Absolutely wow : Nicolas Cage Superman Lives

Footage has emerged of Nicolas Cage test a Superman costume as a part of a Tim Burton project that ne'er saw the sunshine of day.

Superman Lives was originally due for unharness in early 1998 however once many pre-production comes it had been ne'er free.

The film was to be directed by Tim Burton, with Kevin Smith and Dan Gilroy as screenwriters and fille Atwood because the costumer - most likely liable for golf stroke confine the soft blue suit on top of.

The footage is an element of a crowd-funded documentary The Death of "Superman Lives": What Happened? by Jon Schnepp that's free on-line later on.

“There’s been stills out there from this take a look at, and therefore the stills don’t roll in the hay justice in any respect,” says Superman Lives director’s assistant Derek Freyr within the video on top of. “Initially i used to be extremely stricken by however he looked within the suit. His physique, it had been totally different to what we have a tendency to had seen before.”

Cage eventually walked from the project in 2000, a similar year he vie Memphis Raines in Gone in Sixty Seconds.

Brandon Routh then vie the superhero in 2006’s Bryan Singer-directed Superman Returns.

Superman Returns FILM poster 2006