You can really see the passion that Burton and Cage shared for this project in these clips. It’s sad that we couldn’t see their vision truly realized, but it’s pretty awesome that we got just a taste in “the flash.”
Nicholas Cage seems like a genuinely nice dude to hang out with. I know he's a huge Superman fan and I don't know how this would have turned out, but I'm sorry he didn't get the chance to play the character.
And then after the success of that movie, it expanded into DCEU of that universe but suceeded and managed to build up 22 movies towards crisis on infinite earths
That's kinda the point. This was supposed to be a completely new Superman. Not the Richard Donner version. And I honestly would've liked to have seen this new alternative take on the character. At least he doesn't snap people's necks off in this version.
You can love or hate Nick Cage's acting, but there is 1 thing we can ALL agree on: he is great (way good) at acting 2 identities. I feel that his Superman/Clark Kent swap could had been perfect. Hiding his identity at plain sight, just by acting "smaller", more vulnerable, more human. Now THAT is something I would love to see Cage tackling.
Cage actually recently said that he would've approached his Superman similar to his performance in City of Angels (1998). I had to watch the movie myself to see how he was. And he was very calm, talked low and always had a warm smile. (I mean angel? Superman? It's close enough.) And after seeing it, I was really upset he wasn't Superman because that movie's performance showed he could've been a really good and likeable Man of Steel.
I like the no underpants thing. The circus strong man reference with those exo-draws tethers superman to one certain time and nobody gets the reference anymore. I say let him be alien the new 52 design was fine
And the fake muscles built into the suit and having them kinda highlighted using darker blues to make it look like there's shadows. After Man of Steel, just look at the suit and it looks like they painted on his muscles.
It’s actually the metallic padding underneath the suit. The fabric of the MoS suit itself becomes slightly translucent once it’s stretched over the padding, hence the sort of visible abs and biceps. The Justice League version specifically used shiny metallic under padding so that the suit - under the intended lighting from Snyder’s shoot - would make the suit take on a vibrancy and almost sparkle. Unfortunately, the way it was reshot the suit took on a weird turquoise color and the padding ended up looking like smeared deodorant and just was a complete abomination. There’s promo footage that was shot by Snyder that was officially released (I believe the AT&T branded 2-3 minute long character promos) where we see the suit in its proper lighting and color grading and it looks really nice. Without it necessarily looking brighter or more colorful, the suit appears to have evolved to match the theme of a happier, more confident and mature post-resurrection Superman.
Cavill’Superman was just a little outside the box, and many people didn’t like it (I’m not among these people). So I don’t think it would have been a success
But that was meant to be a new take on the Clark Kent alias of Kal-El, who often portays his fake image as this klutz, socially awkward, naive and regular Joe kinda guy with a sci-fi fanboy nerd twist. Point is Kal-El does this to draw attention away from him for the fact he is the GODDAMN MAN OF STEEL himself...SUPERMAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I honestly didn't mind that. It made Clark look more like an alien freak than Superman as he tries to be human, resulting in him looking freakier in the process. He would look so dorky that literally nobody would believe this dude would be Superman. Which is also why they cast Nicolas Cage to begin with because they wanted people to understand that he is an alien.
He then looses his powers and Is places under arrest so he agrees to have his face switched with Lex Luthor (played by John Travolta) to go undercover and thwart Luthor's evil plan, the ending of the movie takes place on a plane full of convicts nicknamed Con Air
That's why you never hire people who don't know jack crap from the origins to the modern version of any comic book character pre SJW. Fans want an actual depiction. Not a water down version of said characters.
This would've been the most amazing most wonderful train wreck the world would have ever known. "What does the cape mean, exactly?" Perfect. Absolutely perfect.
That would’ve been a great Superman movie to watch as a kid. It’s interesting to see Nicolas Cage collaborating with Tim Burton in this video. For a brief time anyway. Hopefully, they will make a new movie that might work for both of them in the future.
