Brandon Routh Could Still Be Superman?

Posted by on October 15th, 2008   Filed under: Action, Books/Comics, Rumours
Source: Dark Horizons

When it came out a couple months ago that Warner Brothers had decided not to do a direct continuation of Bryan Singer’s Superman Returns, my only qualm was that it probably meant that Brandon Routh would also be out of the picture for any future Superman flicks. I thought he was one of the few bright points of Superman Returns, although admittedly a lot of that had to do with his uncanny similarity to Christopher Reeve’s own portrayal of Clark Kent.

Well now it looks like Routh might still have a shot at playing Superman on the big screen once again. Latino Review recently spoke with DC Comics president Paul Levitz, who revealed that Routh had been holding meetings with DC and Warner in order to discuss the future of the Superman franchise. Although nothing has been set in stone as of yet, the general feeling is that they’re aiming for a possible Green Lantern movie in 2010, the next Batman movie in 2011, and another Superman in 2012. What do you think… should they keep Routh as Superman, or should they start the franchise fresh with a brand new face?



  • They definitely need to reboot this franchise, or even go a completely different way with it, like Red Son, but I see no reason why Routh couldn’t still play Supes in the next version. He wasn’t the problem, and I even think he was a decent fit for the role.

  • theDia

    I liked a lot of “Supie returns”. Of course the peeping Tom scene was strange and the “Son of superman”-arc one of the worst movie ideas ever, but the action was great and Routh was a great Reeves.

    For the kid alone they have to restart the franchise [again!], but the actors don´t have to be changed. Perhaps it was all a dream and they can set the start point right after Superman 2 this time. :)

    Or Lois was a real slut in Supes absence and it´s Barrys kid and some strange scientific experiment gone wrong has delivered it´s powers. Hey, I should copyright this Idea right now…..

  • The movie did have problems…but Routh wasn’t one of them…I’m all for him staying in the role.

  • I’m fine with Routh…but then again I’d like to see a new face because I don’t like Kate Bosworth’s portrayal of Lois that much. (If they change him they have to change her!)

    Actually now that I’ve thought about it a reboot won’t work with any old faces period. In fact it was sort of stupid that they brought it back to the Richard Donner movies in the first place!

    As long as they don’t let Singer blow $300-mil on another borefest I’ll be fine.

  • Dave

    I love seeing Routh in the movie, period.

    Of course, if the movie is going dark, put someone else. I’d rather have Routh as the character from Superman Returns in my memory than see him with another face all of a sudden for the same character.

    For me, I enjoyed X-men a lot. The first time I knew Singer was the director of Superman Returns, I just couldn’t wait to see the movie. And I was fine with the result. The only thing I wasn’t sure of is the script.

  • Routh was cool the plot was lame

    Reboot has to happen ,but give him a proper nemesis
    not the same old lex luthor uses kyptonite scenario

    How about Brainiac or Doomsday ?

    The comics were great , it’s time the man of steel
    became the movie of steel ,then the critics won’t slate it so much.

    Bring it on super fans !!!

    KC.

  • Jordan Lee

    I would prefer them to keep both Brandon Routh as Clark Kent/ Superman and Kevin Spacey as Lex Luthor. Everyone else probably would need to be changed to help a new movie seem completely independent of “Superman Returns.” I do not agree with anyone who wants the next film to attempt being a sequel to the old movies with Christopher Reeve. Those were made decades ago and the world has changed a lot since then. It is time to start all over and make movies that perfectly fit the modern world. Therefore- I would like to see an updated version with the destruction of Krypton. And I also would like for them to keep Jonathan Kent alive throughout the series just like they did in “Lois and Clark” and “Superman: The Animated Series.” I also think they need to start using villains from the comic books on live-action film for the first time ever such as Parasite, Metallo, Brainiac, Darkseid, and maybe Doomsday (if a story involving Superman’s death is necessary). As far as I am concerned- “Superman Returns” is independent of the Christopher Reeve films and was only a story skipping the origin as well as treating viewers like they already know who all the characters are. There is no such thing as a sequel involving totally different actors for something made over 30 years ago.