Bryan Singer spoke out about his new Superman project, but if you ask me he didn’t provide many answers. However, in an interview with AICN he did reveal that the film’s working title is Superman Returns though it sounds as if that will not be the title it ends up with when it hits theaters.

Singer also spoke a little about what sort of story he’s going for, his goal is what he calls a return story. “It puts the first films in a kind of vague history. So what it doesn't do is tread over the 1978 Richard Donner film, it doesn't tread over "Smallville." It elaborates on the existence of Superman in the world in a history. He's out of the culture and then he returns.” Singer claims to be a huge fan of the original Richard Donner films and added that he may even use some footage from the original 1978 movie in some small way, “There's an introduction sequence that may or may not involve something like that, but not in the way you might be thinking.“

Singer even went so far in his Donner movie love to pull a Beatles move and start comparing Superman to Jesus: “I'm very much a fan of the 1978 Donner film. That film, particularly it's first act, was a complete, day-to-day inspiration to the first X-MEN film for all of us. It's very exciting to do it. As for Dick, I'm a huge fan of his, to be able to try to protect some semblance of this character and not mess around with it. One reason I thought the Caviezel rumors were interesting is because I do believe that Superman is the Jesus of superheroes.”

He also laid to rest all the ridiculous Jim Caviezel as Superman rumors. Says Singer, “No, that's absurd. I read that too and think it's just bizarre about James Caviezel, who's a wonderful actor. But, no, I'm committed to casting an unknown.”

The director also talks a little about why he dropped X-Men like a bad habit and confirmed that he’s still working feverishly on a Logan’s Run remake which doesn’t need to be made. Still, he hasn’t done much to sell me on his choice. The most important question he wasn’t asked is what the heck is he using for a script? Hopefully he’ll be staying away from the J.J. Abrams draft.

You can read the full interview over at Aint It Cool News, but I wouldn’t since I’ve already hit the highlights and you’ll have to wade through a lot of talk about a horrible television show he’s producting that involves doctors… because there aren’t enough medical shows on television already. No, the doctors do not have cool mutant powers.

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