Director Christopher Nolan is seeking inspiration from the 1978 Superman film.

Nolan, who is producing the upcoming Superman remake alongside his brother Jonah Nolan and David S. Goyer, revealed he aspires to achieve the same success as filmmaker Richard Donner did in the very first adaptation of the comic book story.

“I was hugely struck by the Donner films in the ‘70s when I was a kid. In 1978 I saw Superman and it had such an epic scope to it. It took on this incredible, iconic figure and gave that iconic figure an appropriate framing. It made quite an impression on me. It’s definitely one of my childhood touchstones on what epic cinema can be.”

The filmmaker - who won the Empire Best Director award for The Dark Knight in 2008 - admitted casting has not yet been considered for the Superman remake as he is still working on a storyline:

“I haven’t even thought about it, to be honest. All of these things, whether you’re doing a ‘Batman’ or ‘Superman’ film, it’s all about the story first. It’s all about figuring out exactly the tone and the meaning of the story and how you’re going to approach it. Casting comes later.”