A number of years in the past, it was rumoured that Warner Bros wished to rent Christopher McQuarrie, contemporary off of his Mission: Unattainable sequels, to helm Man of Steel 2, which might have allowed Henry Cavill to reprise his position as Superman. Whereas showing on the HappySadConfused podcast, McQuarrie revealed that it was imagined to revolve round a battle with Inexperienced Lantern and “boy, it was f**king good.”

He elaborated, saying the key to Inexperienced Lantern was giving his energy a flaw. “The entire idea of Inexperienced Lantern is that the ring needs to be recharged. Sure, you’ve got infinite energy, however you solely have a lot battery life, which may run out at inconvenient instances. That, for me, solved the complete Inexperienced Lantern downside,” including, tongue-in-cheek, “the costume is one other factor.”

As for Superman, “Henry (Cavill) had a take on that, and the two characters had superb similarities that might have allowed for superb battle.” McQuarrie additionally shared that he had an “epic” opening labored out that might have been related in model to Pixar’s Up. 

“The primary 5 minutes of the film had been a setup after which you knew precisely what made Superman tick, what he was most afraid of, and why Superman made the decisions that he made, and it will have been epic. In 5 minutes, the scale of the film would have been extraordinary.”

All isn’t misplaced, although. McQuarrie acknowledged that he tried to depart the viewers leaving Mission: Unattainable – The Ultimate Reckoning with the similar feeling he would have tried to evoke with his Superman film—the feeling of hope. He went on to reward Richard Donner’s Superman motion pictures for being the solely ones to acknowledge that, at the finish of the day, Superman’s worst enemy is himself. 

It’s too unhealthy we by no means obtained to see McQuarrie’s model, as who is aware of what may need come of the DCU had it been made.