Superman Returns only came out two years but it looks like the franchise is going to get another reboot.
The 2006 superhero adventure, which was directed by Bryan Singer and starred newcomer Brandon Routh as the Man of Steel, was a box office hit but, with huge production and marketing costs, it's rumoured to have lost money.
However, Wanted writer Mark Millar has revealed that he wants to kickstart the franchise.
He told Scottish newspaper Daily Record, "Since I was a kid I’ve always wanted to reinvent Superman for the 21st century. I’ve been planning this my entire life. I’ve got my director and producer set up, and it’ll be 2011. This is how far ahead you have to think.
“The Superman brand is toxic after that last movie lost $200 million, but in 2011 we’re hoping to restart it. Sadly I can’t say who the director is, but we may make it official by Christmas. But fingers crossed it could work out, that would be my lifetime’s dream.”
He went on to say on his official site that "a very well known American action director heard about my love of Superman, approached my and asked me to team up with he and his producer to make a pitch for this. We’ve been talking for several weeks now and, if this is going to happen, we’ll know by Christmas. He has huge pull at WB so fingers crossed. But this is nothing more than a huge US name pulling me into his fold and making me part of a package.”
Which is probably news to Bryan Singer who only recently announced that he was in the early stages of working on a sequel.