Who knows, if this film would have been made in 1998 and been successfull then they would have created a DC shared universe with batman & Robin at least a decade before it became trendy. In all honesty no matter how bad the film would have turned out it still would have been better than superman returnes. I still enjoy Batman & Robin for what it is despite it's campiness, probably because i have fond memories of watching it as a child
How sad to know that while in this room Tim was doing costume fittings with Nic Cage, one of the producers, I think it's Peter Guber, was trying in vain to convince Warner producers not to cancel the movie. I hope The Flash movie corrects this mistake from Warner's past, I really hope so, for the sake of the DC universe
lol even the whole energy of the room, the conversations they're having, it all feels so half-hearted and defeated. Like they somehow knew in the back of their heads, "This is not working, and is just a waste of all of our time."
@Teddy Holiday lol no way man, that is some of the most plodding and forced enthusiasm I've ever heard. Maybe they were coming down off the Hollywood coke by that point, idk. I mean they're clearly trying to be "into it" but it all feels super hollow and kinda aimless to me.
@@tuanjim799 Uh, you know this isn't a movie, right? They aren't performing for you. They're doing a job. Maybe you've never had one, but this is what people with jobs sound like.
Tru Dis yeah you guys weren’t screaming that when they chose him as the Batman ; nor did you probably do the same for Heathe Ledger when he was chosen to portray the Joker, now did you?
People also forget that the first suit shown in the video was a TEST. It wasn't finalized. The final suit they made actually resembled his original red, yellow, blue suit, with the red underpants but the spandex was a rubber bodysuit and deeper blue color. And I feel people judge it unfairly because you don't have the lighting and sets, and the world Tim Burton would've established.
Damn, Nic was all for it and same as Tim and you can see the excitement and anticipation to start filming and doing scenes in their faces. Such a shame that it never lifted off.
How sad to know that while in this room Tim was doing costume fittings with Nic Cage, one of the producers, was trying in vain to convince Warner producers not to cancel the movie. I hope The Flash movie corrects this mistake from Warner's past, I really hope so, for the sake of the DC universe
They should include Nics version of Kal-El in the upcoming Flash movie. Even for 5 minutes because he's such a massive Superman fan. The entire DCU is getting rebooted after The Flash anyways so it would be awesome to see Keatons Batman and Cages Superman, both envisioned by Tim Burton, appear together finally.
I worked on the suit for Superman Returns. People have no idea how much work goes into costumes sometimes for years before principle photography begins. Very hard and rewarding work.
@@FinalConsensusNot one of the people that worked on the suit (several decades too young for that haha), but if I recall correctly from the behind the scenes book, he was too big for the suit they made so when they resized it they didn't do a great job. I'll have to look again to fact check later.
I swear, for the whole video, Tim Burton doesn't finish one sentence that he starts.
Brodie Yake or does he actually start one from any point of direction - "yeah, and that's cuz... But we'll..ya know.. That -haha right "
😂😂
Mr. Anacoluthon
Brodie Yake - Asa Butterfield actually makes a joke about that on Conan.
How long did you work on Tim Burton's set?
Cages' Clark looks like Tommy Wisseau🤣🤣🤣🤣
Tyler Kooz Clark Kent: Oh hi Bruce.
You're tearing me apart Lois! Anyway, how's your sex life?
@@AndrewKeyz hahahhahaha
Lex you just chicken. Cheep cheep cheep!
StuUngar Hahahahaha awesome
You can really see the passion that Burton and Cage shared for this project in these clips. It’s sad that we couldn’t see their vision truly realized, but it’s pretty awesome that we got just a taste in “the flash.”
It’s not too late
Would of been way better than Dean Cain's superman...
@@cyclonechaos Dean Cain's a great Superman, you just probably hate him because he's a conservative.
someone will use ai to make the tim burton movie one day lol and tim burton will be brought back to life with ai to complain about it on ai podcasts
Nicholas Cage seems like a genuinely nice dude to hang out with. I know he's a huge Superman fan and I don't know how this would have turned out, but I'm sorry he didn't get the chance to play the character.
It would have turned out like, if Superman crashed in Vegas and was rescued by Elvis Presley.
Really not
hes gonna in the new flash movie
Flash movie:)
@@putinscat1208lol, yep
In an alternate universe michael Keaton batman fought Nicholas cage superman.
