Although initially greenlit, it was eventually turned down and Morrison said that they "didn’t expect to be doing any further work on Superman" but the chance came as they were finishing their run on "New X-Men". In an interview with Matt Brady from Newsarama, Grant Morrison said that they were contacted by DC Vice President Dan DiDio and asked "if I'd like to come back to DC to work on a Superman project with an artist of my choice". They mentioned it worked out well since they were also planning to return to DC "to do the "Seven Soldiers" project and the Vertigo books".