Tim Burton Doesn’t Seem Happy His Superman and Batman Appeared in The Flash

Nicolas Cage as Superman in The Flash.

As impressive as it is when filmmakers like J.J. Abrams or James Gunn direct films in two, opposite, massive franchises, in the 1990s, Tim Burton almost beat them all. We all know he directed two Batman movies starring Michael Keaton but he also got very close to directing Nicolas Cage in Superman Lives, which fell apart before shooting actually took place. Directing both Batman and Superman on the big screen, can you imagine? (I guess one guy can, but you still get the point.)

Burton still imagines it too. “When you work that long on a project and it doesn’t happen, it affects you for the rest of your life,” the director said in a new interview with the British Film Institute. “Because you get passionate about things, and each thing is an unknown journey, and [Superman Lives] wasn’t there yet. But it’s one of those experiences that never leaves you, a little bit.”

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The director was in the middle of filming Beetlejuice 2 when the strikes began so that’s, most likely, what we’ll see from him next. Read more about that and more at the BFI.

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