SUPERMAN DODGES A SPEEDING BULLET

It was revealed yesterday that McG was the first choice to direct the new ‘Superman’ film, Superman Returns. His fear of flying kept him from taking the job, concerned that he would freak out during the flight to Australia where principal filming would take place.

He explains, “I didn’t want to fly down there… I don’t really freak out that we’re gonna crash but I freak out [when] everything’s great and you’re at 40,000 feet and then you realize you’re in a steel tube and you can’t get out of there and there’s nothing but water everywhere when you look down.”

This is a big break for ‘Superman’ fans, as McG’s (aka Joseph McGinty Nichol) resume includes such colossal shitbombs as Charlie’s Angels, Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle, and The Offspring Complete Music Video Collection, as well as the Mike Dexter/Bill Bellamy TV vehicle “Fastlane”.

When Nichol declined, Brian Singer was brought on instead. Singer’s credits include the superb The Usual Suspects as well as X-Men and X2: X-Men United.

October 20th, 2005 TG