I Am Superman with Patty Jenkins | Development Hell

03/21/24 • 40 min

Between her big hits, “Monster” and “Wonder Woman”, Patty Jenkins wrote an R-rated fairy tale, starring a dog. She hoped that the dog would deliver such a great performance that the Academy would — for the first time — give the Best Actor award to an animal. The story was about a dog program in a prison, a perfect set-up for a story of both canine and human redemption, right? Wrong. That’s the kind of story Hollywood loves, but not the kind of story Jenkins wanted to tell. Enter development hell.

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03/21/24 • 40 min

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Speaker 100:00:15.355

Pushkin. You called it a fairy tale? Yeah, do you have? Is there a fairy tale that you were inspired by? Which fairy tale is this?

Speaker 200:00:29.515

I don't know if there's one. I think it's so the opening, the opening of the movie is and this will just tell you the tone. There's a voice over throughout the movie, and the opening shot is you're pushing in on this kennel in the middle of nowhere, and