Brendan Fraser Recalls Screen-Testing For J.J. Abrams’ Would-Be Superman Movie: “It Was Shakespeare In Space”

Brendan Fraser Recalls Screen-Testing For J.J. Abrams’ Would-Be Superman Movie: “It Was Shakespeare In Space”

Fresh off of the success of The Mummy franchise, Brendan Fraser was once in consideration for a Superman adaptation from J.J. Abrams and produced by Brett Ratner. Recalling the experience of screen-testing for the would-be flick that never came to pass (Warner Bros. ultimately settled on Bryan Singer’s version, the 2006 Superman Returns), the Rental […]

Here's How Brendan Fraser Almost Played Superman

here was a moment — a fleeting, fragile moment in the early 2000s — when Brendan Fraser stood on the brink of becoming Superman. Not metaphorically. Not in our imaginations. For real. After The Mummy became a massive box office hit and George of the Jungle proved he could soar through the air with cartoonish ease, Fraser found himself on a short list of actors being tested for a new Superman reboot. The film was called Superman: Flyby, written b…

Brendan Fraser Breaks Silence On His Cancelled ‘Superman’ Movie From J.J. Abrams

Could Brendan Fraser have been the perfect Superman? The actor speaks out on playing the Man of Steel in the cancelled film by J.J. Abrams. Brendan Fraser is having a bit of a career renaissance. The actor was one of THE leading men in the 2000s, starring in films like The Mummy and George of the Jungle. Personal issues led the actor to lay low until the late 2010s… Source

Brendan Fraser Almost Played "Shakespeare in Space" SUPERMAN

In the early ’00s, Warner Bros. was desperately trying to get a Superman reboot off the ground. This was after the studio canceled Tim Burton’s Superman Lives in the ’90s, and they were back at square one. They went to Alias and Lost co-creator J.J. Abrams, who developed a script called Superman: Flyby, that would have reintroduced the Man of Steel for the 21st century. Most of the biggest actors of that era auditioned to play Superman, includin…

Brendan Fraser Reflects on His Superman Screen Test and Calls SUPERMAN: FLYBY Script “Shakespeare In Space”

We got a fresh cinematic take on Superman thanks to James Gunn, and fans seemed to love the film and how it leans into the character’s humanity. But, before Gunn got to make his movie, the road to get there was filled with abandoned projects, alternate versions, and near castings that still fascinate fans.One of the most interesting scrapped projects was J.J. Abrams and Brett Ratner’s Superman: Flyby, a film that came close to liftoff but ultima…