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For a time Smith was working on a script for a Superman movie but the script was eventually discarded when Tim Burton was attached to the product. Smith was enthusiastic beforehand about Burton's hiring, citing Burton's work on Batman. Burton began shifting direction, however, eventually cutting Smith and his script out of the process. In the end neither Smith's nor Burton's vision for Superman were filmed. Years later Smith noted the similarity between a scene in one of his comics and a scene in Burton's remake of Planet of the Apes. As Smith explained in a question and answer session featured on An Evening with Kevin Smith, he had jokingly accused Burton of stealing his idea, a comment that ended up being reported in the media as a serious accusation. Burton issued a stern denial, noting that "Anybody who knows me knows I would never read a comic book. And I certainly would never read anything written by Kevin Smith." Smith's only response to Burton's comments was, "Which I guess explains Batman."
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