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Josh Hartnet as now joined Jude Law in turning downt he Superman role. Both don't want to committ to more then one movie without seeing all the scripts, also neither wants to be type cast as Superman. That can happen when an actor plays a big, social icon - the members of the Star Trek cast, Chris Reeves, Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher as all examples of that.
Hartnet also said hes not a comic book fan and playing a superhero isn't really "his thing".
I still say that Randy Orton from WWE would be great as superman, hes got the perfect look, if he could act he'd be perfect.
metzgarob
02/25/2003, 16:26
maybe its just me and my extremely high regard of superman but i cant see anyone playing superman really
The current leading actor in competition for the title role in Superman is Victor Webster (from Mutant X). More info can be found on him here:
http://us.imdb.com/Name?Webster,+Victor
He isn't exactly who I'd've pictured for Superman, but he's willing to sign a three movie deal where Josh Hartnett and Jude Law aren't ... so, that puts him at the top of the list with WB.
We'll see. I'm just hoping, when the do make Superman, that they do it right and not screw it up like they did with the last couple Batman movies.
Now that Hartnet has turned down the Superman role there are 3 new lead runners for the role - Brendan Fraser, Paul Walker and newcomer Matthew Bomer. I don't know if there is an order to this list or not, but there it is. One of these guys could be the new Superman.
CyberVenom
02/27/2003, 11:49
Randy Orton as Superman?! Might as well choose Nick Cage if that's the choice you're goin' with! LOL! :D All in good fun.
Personally (and as much as I hate to say it) I think Brenden Fraser should be cast.
I think Ortons got the right look. Hes good looking (so I'm told) but hes also got that "farm book" look to him (since he is one). Hes well built and big with the muscles to play Superman, but not so big that he would be unbelievable as Clark Kent. IF (and thats a big IF) he could act I'd say hes good choice, but I'd want to see some screen tests first.
For those of you who don't know who he is, heres a picture of Orton. - http://raw.wwe.com/superstars/orton/index.html
He look smore the part when hes smiling, not trying to look tough, but thats the picture so what can you do.
Batman1983
02/27/2003, 12:05
If the director is serious (& not Schulmocker, perposeful misspelling) then Fraser would be my pick over the others. Almost anyones better than cage in that role.
EDIT: I hope if they do 3 movies they use Braniac, Bizarro, & luthor (not just luthor in all 3). I don't want to see remakes of Superman 1-3 I'd like to see Metallo or Conduit in a cameo at the biggining of #2 or have Luthor create Cyborg (& maybe superboy) in one movie. Braniac (not Braniac 13) would rock on the big screen. Bizzarro could play into the cyborg thing since (I think) in most continuity hes a botched up clone of supes. what do you all think?
Valandar
02/27/2003, 12:13
FRASER?!?!?!?
Jeez.
They should do what they did in the 70's... Cast a totally unknown who LOOKS the part, and has the acting chops. Christopher Reeve will be a HARD act to follow...
Billy Jack
02/27/2003, 12:18
Well are we going for the look or the whole personality package thingee? Hey Kevin Sorbo has the whole superman vibe going back in hercules the legendary journeys but lacked the look. Right now am thinking David Boreanz, but it's off somehow. Maybe am I am typecasting? On a side note does anyone else think that the hunt for superman is starting to resemble the dem presidential bid? And finally about Randy Orton, Nah Rock from SNL? Nah, Rick Martel or Tom Zenk maybe. Can-Am Connection ruled.
Have a happy all BJ.
Originally posted by sluggo
Now that Hartnet has turned down the Superman role there are 3 new lead runners for the role - Brendan Fraser, Paul Walker and newcomer Matthew Bomer. I don't know if there is an order to this list or not, but there it is. One of these guys could be the new Superman.
This is off. In fact, this is way off.
You see, there's this place that has all of the latest news about what's going on in Hollywood and who's been cast to play what part. That place is called Variety.com ...
Keeping track of what's going on in Hollywood is what Variety.com does. It's they're job. It's what they're paid for. It's what people look to them for.
And who do they say is the current front-runner? Well, it's not anyone sluggo just mentioned (though they did make news about ... well, two months ago). It's Victor Webster.
Don't believe me? Go check out the current article for yourself:
http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=upsell_article&articleID=VR1117880181&cs=1
Or, you can go read about the latest comic book movie news in a column called 'Comics2Film' on the ComicBookResources.com website. They keep as up to date as anyone, and Brendan Fraser hasn't been mentioned as the lead contender for Superman for quite a while. That column can be found here:
http://www.comicbookresources.com/columns/index.cgi?column=comics2film
And, just for the sake of argument, here's a link to the article that reports that he's actually been cast for the part:
http://filmforce.ign.com/superman/articles/385/385157p1.html
Batman1983
02/27/2003, 12:33
the reason Boreanz is off is because he'd make a good Batman not supes (& that has nothing to do with the whole vampire/bat vibe hes got)
Billy Jack
02/27/2003, 12:45
Yeah DB seemed close too me, but not quite it you know. You know i think the whole problem is that Chris Reeves did such a credible job as Supes he the yard stick buy which the man of tomarrow is measured by. I think subconciously were looking for a Chris Reeve clone. :D
Batman1983
02/27/2003, 13:06
I've got it!!! do a CGI supes with CR's face pasted on!!! any way I was just glad to see him in Smallville the other night.
JacinB - no, those are now the 3 front runners for the Superman role, it doesn't mean no one is also being considered, but they are the "front runners" for the role.
