movies except me, so this is my lane and I love to stay inside.”

It may never direct a tender from superhero, but it cannot be denied that Kevin Smith’s voice continues to be a unique and passionate part of the conversation on Geek culture, even when it is just imagining what could have been.