And then after the success of that movie, it expanded into DCEU of that universe but suceeded and managed to build up 22 movies towards crisis on infinite earths
Where they rebooted Batman with Heath ledger as the Dark Knight and Christian Bale as the Joker
Also, in that alternate universe, Leonardo DiCaprio portrayed Spider-Man, Tom Cruise became Iron Man and the DCEU succeeded (while the MCU failed).
Also in that alternate universe, Joaquin Phoenix plays the Joker from suicide squad and Jared Leto plays the Joker from the 2019 movie.
you predicted the future, it is truly coming
He good for Bizarro character.
Shah Legno aw fuck thats good. I would totally buy him as Bizarro.
Shah Legno that would be great on man of steel 2 or in a dc movie with cavil
And Batman was never made...... tom cruise is iron man....
he looks like a drag queen in the suit lol....
😂👍🏻good one
3:50 "Nobody would think that this is Superman"
Exactly my thoughts
*puts cape on* repeats sentence....
That's kinda the point. This was supposed to be a completely new Superman. Not the Richard Donner version. And I honestly would've liked to have seen this new alternative take on the character. At least he doesn't snap people's necks off in this version.
@@brandonspain12345 lol. cavill and reeves look like theyre superman. cage as supes is very disrespectful to the character.
@@brandonspain12345 cage supes is so dorky and that suit is the worst
@@brianespinoza8508 this comment made my day 😂
Brainiac: Ok son of krypton.. Release the Bee's.
Superman: OH NO NOT THE BEES!! NOT THE BEES!!!!
Dead. 💀
theyre in my eyes!
My god
🌮🗿
I could only imagine how sad Nicole's cage was when he found out the movie was cancelled
He went Nicolas Rage after that
Let me explain to you how sad. Nicolas Cage loves Superman so much he named his son Kal-el.
@@user-dj7hx9ev9m at least he finally got to play him in the teen titans go movie
why would a totally unrelated inanimate object react to this?
After that he went for Gosh Rider
this is insane i've heard about the Tim Burton Nicolas Cage Superman but I never knew there was behind-the-scenes video footage - mind blown.
Y
In my dimension the movie was finished.
@@pedrof8948 cuz itz more informative detailed and super mind blowing as fukk!!!!!
@@printingwithlue4310 how was it? Lol
He was so close to getting the job because he's friend's with Tim Burton. I guess the studio trusted Tim which is how this got so far
You can love or hate Nick Cage's acting, but there is 1 thing we can ALL agree on: he is great (way good) at acting 2 identities. I feel that his Superman/Clark Kent swap could had been perfect. Hiding his identity at plain sight, just by acting "smaller", more vulnerable, more human. Now THAT is something I would love to see Cage tackling.
Did you watch the latest Flash movie?
You're on CRACK Nick Cage is AWFUL!
@@rdanieldfthat's a mess of a movie don't even recommend that crap
Cage actually recently said that he would've approached his Superman similar to his performance in City of Angels (1998). I had to watch the movie myself to see how he was. And he was very calm, talked low and always had a warm smile. (I mean angel? Superman? It's close enough.) And after seeing it, I was really upset he wasn't Superman because that movie's performance showed he could've been a really good and likeable Man of Steel.
"Not the kryptonite!!! Not the kryptonite!!! AHHHHH!!!"
NOW SWITCH, TO KRYPTONIIIIIITE!
Tim Burton did the no-underpants thing before Zack Snyder did.
So did New 52....lol it was actually canon for a couple years before Snyder's version came out and people were still complaining about it.
I like the no underpants thing. The circus strong man reference with those exo-draws tethers superman to one certain time and nobody gets the reference anymore. I say let him be alien the new 52 design was fine
You mean with keatons batman
And the fake muscles built into the suit and having them kinda highlighted using darker blues to make it look like there's shadows. After Man of Steel, just look at the suit and it looks like they painted on his muscles.
It’s actually the metallic padding underneath the suit. The fabric of the MoS suit itself becomes slightly translucent once it’s stretched over the padding, hence the sort of visible abs and biceps. The Justice League version specifically used shiny metallic under padding so that the suit - under the intended lighting from Snyder’s shoot - would make the suit take on a vibrancy and almost sparkle. Unfortunately, the way it was reshot the suit took on a weird turquoise color and the padding ended up looking like smeared deodorant and just was a complete abomination.
