The different versions of Batman and Superman that we have enjoyed in film and television really clash Flashthe new film by the Argentinian director Andy Muschiettiwhich premiered this Thursday, June 15 in Ecuador.

Among those great surprises, the fans who already came to see the tape were very excited – almost by the last minutes – with the appearance of a character they always expected to see dressed in the Man of Steel cape.

(Warning ‘spoilers’ from here)

Muschietti decided to please Nicolas Cage’s followers and finally made him fly and shoot laser beams on the big screen in Superman’s colors. Although the scene is shortthe actor’s blue eyes stand out in the suit, while his long hair (as originally presented to the to pour in 1998) flapping in the wind.

But why was the Nicolas Cage Superman movie never made?

The tape was tentatively titled Superman lives and that would be it Directed by Tim Burton in 1998, with a script by Kevin Smith.

In that story, the supervillain Brainiac sends Doomsday to kill Superman and block out the sun to render the hero powerless. at the same time Brainiac forms a Machiavellian alliance with Lex Luthor. But when Superman is resurrected by a Kryptonian robot called the Eradicator, Brainiac decides he wishes he had such technology in his possession.. When Superman’s powers return, thanks to the rays of the sun, he eventually defeats Brainiac. The main inspiration for the script was the comic Superman’s death (1992).

Cage was cast in the role of Clark Kent / Superman after his producers considered it with Cage would actually be the first movie where audiences wouldn’t recognize Superman’s secret identity, since the actor is from face off (1997) was notable for radically changing his acting and even physical performance. cage charged $20 million for taking the role.

Although the reasons why the production of the tape was canceled are not exactly known (it is believed that there is no budget), all the drama behind the failed tape is collected in the documentary The Death of ‘Superman Lives’: What Happened? (2015) directed by Jon Schnepp.

“I had a lot of faith in the movie and what Tim Burton’s vision for that movie would be.said Cage Yahoo movies in a later interview. “I would have loved to see it, but I feel like it was a win/win in many ways because of the power of the imagination. I think people can now see the movie in their heads and imagine it, and in many ways that could resonate more deeply than the finished project.

Finally, Cage became a cartoon character for the big screen when he starred in it Ghost Rider in 2007.