Take, for example, Superman: Red Son, a 2003 miniseries written by Mark Millar (the co-creator of Kick-Ass and Kingsman) and illustrated by Dave Johnson.
I think they’re just going through their back catalogue of big books and hoping to lure in good directors as opposed to any particular interest in developing Red Son.
But if reading this drives some folks to check out the Red Son trade paperback, that’s a good thing.
On alternate worlds, in different timelines and universes, he’s had some pretty exciting variations that we’ve never seen onscreen.