Did David Goyer give away a Plot Point from the new SUPERMAN Movie?
David Goyer was one of the main screenwriters on Zack Snyder's new Superman film, and it looks like he just revealed the plot of the film in the forward of the Superman: Secret Origins graphic novel.
It's already been revealed that Superman was going to be an origin story that revolves Clark Kent's reluctance to become the superhero he was born to be. There was also a rumor that it would be based on the Brightlight comic book, which was recently shot down when Snyder said the movie wouldn't be based on any comic book in particular. But then Goyer wrote something in the forward that makes me believe that Secret Origins has a bigger story to play in the plot of the new movie than previously thought.
Here's what Goyer had to say:
"There is a heart breaking moment halfway through the first chapter in which young Clark is told the truth about his heritage. He races out into the night, sobbing, stumbling through the cornfields. Eventually, his foster father, Jonathan, finds him."
'I don't want to be someone else,' says Clark. 'I don't want to be different. I want to be Clark Kent.'
'I want to be your son'
"Right there in that moment, Geoff contextualized Superman in a way that I'm not sure has ever really been done before. I had an 'aha' experience when I read that. For the first time I was able to grasp how lonely Clark must have been when he was growing up. And what a sacrifice Clark must continually make by being Superman."
"As I write this, I am midway through my first draft of a new Superman screenplay. It's a task that has stymied many talented fimmakers in the years since Donner's film. And for all I know, it will end up stymying me as well."
"But I've got one advantage that the screenwriters who came before me didn't have—and that's access to all the wonderful Superman stories written by Geoff Johns—first and foremost being the SECRET ORIGIN issues reprinted in the very volume you are now holding"
He was halfway through the script when he wrote that so things definitely could have changed, but there will no doubt be some heavy influences. There's one other thing that sticks out to me in what Goyer said above... when he said, "Geoff contextualized Superman in a way that I'm not sure has ever really been done before. I had an 'aha' experience when I read that." The reason this sticks out is because in a previous interview with Nolan's Wife Emma Thompson, she said that essentially Nolan and scribe David Goyer had an idea they couldn't believe wasn't being explored by Warner Bros. This could be it. What do you all think?