(FUVEST - 2005 - 1 FASE)Texto para as questesLOS A

(FUVEST - 2005 - 1 FASE) Texto para as questões

 LOS ANGELES – Come summer 2006, Warner Brothers

Pictures hopes to usher “Superman” into thousands of

theaters after a 19-year absence. But given the tortured

history surrounding that studio’s attempts to revive

“Superman,” the forerunner of Hollywood’s now-ubiquitous

comic-book blockbusters, the Man of Steel’s arrival would be

nothing short of a miracle.

Since Warner began developing a remake of the successful

comic-book franchise in 1993, it has spent nearly $10 million in

development, employed no fewer than 10 writers, hired four

directors and met with scores of Clark Kent hopefuls without

settling on one. The latest director – Bryan Singer, who

directed “X-Men” and its sequel, was named on July 18 to

replace Joseph McGinty Nichol, known as McG, who left the

project after refusing to board a plane to Australia, where the

studio was determined to make the film.

 

(THE NEW YORK TIMES, JULY 22, 2004)

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