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A New Superman for JLA Movie: Rupert Evans?
By Jay Alan | October 25, 2007
Rumor has it that the new JLA movie could be about the Death of Superman (at least in part) and someone other than Superman Returns star Brandon Routh could play the Man of Steel. Times Online UK reports:
As a consequence it’s no surprise perhaps that director George Miller (best known for his Mad Max series) seems to be plumping for lesser-known stars rather than reserving substantial portions of his budget for big name stars like Brandon Routh and Christian Bale – the current Superman and Batman respectively.
Today’s mooted Man of Steel is British actor and banjo enthusiast Rupert Evans, currently known to action movie aficionadi as FBI agent John Myers in Guillermo del Toro’s cult masterpiece Hellboy (itself due a sequel this winter).
The JLA movie is reportedly based at least in in part on the Death of Superman comic book, which might serve to keep the most expensive effects safely offscreen for some of the film’s running time
While this seems possible, it seems like an odd choice for WB. With the plans to still do a Superman Returns Sequel (with Brandon Routh), it seems odd to plan for separate franchises that both feature Superman, but with different actors. Not to mention if they also recast Batman, which Christian Bale has been playing quite successfully. As much as I would like to see a JLA movie, it may just be a bit to much for WB to handle right now.