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Honestly, I'd forgotten that there was yet another Superman movie in the works until it started trending on twitter.

http://www.deadline.com/2011/01/henry-c ... -superman/

Superman has apparantly been cast. Henry Cavill whom I believe previously was best known for The Tudors and being the runner up for a lot of big parts (Bond & Batman)

However the movie will turn out, the man certainly is easy on the eyes



The British actors are pulling in the comic book parts in current movies. Spiderman, Batman and now Superman.

WTF? Another reboot?

Enough with the F'ing reboots and remakes. Is it really that hard to come up with an original idea every now and then? Give me a so-so original idea any day over this constant regurgitation/recycling of old, stale, used ideas.

I swear, if the first half of this movie is us sitting through the origin story again, I am going to start setting things on fire.

Datadog wrote:I swear, if the first half of this movie is us sitting through the origin story again, I am going to start setting things on fire.

Superman is an American icon isn't he? How can they have a British person star as an American icon? Unless he has a decent enough accent.

DeadPoolX wrote:WTF? Another reboot?

Did you see the last Superman? It NEEDS a reboot.

MusicallyInspired wrote:Superman is an American icon isn't he? How can they have a British person star as an American icon? Unless he has a decent enough accent.

There are quite a few British/Australian/other nations actors playing North American characters. As mentioned, the current Batman and Spiderman actors are Brits, a little less iconic maybe but the current Professor Xavier is Scottish. The numbers are even bigger on the small screen though. US Tv shows with Brits/Australians in leading roles I can think of: The Wire, Band of Brothers, Fringe, Chuck, House, The Mentalist, Without A Trace, Battlestar Galactica, True Blood, Hawaii 5-0 (new one) etc etc

No clue on Cavill's accent skills. I don't think I've ever seen him in a role that wasn't British.

Yes, but none of them are American icons. Superman has the American colours all over him. And I had no idea Christian Bale was British.

And besides, Patrick Stewart already played Prof Xavier in the other 4 X-Men movies.

I thought superman was originally created by a Canadian?

I think that Mr Bale is Welsh originally to be exact

Still, I'm a little suprised they went with a Brit. If an American actor was cast as James Bond people would be losing their shit all over the place. To add, isn't Green Lantarn Canadian and Thor Australian. (I still say Alexandar Skarsgard would have made an amazing Thor )

therogue wrote: To add, isn't Green Lantarn Canadian and Thor Australian. (I still say Alexandar Skarsgard would have made an amazing Thor )

Alexander Skarsgard would make an amazing anything

therogue wrote:I thought superman was originally created by a Canadian?

Superman was created by BOTH an American and a Canadian.

Where did the whole "Superman was a created by a Canadian" myth start? Apparently Canadians are told this, but it's still wrong.

For the record, I'd say it's just as inaccurate to state that "Superman was created by an American."

therogue wrote:To add, isn't Green Lantarn Canadian?

Do you mean the character or the actor? The character is American, but the actor (Ryan Reynolds) is Canadian.

I think Canadians in particular have an easy time playing Americans. Obviously, accents depend on region, but depending on where you live in the US and Canada, accents can seem the same or at least close enough.

At least the actor who's playing Captain America is American. That would've been too weird to see a non-American in that role.

The actor who believe it or not is still on telly practically daily here in a show called Two Guys a Girl and a Pizza Place.

Alexander Skarsgard would make an amazing anything

Yes indeed he would

Have you seen one of his earlier Swedish movies, Hundtricket? Quite different from the very serious Generation Kill

therogue wrote:Have you seen one of his earlier Swedish movies, Hundtricket? Quite different from the very serious Generation Kill

No, I haven't. Any good?

Its no piece of high art but I thought it was fun and high on the eyecandy scale