The Death of "Superman Lives": What Happened?
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A documentary about the proposed 1998 "Superman Lives" feature film that would have been the most original and strangest Superman ever.
Backers: 2121
Average Pledge Per Backer: $54
Funded: $115,110 of $98,000
Dates: Jan 24th -> Mar 10th (45 days)
Project By: Jon Schnepp
Backers: 2121
Average Pledge Per Backer: $54
Funded: $115,110 of $98,000
Dates: Jan 24th -> Mar 10th (45 days)
Project By: Jon Schnepp
$115,110
current pledge level
Last Updated: March 10 @ 15:30 -0400 GMT
117%
of goal
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Latest News
Watch: Teaser trailer for ‘Superman Lives’ documentary released
September 4th - via: hitfix.com
You may recall that in January, Metalocalypse and Venture Bros. director Jon Schepp launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund a documentary about Superman Lives, the abandoned Tim Burton film that would’ve starred Nicolas Cage as the Man of Steel, Chris Rock as Jimmy Olsen, Tim Allen as Brainiac. Well, that drive surpassed its $98,000 goal, and now The Death of ‘Superman Lives’: What Happened? has a teaser trailer. (Read More)
'The Death of Superman Lives' releases Nic Cage narrated teaser
August 31st - via: digitalspy.co.uk
The Death of 'Superman Lives': What Happened? has released a teaser trailer. The video shows an interview with Nicolas Cage, who was to star in the unmade Tim Burton movie. (Read More)
TDOSL Production Blog#1!!! We have officially started shooting!!! 
April 1st - via: kickstarter.com
Off to the races at WonderCon 2013, where I got to talk with many fans of the man of steel, as well as talk to some industry super powered pros!!! Thanks to Mark Waid, Jimmy Palmiotti, Dave Johnson, Chris Gore, Amanda Conner, and Robert Meyer... (Read More)
WONDERCON 2013!!!
March 28th - via: kickstarter.com
I'll be at WonderCon, and I'll shooting interviews with fans, and asking them about "The Death of Superman Lives"!!! I'm going to be asking you (if you are there) what you think about the Superman character, the mythos, and the Superman Movies.... (Read More)
Nicolas Cage On ‘Superman Lives’ And Its Kickstarter Doc
March 19th - via: splashpage.mtv.com
The Croods actor goes into detail about collaborating with Tim Burton on their unproduced Superman film. (Read More)
117% Funded!!!
March 10th - via: kickstarter.com
Wow!!! That was really fun this morning, everybody came through, last minute pledges by close friends, people I've never met coming through with the upgrades, this was really a great experience for me. I'm happy to say that this was 100% crowd... (Read More)
Last 2 Hours!
March 10th - via: kickstarter.com
To all 2000 plus backers!!! Here we are in the last 2 hours!!! Are there any backers in the $25 or $40 package that can upgrade their pledge to the $85 The $85 Backer Upgrade Reward Package: $25: A Limited edition MUSICAL SCORE CD$40: A 8x10 signed... (Read More)
Last few hours!!!
March 9th - via: kickstarter.com
Here we go! The last few hours!!! Very exciting, as we close out this 45 day kickstarter the right way!!! If about 50 more people from the over 2,000 backers can go up their support to the Pledge Master Package, or one of the other higher upgrades,... (Read More)
Final SuperDrive $65 Pledge Upgrade Package!!!
March 8th - via: kickstarter.com
Final SUPERDRIVE UPGRADE REWARD ADDED!!! !I'm adding this upgrade reward incentive, for all Backers to upgrade to help get to the Stretch Goal!! I'm adding an 8x10 signed "Brainiac fighting Superman" COLOR PRINT and a limited edition embroidered... (Read More)
I'm listening.
March 8th - via: kickstarter.com
Thanks for the comments, everyone, I'm listening. Several people have mentioned to me that perhaps I can do a separate kickstarter for the recreation scenes, or set up a paypal account. I might do one of those options, but I prefer to try and do it... (Read More)
Pledge Masters!!! Final Reward Package!!!
March 7th - via: kickstarter.com
Final Pledges!!!! Final Reward Package!!! Thanks to all of you for getting "The Death of Superman Lives: What Happened?" to be a successfully funded feature length documentary!!! Thanks to everyone who pledged, I am now going to be able to make this... (Read More)
Countdown Beginning...
March 7th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey everyone!!! Final Video Update coming later today, with final limited REWARD SUPER-DRIVE UPGRADE for only 300 people!!! In the meantime, here's a great article posted by scifinow:... (Read More)
WE DID IT!!!!
March 6th - via: kickstarter.com
WE DID IT!!!! Thanks to everyone who pledged support, I'll be making the documentary "The Death of Superman Lives: What Happened?"!!!! Now, with four days left, I'm going to be asking every single backer to help spread the word so we can reach the... (Read More)
Superman Lives: its making told in a Kickstarter documentary
January 28th - via: denofgeek.com
A Kickstarter documentary aims to tell the story of Warner's strange and doomed 90s comic book movie, Superman Lives... (Read More)
Director's Kickstarter campaign for the weirdest Superman film ever made, starring Nic Cage
January 25th - via: news.com.au
Director/Producer Jon Schnepp (Metalocalypse, Grimm's Fairy Tales and The ABC's of Death) has launched a Kickstarter campaign to finance his documentary about Tim Burton's doomed comic book movie: Superman Lives. (Read More)
Filmmaker turns to Kickstarter to fund Superman Lives documentary
January 25th - via: robot6.comicbookresources.com
Over the past decade or so, Superman Lives has achieved almost mythical status, a movie project so delightfully terrible that there’s no way it could possibly be true. Nicolas Cage as the Man of Steel, Chris Rock as Jimmy Olsen, Tim Allen as Brainiac — that’s the stuff of fever dreams. (Read More)
‘Death Of Superman Lives’ Documentary Hits Kickstarter
January 25th - via: splashpage.mtv.com
Jon Schnepp has weird nerdy tendencies that we totally are obsessed with. The man behind "Metalocalypse" and "Venture Bros." is a huge fan of the "Superman" movie that never was, "Superman Lives," and now wants to make a documentary about it -- and that's a venture we can totally respect. (Read More)
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