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Comic genius MARK MILLAR (WANTED, KICK-ASS, THE ULTIMATES) might start working on a new SUPERMAN franchise. In a 10-minute interview with G4 the comic author said that he has been asked to write a SUPERMAN movie.

“A director approached me about three months ago,” Millar said. “and he said ‘look, [Bryan Singer's] The Man Of Steel might not be happening. If that doesn’t happen, it has been spoken about the possibility of me coming in, would you like to write it?’ And I was like Yeah.”

In the interview he talks about his idea on how this new SUPERMAN franchise might look. He wants to do a seven hour version of SUPERMAN split in three different movies.

“I’ve had this plan for like 10 years for a big three-picture Superman thing, like a big Lord of the Rings epic, starting over from scratch again with a seven-hour Superman story. And hopefully release them one year after another,” continued Millar. “If it works out, we’ll have to start shooting next summer.”

MILLAR already penned a SUPERMAN spin-off called RED SON. In RED SON SUPERMAN did not land in Kansas and grew up on a farm, but instead he crashs into the Soviet Union. The comic follows the common concept of "alternate histories", which is often found in Science-Fiction ( lots of comics deal with storylines like "what if the Germans won WWII or what if the South won the Civil War etc.). It's not a parody, more like a dark scenario with known (superhero) characters. It was a very interesting shot at a wellknown franchise, kinda like FRANK MILLERS "THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS".
Since the SUPERMAN -just like the BATMAN- franchise is based in the D.C. comic universe, this could be "the next big thing" to hit the big screen. IF it happens.

Check out the full interview MILLAR gave G4: