In 2002,
JJ Abrams wrote a script which was supposed to be the first film in a trilogy of
Superman Movies.
Aint It Cool once wrote that the script read "like it'll cost $400 million" and involved sequences featuring "air combat between five superpowered Kryptonians and fighter jets from 24 nations. Kryptonite missiles. Ass-kickin' on a level we've never seen before on film." A post-Matrix film project where
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