R-Rated Superman Stories We'll Never Get To See On The Big Screen

At this point, pretty much everyone knows Superman's origins. After Krypton is destroyed, Kal-El is sent flying through space until his ship crash lands on Earth. From there, he's given the Earth name Clark and raised by Martha and Jon Kent — which causes him to adopt a stronger connection to humanity. However, some non-canon Elseworld stories alter Superman's origins and see him become something much more evil. One of the more iconic evil Superman Elseworld stories is "Superman: The Dark Side — a three-issue comic storyline released in 1998 that saw Superman raised by one of DC's most daunting villains. 

After landing on Apokolips instead of Earth, Superman is raised by Darkseid. He becomes a more villainous incarnation who shares his adoptive father's vision to destroy New Genesis — the world of the New Gods. While it would be incredible to see Superman don the incredibly dark and foreboding suit he wears as Darkseid's disciple, this evil version of Superman is too inhumane and heartless to bring to the big screen. With someone like Darkseid being his greatest influence, Superman spares no mercy on anyone that gets in his path and goes to destructive lengths to achieve Darkseid's goals. Frankly, an adaptation of "Superman: The Dark Side" would involve gory bloodshed, dark depictions, and unimaginable destruction that audiences simply aren't ready to see, so it'll probably never happen.