Amy Adams is Lois Lane: Part 2

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[kvz5]

http://herocomplex.latimes.com/2011/03/27/amy-adams-will-be-lois-lane/?dlvrit=63378

Amy Adams will be Lois Lane

March 27, 2011 | 10:53 a.m.
This just in — three-time Oscar nominee Amy Adams will play journalist Lois Lane in Hollywood’s revival of Superman.

The 36-year-old star got the news on Sunday from director Zack Snyder, who phoned her from Paris, where he was promoting his just-opened film, “Sucker Punch.” There had been a crush of Hollywood interest in the lead female role in the Warner Bros. project but Snyder said that after meeting with Adams she was the clear choice to take on a character that dates back to 1938 and has long represented the strong, professional woman who can hold her own against any man – even if he can leap tall buildings in a single bound.

“There was a big, giant search for Lois,” Snyder said. “For us it was a big thing and obviously a really important role. We did a lot of auditioning but we had this meeting with Amy Adams and after that I just felt she was perfect for it.”

Snyder declined to discuss the precise prominence of Lois in the story or any plot details about the film but he said the role is “a linchpin” to the project and that he considers it essential that Lois — a Roosevelt-era creation – arrives on screen in 2012 with contemporary appeal and spirit.

“It goes back to what I’ve said about Superman and making him really understandable for today. What’s important to us is making him relevant and real and making him empathetic to today’s audience so that we understand the decisions he makes. That applies to Lois as well. She has to be in the same universe as him [in tone and substance].”

Adams has shown an affinity for finding the plucky but pitch-perfect center of old-school roles; in the cartoonish ”Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian” she brought a surprising amount of yearning emotion to the role of a simplified Amelia Earhart and she won rave reviews for the role of Giselle in “Enchanted” and it’s sly send-up of Disney princess traditions that date back to “Snow White,” which premiered just six months before Lois Lane hit newsstands in the pages of Action Comics No. 1.

Adams is coming off an Academy Award nomination for her work in ”The Fighter,” the David O. Russell that took her into far darker territory; she played a bartender named Charlene who is a fire-tested and fierce in her love for a down-but-not-out boxer portrayed by Mark Whalburg. The film earned an Oscar win for Christian Bale, who played Whalburg’s deliriously drugged-out brother, and he will be in the other big superhero film of 2012, “The Dark Knight Rises,” which will see Bale back in the cowl of Batman.

The big breakthrough for Adams was “Junebug,” which premiered at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, where Adams won a special jury prize for her performance. The star’s other notable credits include ”Julie & Julia,” “Sunshine Cleaning,” “Charlie Wilson’s War.”

– Geoff Boucher

 

[Franklin Richards]

I'm starting to think that kids are stupid.

 

[FilmNerdJamie]

I'm starting to think that kids are stupid.

Kids today? No respect, no respect at all. *Straightens tie Rodney Dangerfield-style*

Seriously though, yeah kids are ****ing lazy these days and this is coming from the mouth (or in this case, keyboard) of a 26 year-old. Way too much reliability on a computer with instant access to everything they want. The concept of having to wait for something and do it without a screen with all the answers is a foreign to them.

 

[sf2]

ya, she looks cute
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.but isn't she a bit too old? she will look like an aunt in the sequel!

 

[Rodrigo90]

Why is everyone so ageist on here?

 

[KalMart]

ya, she looks cute
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.but isn't she a bit too old? she will look like an aunt in the sequel!

The primary concern is probably to make this one Superman film as good as it can be with who they think would work best right now. The better it does (and the better that the legal issues work out), the better the chance for a sequel. But since no sequel is guaranteed, they can't really approach it as anything but a one-shot deal right now. If a sequel comes, then great...they'll deal with it IF it comes.

Why is everyone so ageist on here?

I think some are assuming that it's the start of a trilogy or something. It could end up that way, but I think they're treating it as one complete story first and foremost (doesn't mean they'll kill certain key people off, of course).

 

[King K]

I think this is awesome and she'll do great.

 

[terry78]

Thread Manager is slowly becoming a Brainiac type entity.

 

[M.E.H.Z.E.B]

Thread Manager is slowly becoming a Brainiac type entity.

It will take over your world and make everything you love it's own.

