The Natural Posted September 12, 2018 Posted September 12, 2018 Breaking news: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/henry-cavill-as-superman-warner-bros-dc-universe-shake-up-1142306 Cavill Superman is up up and away according to THR.
John from Cincinnati Posted September 12, 2018 Posted September 12, 2018 That's interesting. I don't remember him playing Superman. Just some mopey dope who dressed like him. 2 4
The Natural Posted September 12, 2018 Author Posted September 12, 2018 16 minutes ago, West Newbury Bad Boy said: That's interesting. I don't remember him playing Superman. Just some mopey dope who dressed like him. And kills ;).
tbarrie Posted September 12, 2018 Posted September 12, 2018 48 minutes ago, West Newbury Bad Boy said: That's interesting. I don't remember him playing Superman. Just some mopey dope who dressed like him. I wasn't sure at first whether you meant "A mopey dope who dressed like Henry Cavill played Superman" or "Henry Cavill played a mopey dope who dressed like Superman", but either works.
RIPPA Posted September 12, 2018 Posted September 12, 2018 A quick run-in for this folder (since I am so way beyond and am avoiding spoilers) but didn't realize the last thread was three years old and 125 pages+ So a new superman is a good place to start a new thread. Have fun Make good choices! 1 1
BrianS81177 Posted September 12, 2018 Posted September 12, 2018 Supposedly they are going to move ahead with a Supergirl movie and just shelve Superman for a while.
Bustronaut Posted September 12, 2018 Posted September 12, 2018 That worked well for them the last time! I kid, Helen Slater is a goddess 2 2
_MJ_ Posted September 13, 2018 Posted September 13, 2018 (edited) I may be alone in this opinion, but out of all the things I didn't like about the Justice League movie, I thought Henry Cavill's portrayal of Superman finally hit the proper tone (admittedly, my preferred tone so my argument is bias here) near the end of the movie. I thought they finally found the balance of corny, moral boyscout who has to restraint himself from fully unleashing his all-consuming powers, which I largely haven't seen in any Superman movie. The "corny but don't fuck with him" balance, if you will. Basically, Bruce Timm's Superman. Edited March 25, 2019 by _MJ_ 3
Niners Fan in CT Posted September 13, 2018 Posted September 13, 2018 No issue with the change. They'll keep Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman and Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn and start fresh with everything else. The first thing they need is a guy or team who has a well organized plan and stick with it and also executives who will allow that person/team to operate without so much interference. 1
Casey Posted September 13, 2018 Posted September 13, 2018 Rumors about a Captain Britain movie in the marks at Marvel, and then this happens... Things that make you go "hmmmm".
Eivion Posted September 13, 2018 Posted September 13, 2018 1 hour ago, Niners Fan in CT said: No issue with the change. They'll keep Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman and Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn and start fresh with everything else. The first thing they need is a guy or team who has a well organized plan and stick with it and also executives who will allow that person/team to operate without so much interference. You don't want them to keep Momoa's Aquaman? I also would rather keep Davis's Waller as well unless they give the role to CCH Pounder.
Niners Fan in CT Posted September 13, 2018 Posted September 13, 2018 13 minutes ago, Eivion said: You don't want them to keep Momoa's Aquaman? I also would rather keep Davis's Waller as well unless they give the role to CCH Pounder. I didn't love him in Justice League but I didn't like much about that movie period. I guess I have to see this James Wan movie first, the visuals are nice but I'm not sold on Momoa yet. 1
Casey Posted September 13, 2018 Posted September 13, 2018 Let's imagine a world where Mo'nique was cast as Amanda Waller. And that would have been awesome.
J.T. Posted September 13, 2018 Posted September 13, 2018 53 minutes ago, Casey said: Let's imagine a world where Mo'nique was cast as Amanda Waller. And that would have been awesome. That does indeed sound pretty awesome, although I'd stick with Viola Davis. Her seasons on HTGAWM have helped her get that Machiavellian thing down solid.
Raziel Posted September 13, 2018 Posted September 13, 2018 So basically, they're going to soft reboot the DCU, but with everything that happened already in place, just change actors and things around. So... we're getting Flashpoint for the Flash movie, aren't we?
Craig H Posted September 13, 2018 Posted September 13, 2018 I doubt it goes anywhere, but the idle speculation from yesterday about Michael B.Jordan playing Superman sounds so awesome for two reasons. 1) I think he'd knock it out of the park playing that role, but I'm biased because I love everything he's done. 2) Oh man, the sweet, sweet tears of all of the racists and idiots on twitter will be very, very salty. 4
BrianS81177 Posted September 13, 2018 Posted September 13, 2018 Assuming Jordon got the role, would that make him the first actor to play 3 different comic characters on the big screen? Lest we forget he was in that terrible terrible Fantastic Four movie.
Bustronaut Posted September 13, 2018 Posted September 13, 2018 Chris Evans has been five characters in comic book movies (Cap, Johnny Storm, Lucas Lee, Curtis from Snowpiercer, Jensen in the Losers, six (Casey) if you count the TMNT cartoon from 2007, seven if you count PUSH
Raziel Posted September 13, 2018 Posted September 13, 2018 Brandon Routh's up to 3 with Superman, Todd Ingram, and Dylan Dog. 4 if you want to add TV and go with Ray Palmer too. Josh Brolin's also at 3 with Jonah Hex, Cable, and Thanos. But yeah, Evans has the most (and I do count Casey Jones from TMNT, it is a franchise based off a comic)
BrianS81177 Posted September 13, 2018 Posted September 13, 2018 Wow didn't realize Evans had so damn many. And I can hardly be blamed for trying to forget about Johan Hex. Also Craig is right. Jordan being cast as Superman would flood the internet with "Now I'm not racist, but....."
Bustronaut Posted September 13, 2018 Posted September 13, 2018 Push is weird because it is a superhero movie not based on a comic, but had a comic prequel. Ryan Reynolds has Deadpool, RIPD, Green Lantern, and Hannibal King Brolin has the previous three and Dwight in Sin City & Young K in MiB 3
TheVileOne Posted September 13, 2018 Posted September 13, 2018 The Superman is dead. Bury it. Consider this mercy.
DragonZombie Posted September 13, 2018 Posted September 13, 2018 They're doing the loose canon thing. Only what works stay as canon. Recasting allows them to distance themselves even further from Zack's vision and try another Superman reboot down the line. Lighthearted but serious Superman approach would work better than the dark and mopey approach they did. Not sure where's this rumor about possible black Superman lead is coming from, but they're better off adapting black president Superman from Morrisons run or Val Zod or Sunshine Superman if they go with that route.
Eivion Posted September 13, 2018 Posted September 13, 2018 3 hours ago, Craig H said: I doubt it goes anywhere, but the idle speculation from yesterday about Michael B.Jordan playing Superman sounds so awesome for two reasons. 1) I think he'd knock it out of the park playing that role, but I'm biased because I love everything he's done. 2) Oh man, the sweet, sweet tears of all of the racists and idiots on twitter will be very, very salty. I'd rather it not happen. I don't really care about the tears of racists, and if we get a black Superman I really want it to be the one Morrison made.
Brian Fowler Posted September 13, 2018 Posted September 13, 2018 I wonder if Obama would be interested in the role though? 2
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