“But it’s interesting that you mentioned J.J. because long before I worked with him on Lost, J.J. actually wrote a Superman script that never got made for a variety of reasons mostly of which I think is like that Wolfgang Petersen was trying to make a Superman Versus Batman movie.
I think the challenge with Superman is always going to be what does Superman mean in the contemporary framework?
Naturally, Damon Lindelof is aware of that canceled project, and admits he personally would not be able to make a better Superman movie than what Abrams had planned.
In the past, Lindelof’s longtime collaborator J.J. Abrams had been attached to a Superman project that ultimately never made it to theaters.