There’s promo footage that was shot by Snyder that was officially released (I believe the AT&T branded 2-3 minute long character promos) where we see the suit in its proper lighting and color grading and it looks really nice. Without it necessarily looking brighter or more colorful, the suit appears to have evolved to match the theme of a happier, more confident and mature post-resurrection Superman.
I seriously would have loved to see this, just to have a Superman movie that is so outside the box like this.
Yeah who cares if it's faithful I'd rather see something different, and I love Nic
Cavill’Superman was just a little outside the box, and many people didn’t like it (I’m not among these people). So I don’t think it would have been a success
in the new flash hes gonna be superman and fighting a giant robot spider
@danielpetralito7824 that's because it tried to change some stuff and not fully commit to outside the box
You'll be able to see in the Flash 😊
Nick Cage's Superman was Loki before Tom Hiddleston's Loki was Loki
Tom Hiddleston is handsome Nicolas not so much!
RX-281 Long black hair doesn’t equal Loki.
I always thought this Cage/Burton film project was a myth. Seeing the costumes, the vibe, you get the impression this could have been spectacular.
Nobody in that room are having it except for cage and tim burton
el mago cocaine is a hell of a drug.
🤣🤣🤣
😆😆😆😆
Looks like Loki to me..haha
Yes you're correct he looks like tom hiddleton loki in his face skull.
Lowkey he does
ray14344 lol u beat me to it..
It's probably where they got the inspiration from😂
Lol., never thought of that before😂
I still wanna see this movie.
We all do
I mean Nic Cage + Superman = A match made in heaven
so nice to be here after the flash movie. man i just love how the way this superman looks. the long hair. the fight...
it was everything.
Burton is laughing at his dork outfit. Even though his outfit looks worse.
But that was meant to be a new take on the Clark Kent alias of Kal-El, who often portays his fake image as this klutz, socially awkward, naive and regular Joe kinda guy with a sci-fi fanboy nerd twist. Point is Kal-El does this to draw attention away from him for the fact he is the GODDAMN MAN OF STEEL himself...SUPERMAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Steve he is loaded you are not, shoosh tubby.
I honestly didn't mind that. It made Clark look more like an alien freak than Superman as he tries to be human, resulting in him looking freakier in the process. He would look so dorky that literally nobody would believe this dude would be Superman. Which is also why they cast Nicolas Cage to begin with because they wanted people to understand that he is an alien.
Clark Kent suffered from a super receding hair line.
Excessive exposures to Kryptonite does that
R.C. Pearl the same is happening to Henry Cavill tho
I'm honestly scratching my head over how would he even pull off a Clark Kent. Nick Cage is always Nick Cage.
Nick cages hairline is charming.
Brandon Youth hahahaha I love your comment
And now...
We'll finally see it in the flash
This should be trending anytime soon now
In which superman steals the declaration of independence.
He then looses his powers and Is places under arrest so he agrees to have his face switched with Lex Luthor (played by John Travolta) to go undercover and thwart Luthor's evil plan, the ending of the movie takes place on a plane full of convicts nicknamed Con Air
Tim straight up knew nothing about Superman's cape hahahahahaha.
That's why you never hire people who don't know jack crap from the origins to the modern version of any comic book character pre SJW. Fans want an actual depiction. Not a water down version of said characters.
@@Nelo_Wolf oh sure blame sjw when burton never read batman even after his movie premiered
@@eavyeavy2864 he probably did read some batman when he was filming it
@@Nelo_Wolf the movies themselves explored the villains more than Batman himself though.
This would've been the most amazing most wonderful train wreck the world would have ever known.
"What does the cape mean, exactly?" Perfect. Absolutely perfect.
That producer beat around every bush trying not to call him stupid
The Flash 2023 we got our Nic
Tim Burton directing a Superman film starring Nicholas Cage. I would really like to see that actually...
@Jimmy Green That's why I'd go see it.
I think it would be scarring
Cage was huge back then tho
@@MinhNguyen-fi6xz tru
And Kevin Smith wrote it, even better.
watching this after Flash movie 😮 its awesome
That would’ve been a great Superman movie to watch as a kid. It’s interesting to see Nicolas Cage collaborating with Tim Burton in this video. For a brief time anyway. Hopefully, they will make a new movie that might work for both of them in the future.
