Christopher Nolan did gangbusters with The Dark Knight, and more recently Inception, and his next major challenge will be bringing Superman back to life. X-Men director Bryan Singer tried to do this somewhat unsuccessfully with Superman Returns back in 2006.
Nolan himself doesn’t plan to direct the new Superman film, which is tentatively titled The Man of Steel, but it would appear that there’s now a shortlist of five names as candidates to direct the movie. Supposedly “major announcements involving DC characters [are] coming in four weeks,” including the huge decision on who the director of the next live-action Superman will be.
Nolan has reportedly already started meeting with potential directors for the film, and the short list includes Tony Scott, Matt Reeves, Jonathan Liebesman, Duncan Jones and Zack Snyder.
