The film, which was going to be called Superman Lives, was going fulfill a dream of Cage’s to wear the red and blue on the big screen but that film never came to fruition due to strange plot details, a kooky producer who was once Barbara Streisand hair dresser, and Tim Burton wanting full control on the script and franchise. Note: This was pre-Batman for Tim Burton so he hadn’t officially gotten into the comic book movie game.

To fully understand, listen to actor/director Kevin Smith, who was commissioned at one time to write the script of Superman Lives, tell it in a hilarious Q&A session. Watch below:

Superman Lives Part 1:

Superman Lives Part 2:

Also, check leaked photos which showed what Cage’s look for Superman would have been with long hair in a full Kryptonian suit.

After all of this, Nic Cage finally got to fulfill that dream when he was placed in recent DC film The Flash starring Ezra Miller, Michael Keaton, Ben Affleck and others. In the film, Barry Allen (Miller) starts looking into different extended universes and comes upon one where Superman (Cage) battles a giant spider (you must watch the Kevin Smith Q&As, he explains the spider) in a scene right out of the original script for Superman Lives.

Cage recently talked to USA Today about his cameo in The Flash and Superman Lives:

“For me, it was the feeling of being actualized,” Cage told USA Today. “Even that look for that particular character, finally seeing it on screen, was satisfying. But as I said, it’s quick. If you really wanted to know what I was going do with that character, look at my performance in City of Angels.”

He continues:

“I was supposed (to play) Clark Kent after that (in Superman Lives), and I was already developing this alien otherness playing this angel. That is a perfect example of the tonality you would’ve gotten for Kal-El and for Clark Kent: Clark would’ve been a little more amusing, but Kal-El (had) the sensitivity and the goodness and the vulnerability and all those feelings that were kind of angelic and also terrifying.”

Check out the leaked scene below:

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The film stars Eddie Redmayne as Newt Scamandar alognside returning stars Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol, and Ezra Miller. They’re joined by Claudia Kim, Zoe Kravitz, Callum Turner, with Jude Law as Dumbledore and Johnny Depp as the titular Grindelwald.

At the end of the first film, the powerful Dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald (Depp) was captured by MACUSA (Magical Congress of the United States of America), with the help of Newt Scamander (Redmayne). But, making good on his threat, Grindelwald escaped custody and has set about gathering followers, most unsuspecting of his true agenda: to raise pure-blood wizards up to rule over all non-magical beings. In an effort to thwart Grindelwald’s plans, Albus Dumbledore (Law) enlists his former student Newt Scamander, who agrees to help, unaware of the dangers that lie ahead. Lines are drawn as love and loyalty are tested, even among the truest friends and family, in an increasingly divided wizarding world.

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald is being directed by David Yates, from a screenplay by J.K. Rowling, and produced by David Heyman, J.K. Rowling, Steve Kloves and Lionel Wigram. The film will debut in theaters November 16, 2018.

J.K. Rowling has come a long way since the release of the first Harry Potter book. Now she is involved in the writing process of the movies based on her own works! This really is the dream of many aspiring authors thinking about publishing a book – to one day see it snowball into an internationally-loved franchise and for it to score a big-screen adaptation at some juncture. In the meantime, these writers must work hard to hone their craft, put the time in with potential publishers and literary agents, or even look into self-publishing as options for getting a book out into the hands of readers and kickstart their literary careers. It’s a big hill to climb but only the most determined amongst them will see it through.

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