Kevin Smith Denies Writing Fake Batman v Superman Dawn of Justice Script

Writer, director and podcast host Kevin Smith promised Tuesday to address the reports that he had written a fake script for Warner Bros. for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Now, he has made good on that promise.

Smith posted the following letter on his website:

"There've been a few movie websites reporting I might've been involved in a Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice misinformation campaign, at the behest of Warner Brothers, director Zack Snyder and producer Chuck Roven. The idea was that everything I've ever said about the forthcoming big screen team-up of the World's Finest is a carefully constructed web of intrigue to throw movie sites off the real track.

Since last year at this time, I've been enjoying an unexpected period of prolificacy with screenplays. It all started with Clerks III and was followed by me finishing nearly 5 scripts in a year, including the fall release Tusk. After Tusk, I penned Anti-Claus (formerly Comes the Krampus) and a sitcom pilot that's now seeing some action (both co-written with Professor Andy McElfresh from the Edumacation podcast). Then I wrote Yoga Hosers and now I'm in the middle of Moose Jaws.

However, none of those has been a fake Bats v Supes script. C'mon, kids... No major studio would let a guy like me near their franchises - even if it was for a dummy script meant solely to fool the news sites. (Don't know if it's true or not, but this Twitter user is claiming credit for a fugazi script that's currently being reviewed online.)

No, anything I've said about 'Milo and Sage' was based on an image Zack showed me while hosting a Man of Steel online event at Yahoo many months back. The little I know of the flick beyond that I learned from some cats involved (though never BatFleck himself; as I've said a few times now on the Babble-On podcast, beyond email, I haven't spoken to Ben in years). Fun story, though."

So there you have it, folks. Smith did not write the fake script, if there even is a fake script at all. What are your thoughts on this story? Let us know in the comments below.