 

[sf2]

The primary concern is probably to make this one Superman film as good as it can be with who they think would work best right now. The better it does (and the better that the legal issues work out), the better the chance for a sequel. But since no sequel is guaranteed, they can't really approach it as anything but a one-shot deal right now. If a sequel comes, then great...they'll deal with it IF it comes.


I think some are assuming that it's the start of a trilogy or something. It could end up that way, but I think they're treating it as one complete story first and foremost (doesn't mean they'll kill certain key people off, of course).

the new superman movie will soar high!!! must do really well!!!

it's just woman ages faster than man... i don't wanna see a repeat of Margot kidder case...

 

[M.E.H.Z.E.B]

That's what everyone fears. Even the ones supporting Adams' casting!

 

[FilmNerdJamie]

The primary concern is probably to make this one Superman film as good as it can be with who they think would work best right now. The better it does (and the better that the legal issues work out), the better the chance for a sequel. But since no sequel is guaranteed, they can't really approach it as anything but a one-shot deal right now. If a sequel comes, then great...they'll deal with it IF it comes.


I think some are assuming that it's the start of a trilogy or something. It could end up that way, but I think they're treating it as one complete story first and foremost (doesn't mean they'll kill certain key people off, of course).

Not everything has to be, or is intended from the start, to be a trilogy. I don't get people think it should.

 

[JAK®]

That's what everyone fears. Even the ones supporting Adams' casting!

Not me.

 

[KalMart]

the new superman movie will soar high!!! must do really well!!!

it's just woman ages faster than man... i don't wanna see a repeat of Margot kidder case...

Again, if they were more concerned with the 'what if we get a sequel', they might have cast younger. But honestly, with the legal battle over the Superman rights et al...if it goes ore than one movie, it'll be more of a bonus than a predetermined given. So whatever they'd have to do...recast, CG..whatever...that doesn't have any real bearing on this one film, so they can't worry about what they haven't gotten yet.

It's like being behind in a 7-game series 3 games to 2. You have to do what you can to win this game, or there is no tomorrow. And if there is a tomorrow, then find a way to win that one too....but win this one first.

 

[KalMart]

Not everything has to be, or is intended from the start, to be a trilogy. I don't get people think it should.

Because Batman, Spiderman, X-men, Iron man, Transformers....well...you get the picture....

 

[terry78]

How do you even know it would be a trilogy? Hell, Scream was supposed to be one and look where we are come April.

 

[sf2]

Again, if they were more concerned with the 'what if we get a sequel', they might have cast younger. But honestly, with the legal battle over the Superman rights et al...if it goes ore than one movie, it'll be more of a bonus than a predetermined given. So whatever they'd have to do...recast, CG..whatever...that doesn't have any real bearing on this one film, so they can't worry about what they haven't gotten yet.

It's like being behind in a 7-game series 3 games to 2. You have to do what you can to win this game, or there is no tomorrow. And if there is a tomorrow, then find a way to win that one too....but win this one first.

are u saying we could only get one superman movie?
why can superman be like harry potter / james bond?
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lol

i'm fine.

 

[Zack Snyder]

This just shows how far off internet sites have been on details of this production. McAdams, Kunis, Wilde, Biel? Nope. None of the rumored choices. Someone totally out of left field.

McAdams probably made the most sense and the funny thing is people said she was too old Can't change the choice, so all a fan can do is support it and act happy

I guess we will have to wait for the look of Hatcher and for some Durance to be topped. Hopefully Adams can get the characterization down, and make up for what some people think is a more Lana than Lois look.

 

[JAK®]

Hopefully Adams can get the characterization down, and make up for what some people think is a more Lana than Lois look.

Those people are no better than those who suggest Bruce Willis for Lex Luthor because he is bald.

 

[Lobo]

Just wanted to say i love the casting of Amy as Lois.

 

[Ultimate_Superman]

I like the casting as well. Although I prefer they had cast Rachel McAdams if they were going for older. I am pleased with this choice. Although in this case I some what wished they would have followed Singer's approach where they cast younger will a sequel in mind.

 

[JAK®]

Amy Adams doesn't look like she will slip into old age any time soon so I don't understand why people are concerned about sequels.

 

[Zack Snyder]

I wonder if anyone else thinks this...If her hair is darker she will look like Jennifer Connelly.

 

[DIRECTOR]

isn't this big news,

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