Who is going to be taking over the Superman franchise for Warner Brothers? This is the big question that a lot of people have been wondering ever since it was announced that they were planning to reboot the series. The Man of Steel might still be played by Brandon Routh, but it looks like Bryan Singer is long gone, and possibly turning his attention back to a Logan’s Run remake. So what big name directors could Warner Brothers possibly turn to for a guaranteed blockbuster hit? Hmm… how about The Wachowski Brothers?

A supposedly reliable scooper for Ain’t It Cool News claims that The Wachowskis have been asked to take over the reins for Superman, and in doing so, develop a brand new trilogy. Their next movie after Ninja Assassin was possibly going to be Plastic Man, but it was kind of put on hold because of “a major shake up of projects at WB”. This is all coming from James McTeigue, who was going to be their second unit director on the Plastic Man movie, and who may now take over the director’s chair.

“He stated the Wachowski Brothers had been approached to re-boot the franchise as a trilogy and they are currently reviewing their options as its like being asked to take the final play in a superbowl final. Says if they do agree, he will likely either succumb to providing second unit support on the movie or will champion the directorship of Plastic Man – He started to giggle as he stated its like a young child for the Brothers and they wont give that up easily.”

Well I’d certainly be interested to see what they could do with the Superman series, especially since they’d hopefully make it less of a soap opera and more sci-fi oriented. It may sound like an outlandish rumour, but at this point the Brothers seem to be the go-to guys for Warner Brothers whenever they need a major hit (and apparently Speed Racer didn’t ruin their reputation). On the other hand, I’m really curious about this Plastic Man movie too and I hope it still gets made one way or another. There was also another report going around the web that The Wachowskis are planning to team up with Tom Tykwer to adapt David Mitchell’s Cloud Atlas, so they could have a lot on their plate in the very near future. Stay tuned for more info as this story develops.