McG is hired. Internet forums posters go bananas.
The script is written:
Imagine Daredevil. Wait, there's more.
Now, take out Daredevil and put Superman on it.
Now mix the whole thing with the plot of Batman and Robin.
OK, now imagine McG trying to surpass the awfull Charlies Angles 2, WHILE directing this stinky cheeseburger of a flick.
Now, insert some cutting-edge techno soundtrack, and some bullet time, GOD knows you gotta have bullet time ina McG flick.
And what comes along with bullet time? Yep, CGI characters. What is the main character? Yes, Superman, so it'll have a CGI Superman.
The studio directors will look at the rough cut and say "Wait a minute, this movie is aimed males aged 12 to 17. What do they want to see onscreen? Yes, undressed women!" - so there goes the second unit director, probably Piton or someone with the same talents as McG, and shoots some women with almost no clothes at all, cheering for Superman, or fighting aliens or anything like that.
The studio asks for more CGI. So there goes the special FX crew, animating more sequences. McG is pleased.
There HAS to be a reason for the extra scenes, so the screenwriter is called at 3 AM by the producer and asked to do a re-write. He does it over the phone, in 2 minutes, than hangs up and gets some more sleep. The next morning he'll think that phone call was only a nightmare.
The whole shooting is done on blue screen in two months, followed by 4 months of half-assed post-production.
There are some audience tests with the rough cut of the movie. The audience tells it sucks, but the studio ignores it, as they "have not seen it with the CGI and the soundtrack yet"
Harry from AICN sees the movie, and gives it two thumbs up.
The movie is released in august, it reaches #1 at the box office and remains there for exactly 3 weeks, the time needed for the people to realize that movie sucked. It drops to #3, and the following week to #8.
Eight months later it's released in a double, special, colectors edition DVD. The pre-selling is very good, for some reason.
People buy it, see it two times and ignore the movie forever. People will be reminded of the existence of McG's Superman every 4-18 months, when they spot it on TV. By this time McG will be busy re-shooting "2001 a space odissey" with Colin Farell as Dave.
That's NOT what I want the next Superman film to become.