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Read the script for the BATMAN VS SUPERMAN movie that almost was
Believe it or not, but Hollywood has been kicking around ideas for a Batman vs Superman film for years already. Ever since men in tights beating the snot out of each other became popular (Thanks WWE!), Warner Bros has been looking for a way to pit the two titans of comics against one another. In 2002, that almost became a reality with this script from Andrew Kevin Walker that was then revised by Akiva Goldsman.
And it's a weird one.
If you don't have time to read the whole thing, here's the gist of it:
Bruce Wayne has been retired from Batmanning for five years now
Former Robin Dick Grayson, loyal butler Alfred Pennyworth and Commisioner Gordon are all dead
Clark Kent is divorced from Lois Lane and is pretty bitter about it
Bruce marries one Elizabeth Miller who is then murdered by the Joker on their honeymoon.
Naturally, Bruce flips and once again dons his batsuit and uncovers a plot that involves Lex Luthor
Clark starts romancing his Smallville crush Lana Lang
Bruce flips further and blames Superman for like everything
No way, Lex Luthor orchestrated everything?
TEAM-UP TIME!
There's a few other interesting beats in the script as well, and the actual fight that it leads up to isn't badly imagined at all. It's not a bad script at all actually. While a script is only a blueprint for the final film, I'd have actually still liked to have seen this movie made. Here's the full thing for you to read from io9:
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