Who knows, if this film would have been made in 1998 and been successfull then they would have created a DC shared universe with batman & Robin at least a decade before it became trendy. In all honesty no matter how bad the film would have turned out it still would have been better than superman returnes. I still enjoy Batman & Robin for what it is despite it's campiness, probably because i have fond memories of watching it as a child
I've read this wish since 2001
How sad to know that while in this room Tim was doing costume fittings with Nic Cage, one of the producers, I think it's Peter Guber, was trying in vain to convince Warner producers not to cancel the movie. I hope The Flash movie corrects this mistake from Warner's past, I really hope so, for the sake of the DC universe
This is the perfect time to have this video recommended.
Who is here after Nic’s Superman cameo in The Flash 💀😭
The impossible just happened, I have watched Nicolas Cage as Superman in the flash and it was cool !!! 🤩🤩🤩🤩
Me (years ago): this movie only exist in my dreams.
Me (this year): well… 😏
Flash ?
@@victorruu4ee0yes
Even though the movie was cancelled, I’m glad the Flash movie let him make his dream come true.
This felt like it was a one day thing
Yes but they did actually work on the different suits and storyboards wich makes me think the project was at a deeper stage than we think
Finally nic cage played both superman and spiderman
Two crazy men pat themselves on the back constantly over their ideas
lol even the whole energy of the room, the conversations they're having, it all feels so half-hearted and defeated. Like they somehow knew in the back of their heads, "This is not working, and is just a waste of all of our time."
@Teddy Holiday
lol no way man, that is some of the most plodding and forced enthusiasm I've ever heard. Maybe they were coming down off the Hollywood coke by that point, idk. I mean they're clearly trying to be "into it" but it all feels super hollow and kinda aimless to me.
Yeah that's exactly how it feels, a cadre of yes-men holding onto their imaginary paychecks for dear life
@@tuanjim799 Uh, you know this isn't a movie, right? They aren't performing for you. They're doing a job. Maybe you've never had one, but this is what people with jobs sound like.
Yea they had no passion for the character, at one point Cage suggested Superman should smoke to make him more "cool"
@@aolson1111
Oh calm down...
Everyone claiming it a bad idea, yet people said the same with Michael Keaton
Yeah but Keaton looked badass in that suit
McobraR He's badass
Tru Dis yeah you guys weren’t screaming that when they chose him as the Batman ; nor did you probably do the same for Heathe Ledger when he was chosen to portray the Joker, now did you?
DMC HUNTER777 now we got twilight boy as Batman and everyone is going nuts.
Keaton Sucked
Crazy how he filmed his cameo for flash 30 years ago
You know why you're all back here...
I wish we would have gotten Nicholas Cage getting beaten by Krytonite. "NO NOT THE KRYPTONITE AAAAAAAAAAAGH!".
Stop hating, he's just getting ready for comic con lol
And now we all are gathered here for one similar reason 😁
he finally played it for The Flash movie, eventhough only a few seconds, he looks cool in the movie.
Cgi is not cage..
@ickekiecke It was Nicolas Cage though.
I screamed "yeeeeeees!" In the cinema when he appeared in The Flash lmao
So, you are dumb
Man. There sure are a lot of happy, energetic, positive vibes flowing in that room!
Also, there were drugs.
Lots and lots and lots and LOTS of drugs.
This is finally cannon
I'm glad Nicolas Cage appears as cameo of Superman which have a long hair in _The Flash_ movie
With those hair extensions he looks more like Tommy Wisseau.
honestly i would have loved his version of superman, would have been awesome...a fresh take, look at how excited he was too lol
OMG Nicholas Cage versus a giant spider, that would have been cool. I mean, in 1990s I don't know, however in the 2000s why not.
Im here to tell you nick cage appears as superman in the flash movie 2023😎
I love how they are just having fun, people hate on this idea too much, I think it could have worked if it was different enough.
People also forget that the first suit shown in the video was a TEST. It wasn't finalized. The final suit they made actually resembled his original red, yellow, blue suit, with the red underpants but the spandex was a rubber bodysuit and deeper blue color. And I feel people judge it unfairly because you don't have the lighting and sets, and the world Tim Burton would've established.
