I hate superheroes. If I wanted to immerse myself in childish, preachy behavior, I’d go to church. That being said, I do love bitter, hostile court cases involving money and copywrite infringement. That probably makes me a bad person, but there’s just something about other people’s misery that gets me off. I guess Annie Wilkes and I have that in common.
According to UGO, Bryan Singer and a host of movie executives will be forced to give depositions involving the rightful ownership of the Superman character. There’s a lot of legal mumbo-jumbo swirling around this case that I don’t really understand, but in short, co-creator Jerry Siegel’s family is suing everyone and their mother for a fifty percent share of both the Man Of Steel and his lame sidekick Superboy. I understand someone attempting to garner control of Clark Kent, but begging people for the rights to his pussified partner is like complaining you don’t have executive control of the AIDS virus.
If you’re really interested in this case, click on over to TrexFiles for a more in-depth look at all the recent happenings. I’m really not sure what a possible verdict for the prosecution would entail, but it definitely would affect all future projects involving the crime fighting machine and could explain the delay in getting started on a sequel to Superman Returns.
