2000 scrapped "Batman v Superman": Colin Farrell plays the old man and Jude Law plays Superman

According to IGN, if everyone thought that 2016's "Batman v Superman" directed by Zack Snyder was a super dark movie, then according to the screenwriter of the scrapped "Batman v Superman" in 2000, the original version of the project might be "the darkest thing anyone has ever seen", with Colin Farrell playing the Old Man and Jude Law playing Superman, and opening with Alfred's funeral.

Recently, in an interview with foreign media Collider, Akiva Goldsman, the famous screenwriter of "A Beautiful Mind", talked about the original setting of "Batman v Superman" which was scrapped in 2000. The original plan was to have Colin Farrell play the old man, Jude Law play Superman, and Wolfgang Petersen was going to direct. This version was started as early as the early 2000s, and he wrote a version of the script in 2001-2002.

Akiva Goldsman said: "This version is very dark. It starts from the funeral of the butler Alfred. Bruce Wayne falls in love and gives up his identity as Batman. The Joker kills his wife, and then you find out that it's all a lie. This love was originally designed by the Joker to destroy Wayne." He said that the script was easy to write at the time, but it was difficult to implement. He withdrew from the script because it did not meet expectations in all aspects, and Peterson took over the script. Of course, the project failed to materialize in the end.