The Daily Planet - Superman News and Speculation Thread (🚨TAG SPOILERS🚨)

[Detective Conan]

 

[DCDAVE]

Millie would make a great Supergirl. Any franchise is lucky to have her, except maybe the MonsterVerse since they never figured out what to do with her.

Plus it would just be another funny way to troll Henry Cavill by casting another one of his costars in this.

Good points but I think her Stranger Things commitment took her out of Godzilla-Kong 2. Millie will be free to play Kara.

 

[Sawyer]

Is it 2003 again…?

 

[Eddie Dean]

I wish Billy Zane was Lex Luthor

 

[B]

I wish Billy Zane was Lex Luthor

Billy Zane was always a long standing favourite of mine particularly for the casting for SR & even as far as MoS casting I still liked him. I always thought he could have pulled off a great live action version of TAS Lex Luthor.

Generally speaking I always tend to like it when Lex Luthor is 5-10 years older than Superman/Clark Kent as opposed to the same age.

 

[Eddie Dean]

I was joking by pretending to be in 2003

 

[GreenKToo]

So Kurt won't be jor-el then. I'm guessing 50 or younger.
It'd be a hoot to get RDJ, but you do know who I think he'll get? Chris Pratt.

 

[ViperMania]

Kiernan Shipka is my top choice for Supergirl

 

[TheScarecrow]

Kiernan Shipka is my top choice for Supergirl

Love her, but I have genuine concerns about her ability to sustain a theatrical release - in terms of acting ability and commercial ability.

 

[B]

I was joking by pretending to be in 2003

I know, I was only adding that I always did like him.

He'd have been way too old to have been realistically considered or cast in this franchise, if everything goes well the role could be across multiple films spanning 10+ years by which time he'd be pushing 70. Zane's last chance for the role would have been for BvS, probably would have made more sense also to have Luthor/Wayne closer in age than have Lex be 10+ years Bruce's junior.

 

[Sawyer]

So Kurt won't be jor-el then. I'm guessing 50 or younger.
It'd be a hoot to get RDJ, but you do know who I think he'll get? Chris Pratt.

If Gunn’s already avoiding an older Jor-El, I really can’t imagine he’d go for RDJ.

 

[AndrewGilkison]

Me and Gunn are on the same page when it comes to Jor-El.

 

[Invader Joker]

Actors I could see Gunn casting as Jor-El, assuming they want a "name":
-Bradley Cooper
-Jude Law
-Matthew Goode
-Eric Bana
-Clive Owen
-Dominic West
-Cillian Murphy
-Josh Hartnett
-Jon Hamm
-Guy Pearce
-Joel Edgerton

If they go any younger I'm clueless.

 

[ArmsHeldOut]

Me and Gunn are on the same page when it comes to Jor-El.

It's a good page to be on.

 

[jetage]

Welling and company did tremendous damage to the whole Superman mythos, and he was and is a coward for never putting on the suit, with the fact that he was and is the worst actor to ever be Clark, so NO, never. He just needs to go away.

 

[GreenKToo]

Actors I could see Gunn casting as Jor-El, assuming they want a "name":
-Bradley Cooper
-Jude Law
-Matthew Goode
-Eric Bana
-Clive Owen
-Dominic West
-Cillian Murphy
-Josh Hartnett
-Jon Hamm
-Guy Pearce
-Joel Edgerton

If they go any younger I'm clueless.

I'd be more than happy with any of those. Law, Pearce, bana, or Edgerton would be my top picks Tho.

 

[dhandler01]

Bana would definitely look like he could be Corenswet's dad.

 

[Sawyer]

Still feel like y’all are going rather old for the first-time father of a newborn.

If it were up to me, I’d be gunning for someone in the Ben Barnes/Jamie Dornan/Aidan Turner age range.

 

[TheGDBatman]

Still feel like y’all are going rather old for the first-time father of a newborn.

If it were up to me, I’d be gunning for someone in the Ben Barnes/Jamie Dornan/Aidan Turner age range.

Yeah, first time dad is more early 30's to me than anything else. He should look somewhat older than Clark, but not like he could be his grandpa.

 

[Kane52630]

I doubt it's happened because of how Hollywood does things, but I hope they make the flying look real and practical. I watched El Conde last week and the flying scenes looked so amazing.

 

[Eddie Dean]

Just cast Matt Bomer as Jor-El and be done with it

 

[Gamma Goliath]

Eric Bana used to be my Jor El pick. But he's aged quite a bit. He looks every bit like an older middle aged man now.

 

[flickchick85]

Just cast Matt Bomer as Jor-El and be done with it

He’s been my pick for over a decade now and he’s still got it!

 

[Invader Joker]

Still feel like y’all are going rather old for the first-time father of a newborn.

If it were up to me, I’d be gunning for someone in the Ben Barnes/Jamie Dornan/Aidan Turner age range.

Josh Hartnett is that age range.

 

[Scarlet Spider]

If we're sticking with Gunn alumni, Bradley Cooper would be my Jor-El. Maybe Lex was too big of a commitment but he could come in for a few days and crush it.