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The comedic goofiness of Jim Carrey has brought life to some of the more strange and silly characters in cinema. We.ve even seen him put his spin on comic book characters such as Riddler in Joel Schumacher.s Batman Forever, Stanley Ipkiss in The Mask and more recently as Colonel Stars and Stripes in Kick-Ass 2. But, arguably what could have been his greatest comic book villain role is left as a 'what if'. Carrey might have have played alien supercomputer, Brainiac, in the 1990s canceled movie Superman Lives. Carrey came pretty close too. If the movie had gone into production, he would have had a shot. Concept artist, Rolf Mohr recently shared what had happened during his time on the defunct Tim Burton movie, Superman Lives, and included a Jim Carrey name drop. Comic Book Movie reports that Mohr explained the character in detail, and the difficulty he...

Back in 1998, Tim Burton was set to direct a brand new Superman movie, called "Superman Lives." Nicolas Cage was attached to star, Kevin Smith wrote the script, and Warner Bros threw millions of dollars at the project before killing it due to budget concerns. Concept artist Rolf Mohr has now updated his blog with some new details about the failed film, including the fact that Jim Carrey and Gary Oldman were considered for the role of Brainiac, the main villain. He wrote: "For 'Superman Lives' I was working mostly in the dark based on vague descriptions without seeing a script. At the time it all sounded rather crazy and confusing, with Brainiac's Skull Ship that could absorb anything it came across, Brainiac himself inside some sort of alien shape-shifting 'hybrid technology' which would open up and engulf people and grow ever larger, more limbs, etc... Then Superman also had alien...

Last year, I posted Superman Lives concept art that was illustrated by Rolf Mohr. What I didn't realize until now is that the artist saw my article and shared a link to it on his blog along with more information regarding that infamous project. When Superman Lives went into pre-production Rolf was working for Hasbro's "Special Projects" division, not Warner Bros.. Rolf explains, "They (Hasbro) would collaborate with the studios developing art, story ideas, building maquettes etc. as speculative bids to try and land the merchandising rights." Rolf on Superman Lives: For Superman Lives I was working mostly in the dark based on vague descriptions without  seeing a script. At the time it all sounded rather crazy and confusing, with Brainiac's Skull Ship that could absorb anything it came across, Brainiac himself inside some sort of alien shape-shifting 'hybrid technology' which would open up and engulf people and grow ever larger,...

We.re about a month away from Jon Favreau.s Cowboys & Aliens, which pairs James Bond (Daniel Craig) and Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) against hostile invaders from another planet. But what would Cowboys have looked like if the version that was in development in 1997 had seen the light of day? Safe to say it would be very different from Favreau.s finished product, primarily because Steve Oedekerk, helmer of Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls and Kung Pow: Enter the Fist was on board to direct. To quote Ace, .Alllllllrighty then!. Oedekerk, who receives a story credit on Favreau.s upcoming film, was going to do a version that suggested the aliens had lived among the native Americans for a while, and trouble occurs when cowboys get their hands on extraterrestrial technology. The site io9.com, which is developing this story, has pieces of concept art from Rolf Mohr like this:...