# Superman cast! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 31, 2011, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-cast/569584 "2011-01-31T01:00:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Candyman74](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Candyman74](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Candyman74)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-cast/569584/1 "2011-01-31T01:00:10Z")
And it’s Henry Cavill (who you may know as Charles Brandon from _The Tudors_). I think that’s a good bit of casting. The guy from \*True Blood \*would have been good, too, but I’m OK with this. Now I guess he goes on the Hollywood 6-month workout program. Hopefully his American accent is good! ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-cast/569584/2 "2011-01-31T01:12:18Z")
Wait, they’re making _another_ Superman movie? Didn’t we just have one, that was a relative flop? ---
**Author:** ![Candyman74](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Candyman74](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Candyman74)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-cast/569584/3 "2011-01-31T01:15:58Z")
They’ve been planning a major reboot for ages. Zack Snyder (Watchmen, 300) is directing. ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-cast/569584/4 "2011-01-31T01:20:48Z")
> [@Candyman74](#): > > Zack Snyder (Watchmen, 300) is directing. Jesus, that’s horrible news. Superman gets 300ized? Seriously? ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-cast/569584/5 "2011-01-31T01:25:20Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Wait, they’re making _another_ Superman movie? Didn’t we just have one, that was a relative flop? Same thing happened to the Hulk, the reboot sucked so bad they rebooted the reboot. Superman is too big a franchise to just let it die off on a flop. ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-cast/569584/6 "2011-01-31T01:27:09Z")
> [@Lemur866](#): > > Jesus, that’s horrible news. Superman gets 300ized? Seriously? From what I’ve heard, 300 was a relatively faithful retelling of the comic. It’s just that the _comic_ 300ized history, and Snyder got the blame. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-cast/569584/7 "2011-01-31T01:27:30Z")
Christopher Nolan, producer of the most recent Batman films, has also been handed the Superman franchise. David S. Goyer, his writing partner from the Batman movies, is writing the script for the film, which is called Man of Steel, and which is expected to be released in December, 2012. ---
**Author:** ![Candyman74](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Candyman74](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Candyman74)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-cast/569584/8 "2011-01-31T01:30:42Z")
> [@Lemur866](#): > > Jesus, that’s horrible news. Superman gets 300ized? Seriously? I think the opposite - both _300_ and \*Watchmen \*show that Snyder can do comic book action sequences really well, which Superman movies have largely failed on to this point. In both cases, Snyder adapted a comic book almost exactly. While one may quibble with the plots and/or scripts of those movies, (I happened to like them, but still) he didn’t write them - he just put them on screen. The script in this case is by David Gover (of Nolan’s _Batman Begins/Dark Knight_) franchise. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-cast/569584/9 "2011-01-31T01:51:15Z")
Okay, so who do we want for Lois Lane? Henry Cavill is 27, so you’d want someone around that age. Mila Kunis? (she can play “plucky” well) Morena Baccarin? (lots of geek cred) Alison Brie? (mmm…) Zooey Deschanel? Emily Deschanel? Megan Fox? (j/k) Jenna Malone? (her dark hair in _The Messenger_–which I just watched last night–is the only reason I thought of her) Who do you want to see? Or has anybody heard if the part has been cast already? ---
**Author:** ![Yodalicious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yodalicious/32/8195_2.png) [@Yodalicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yodalicious)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-cast/569584/10 "2011-01-31T01:58:52Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > Okay, so who do we want for Lois Lane? Henry Cavill is 27, so you’d want someone around that age. > > Mila Kunis? (she can play “plucky” well) > > Morena Baccarin? (lots of geek cred) > > Alison Brie? (mmm…) > > Zooey Deschanel? > > Emily Deschanel? > > Megan Fox? (j/k) > > Jenna Malone? (her dark hair in _The Messenger_–which I just watched last night–is the only reason I thought of her) > > Who do you want to see? Or has anybody heard if the part has been cast already? Elisha Cuthbert? ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-cast/569584/11 "2011-01-31T03:24:12Z")
Oh yeah-he played Edmond’s son in _The Count of Monte Cristo_. Guess he’ll have to do an American accent, natch. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-cast/569584/12 "2011-01-31T03:25:51Z")
Huh. When I broke my arm I just had a plain plaster cast. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-cast/569584/13 "2011-01-31T03:29:20Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > Zooey Deschanel? Ooh. Yes, please. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-cast/569584/14 "2011-01-31T06:42:54Z")
Ann Hathaway ---
**Author:** ![enomaj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/59ef9b/32.png) [@enomaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enomaj)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-cast/569584/15 "2011-01-31T08:28:52Z")
> [@Daddypants](#): > > Elisha Cuthbert? Nobody wants to see Superman kill a cougar. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-cast/569584/16 "2011-01-31T09:07:44Z")
> [@Lemur866](#): > > Jesus, that’s horrible news. Superman gets 300ized? Seriously? Actually, the main character moving while everything around him is either frozen or in slow motion - that’s pretty much exactly how Superman combat _should_ be staged. ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-cast/569584/17 "2011-01-31T11:57:28Z")
> [@Candyman74](#): > > Now I guess he goes on the Hollywood 6-month workout program. Hopefully his American accent is good! That workout program better involve steroids. That last guy was all wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-cast/569584/18 "2011-01-31T11:59:39Z")
So this movie will be darker and dare I say it, Routh-less? ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-cast/569584/19 "2011-01-31T12:14:14Z")
> [@WarmNPrickly](#): > > That workout program better involve steroids. That last guy was all wrong. It’s not a matter of muscles, it’s how he holds himself. Christopher Reeve was capable of projecting immense physical strength without being all that bulky. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-cast/569584/20 "2011-01-31T14:52:06Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > Okay, so who do we want for Lois Lane? Henry Cavill is 27, so you’d want someone around that age. > > Mila Kunis? (she can play “plucky” well) > > Morena Baccarin? (lots of geek cred) > > Alison Brie? (mmm…) > > Zooey Deschanel? > > Emily Deschanel? > > Megan Fox? (j/k) > > Jenna Malone? (her dark hair in _The Messenger_–which I just watched last night–is the only reason I thought of her) > > Who do you want to see? Or has anybody heard if the part has been cast already? Kate Bosworth? (ducks) I kid, I kid. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-cast/569584.md?page=2)