Damn, Nic was all for it and same as Tim and you can see the excitement and anticipation to start filming and doing scenes in their faces. Such a shame that it never lifted off.
He got his wish in the Flash
It feels like I'm watching a behind the scenes in an alternate dimension.
He would be Perfect for Bizaro
I didn't even know Nicholas Cage played Superman until I watched Flash
Came here after The Flash movie. And i gotta say, a Nicholas Cage Superman movie will be epic, and fit more like a rated r film
Just saw him in the flash movie
The scene of his superman ion The Flash was cool!
i laugh so hard when see him in new the flash movie 🤣🤣
And now he got to be Superman in the Flash movie
man this had me laughing really hard i love nic cage's humor and passion for this kinda stuff
How sad to know that while in this room Tim was doing costume fittings with Nic Cage, one of the producers, was trying in vain to convince Warner producers not to cancel the movie. I hope The Flash movie corrects this mistake from Warner's past, I really hope so, for the sake of the DC universe
Thank you The Flash
They should include Nics version of Kal-El in the upcoming Flash movie. Even for 5 minutes because he's such a massive Superman fan. The entire DCU is getting rebooted after The Flash anyways so it would be awesome to see Keatons Batman and Cages Superman, both envisioned by Tim Burton, appear together finally.
His cgi version is there in the flash movie
@@karkon479and also the finale showed what Tim want the movie to end.
I worked on the suit for Superman Returns. People have no idea how much work goes into costumes sometimes for years before principle photography begins. Very hard and rewarding work.
Why did y’all deemphasize Routh’s physique? He was jacked but the suit made him look flat
@@FinalConsensusNot one of the people that worked on the suit (several decades too young for that haha), but if I recall correctly from the behind the scenes book, he was too big for the suit they made so when they resized it they didn't do a great job. I'll have to look again to fact check later.
They were all really onboard with this. I love the enthusiasm
Now if only Nick would play Superman as an off the wall character with rage outbursts typical of Cage's style ...
thx god this didnt leave that hotel room
For the one who watch the flash movie,this is the costume he used
Well actually
Nicolas Cage will be back with this role
Whose here after watching The Flash Movie 2023? 😁
Me 🙋😂
only real fans can understand. what does cameo means.. What a f**k cameos. I couldn't imagine these
Me
Who’s here after watching the flash movie ?
Me
I am so excited because I just saw his cameo in The Flash 2023 movie today!!
We finally got our Superman, Tim Burton's superman does exist
3:50 ' nobody will think *this* is SUPERMAN . ( *Camera Man Dies* ) & it's pure gold , oh man they was livid .
The movie was not canceled, it’s delayed for 5 years 😂😂😂
Tim Burton looks like he was scared to say no to Gage😂
watching Cage in superman suit I think he would make another great Loki :)
I actually like how Cage looked as Clark. Some of the superman suits looked alright, but somehow they almost always seemed to have got the Cape wrong.
What a huge surprise to see the actual Superman Cage in the Flash.
nothing to see here, just a happy comment from June 2023. ;)
We finally get to see this version of Superman in there flash!
Its crazy to,think he was an A list actor at a time and not just a meme
The story behind this with Kevin Smith needs to be made into a movie. It’d be both interesting and funny as hell!
Watching this video now on Tuesday, June 13 before it blows up...
I'm really sad this never came out. One of my favorite actors
This would have been awesome! I'm not 100% sure about Nick as Superman, but he would have made a hell of a Clark Kent. His voice alone.
wow this now canon
Seeing this after Flash is trippy
I love the suit that is shown at 2:36. It gives off a cool 90s vibe.
I've always wanted to see him in a superman film just because he loves superman so much. Too bad he didn't have a cameo in smallville
Still waiting for a Nic Cage Superman in 2021, also Tim's laugh @ 3:28 priceless xD
apparently you'll get your wish when the flash movie opens
Such a shame... Superman Lives had some real potential. Hope they save the suits and storyline for a future iteration. *crossing my fingers.*
His Clark Kent is amazing. I want to live in the world where this movie happened.
I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw The Flash 🤣🤣🤣