I think an unknown or "small time" acter (like Paul Walker, I'm not saying HE should be cast) might be what they end up getting simply because "big name" actors turn them down. Part of the reason that both Jude Law and Josh Hartnet turned the role down is because they didn't want to get connected with an icon so big that overshadowed their other film roles and made them uncastable (like what happened to Chris Reeves or Mark Hamill, just to name a couple)
Billy Jack
02/27/2003, 13:28
Originally posted by sluggo
JacinB - no, those are now the 3 front runners for the Superman role, it doesn't mean no one is also being considered, but they are the "front runners" for the role.
I think an unknown or "small time" acter (like Paul Walker, I'm not saying HE should be cast) might be what they end up getting simply because "big name" actors turn them down. Part of the reason that both Jude Law and Josh Hartnet turned the role down is because they didn't want to get connected with an icon so big that overshadowed their other film roles and made them uncastable (like what happened to Chris Reeves or Mark Hamill, just to name a couple)
hmm good call on the smalltime actors thingee. The thing is that I just hope the superman script is true to the character. I mean am dreadding the whole Battlestar Galactica remake because of
what i read on the web about it. So long as they don't even consider using the male cast of friends as supes i shouldn't worry.
Eggads Matt Le Blanc as Supes? Superman to Lois Lane "how you doing?"
AdamWarlock
02/27/2003, 13:36
Wizard magazine said it years ago and I'll say it again because it amuses me to do so:
BRUCE CAMPBELL.
Originally posted by sluggo
JacinB - no, those are now the 3 front runners for the Superman role, it doesn't mean no one is also being considered, but they are the "front runners" for the role.
Sure, you're right.
Let's go with your news that was originally posted more than two months ago and has no verifying sources versus my news that was posted within the last week and has three seperate sources that verified it.
Want to know when Brendan Fraser was last credibly linked to the new Superman film project? August, 2002.
Want to know when Victor Webster was last named by the director as the lead candidate for the part? February, 2003.
The other two actors that you've named, sluggo, haven't been cited on any site with credible information about the project.
You probably even think that McG is still slated to direct it, right?
Whether or not he's currently a 'front runner,' I think Brendan Fraser would be a good choice for Superman. He's got the look - handsome, square jaw, can muscle up well (see George of the Jungle). He can play serious, he can play action, he can play comedy. He's young enough he can do three movies without aging a great deal between them. He's got a large enough body of work that playing Superman won't typecast him.
Darkhawk_76
02/27/2003, 13:58
I like the idea of this Orton guy. I looked him up on the internet and he would make a good Superman, can he act? HELLO!! He's a WRESTLER!!!! Of course he can act, he does it everytime he works!!!
bullseye100
02/27/2003, 15:10
All the actors/athletes posted here to possibly be superman are lame. I doubt any of them will be any good as superman-- i can't picture them in the red, blue, and yellow suit. They should put a newbie in the costume just as VALADAR stated.
JacinB - I know your the type of little boy who thinks he knows everything and refuses to accept that other people may know a little bit more then you do, but it does help to READ what people are saying and LOOK UP rumors and news reports before you claim something about them.
"Want to know when Brendan Fraser was last credibly linked to the new Superman film project? August, 2002." - Wrong. See unlike your variety report, which came out on Fed 9th (when Hartnet was still the top runner for the part) the news about Fraser, Walker and Bomer came out.......TODAY. So if Fed. 9th is somehow more recent then today can you please explain how that happens? And if you don't believe me
http://www.superherohype.com/cgi-bin/news/fullnews.cgi?newsid1046355233,67845,
Also the variet report says - Pictures still haven't selected their "Superman." But one the top contenders is the 30-year-old Webster" - which is what I said. While Fraser, Walker and Bomer are the top contenders, others are still being considered, such as Webster.
Billy Jack
02/27/2003, 17:20
Well heres a thought since the well is so dry should we give Dean Cain a second chance? He's probably hurting for a check right now I bet we could get him real cheap. I hear he comes with his own suit too :)
Cains too out of shape and old to play the role now (they want to do the movie with a young SUperman). Besides, that show turned to #### after its first season (just became a ####py soap opera between Lois and Clark) and I'd rather just forget it.
I still stand behind my Randy Orton choice
Billy Jack
02/27/2003, 17:37
Yeah Lois and Clark pretty much stank up the air waves, allthough you gotta love Terri Hatcher. Best looking Lois ever, anyhow, does anyone know the kid who played Superboy in that Saturday Morning live action a few years ago?
GroovyBoy
02/28/2003, 03:33
I had heard that the Superman film was going to have some 'vs. Batman' element to it, with Colin Ferrel as Batman. Is there any truth to this?
Up until about Sept. Superman v.s Batman was going to be the first superhero movie that WB put out. However the director (Wolfgang Peterson) then left to shoot a movie called Troy (or the Iliad, I've seen both names) so the movie is on hold. Peterson has said that once he's finished with Troy he will make S v.s B.
Once Peterson left WB started to really push the Superman movie into devlopment (however, as far as I know, there isn't a finished script). The solo batman movie is moving, but very slowly. Its now between two scripts/concepts again, they aren't sure which one they are going to go with. S v.S B HAS a finished script and is further along in development. It all depends on timing which one will be made first.Whoever they cast as Superman and Batman (and ya, Colin Farrell isone of, if not THE, front runner for Batman) will have it in their contract that if WB wants them too they will have to do S v.s B as well as the solo movies.
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