New Superman Trilogy Vision

Mark Millar (Wanted, Kick-Ass) was interviewed by Empire Online and outlined this vision for the next Superman movie(s) that he’s currently pitching. He wants it to be an eight hour epic, spread over three movies to be released a year apart, in a "Lord of the Rings" fashion. Here is how Millar describes the general story, “I want to start on Krypton, a thousand years ago, and end with Superman alone on Planet Earth, the last being left on the planet, as the yellow sun turns red and starts to supernova, and he loses his powers." Millar also reportedly has a “big-Hollywood action director” ready to put this Superman “Magnum Opus stories” through the many paces required to get him from Krypton to the end of the world.
"It's gonna be like Michael Corleone in the 'Godfather' films, the entire story from beginning to end, you see where he starts, how he becomes who he becomes, and where that takes him," said Millar. "'The Dark Knight' showed you can take a comic book property and make a serious film, and I think the studios are ready to listen to bigger ideas now." Millar really does want this to be recognized as the Godfather of superhero films, which will be a monumental task considering The Dark Knight is already the closest to earning that title.

Source: Empire