David Goyer said the world today needed Superman (Picture: PA)

Man of Steel screenwriter David Goyer believes it was the right time to bring back Superman as the world today is in a ‘darker place’.

Speaking to Metro.co.uk at the London premiere of Zack Snyder’s Superman reboot, Goyer said people were looking for someone ‘who stands for hope’.

Asked if he thought the character would have a particular resonance in this time of economic and political uncertainty, he replied: ‘I do. I feel like we are in a darker place in the world.’

He added: ‘Having been involved in the Batman films that are very nihilistic, I think people want someone who stands for hope, a kind of saviour figure, it feels like now is the right time to reintroduce him to the world.’




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Goyer defended his, Snyder and producer Christopher Nolan’s decision to reboot the iconic tale and once again go over the origin story.

‘I have nieces who are 12 and 14 and they had never seen the [Richard] Donner films and for them, this will be their origin story – the Donner film [Superman], the first one came out something like 35 years ago (1978).

‘So we felt yes, if we are going to reboot the franchise we have to do certain elements of the origin story again.’

The Dark Knight screenwriter also revealed the hardest part of writing the Superman story was ‘humanising someone who is inhuman’.

‘He has no vulnerabilities and we decided earlier on we weren’t going to rely on the Kryptonite crutch for this film,’ Goyer declared.

‘He’s not human and it’s hard to get people to emphasise with someone who has no vulnerabilities and comes from another planet so we latched on to the idea that it is a story of a man with two fathers, which I think a lot of people can relate to.’

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Goyer was a lot more tight-lipped when it came to much-rumoured Justice League film being developed by Warner Bros.

Asked whether he had been asked to work on a script, he cryptically answered: ‘I can neither confirm nor deny, if I was approached I would be interested. It would be about the only way I could top myself.’

It has been claimed the screenwriter has signed a ‘huge’ three-film deal with Warner, which will see him pen the sequel to Man of Steel, along with Snyder, and the Justice League movie.

He admitted at the Leicester Square premiere that he would love to work with the Man of Steel cast and crew gain, saying he believed the story could be continued.

Goyer also said he adored Snyder and would ‘do anything with him’ and that they were ‘talking about a few things’ regarding future projects.

Man of Steel is released in UK cinemas on Friday.