TRUE STORY: Nic Cage Was Going To Be Superman (VIDEO)

Nicolas Cage was almost in a Superman movie directed by Tim Burton and written by Kevin Smith, but then the craziest producer you've never heard of - Jon Peters - kept making crazier and crazier demands until the project fell apart. We were THIS close to watching Nic Cage in tights fight a giant spider, is the point.

Writer: Jordan Breeding
Czar Of Audio-Visual Activities: Dave Brown
Editor: Peter Kemme

Based on the articles: https://www.cracked.com/blog/4-reasons-why-bad-movies-are-allowed-to-happen, https://www.cracked.com/article_19206_5-superhero-movies-you-wont-believe-almost-got-made.html

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