The Good Citizens of Metropolis: The Casting Thread

[Deck Rickard]

Probably already been suggested but Nick Offerman would make a great Perry White.

 

[Alien Anal]

Probably already been suggested but Nick Offerman would make a great Perry White.

I do like it but I also feel like I'm seeing him in everything at the moment.

 

[flickchick85]

Probably already been suggested but Nick Offerman would make a great Perry White.

I would LOVE this.

 

[Deck Rickard]

I do like it but I also feel like I'm seeing him in everything at the moment.

Yes, and? Offerman SHOULD be in everything!

I would LOVE this.

Yeah; the comedic timing and fatherly instincts he displayed in Parks & Rec, coupled with the dramatic power he showed in The Last of Us… he would be amazing as Perry.

 

[Silvermoth]

Ha, I was thinking Nick would be a fun pa Kent actually but perry would be fun too.

actually, maybe a controversial take but it wouldn’t surprise me if it was actually Peri White this time. As in the daily planet would have a woman editor in chief

 

[Lily Adler]

Reeve really did look well into his thirties when he started playing Supes.

That's because Hollywood Liberals have contiditoned many fine young male actors to denounce true masculinity with their socialist propaganda and soft boy favoritism.

 

[Sawyer]

That's because Hollywood Liberals have contiditoned many fine young male actors to denounce true masculinity with their socialist propaganda and soft boy favoritism.

Alright, settle down, Megyn Kelly.

 

[Lily Adler]

Alright, settle down, Megyn Kelly.

More like Tucker Carlson or Lauren Boebert.

 

[AndrewGilkison]

Ha, I was thinking Nick would be a fun pa Kent actually but perry would be fun too.

actually, maybe a controversial take but it wouldn’t surprise me if it was actually Peri White this time. As in the daily planet would have a woman editor in chief

Katy Bates

 

[CaptainWagner]

okay, I'm gonna take my shot

Eli Goree as Clark Kent/Superman

Jessica Henwick as Lois Lane

Gaten Matarazzo as Jimmy Olson

Miles Teller as Lex Luthor

Hong Chau as Mercy Graves

Chris Evans as John Corben/Metallo

Burn Gorman as Bruno Manheim

Nick Offerman as Perry White

Clea DuVall as Maggie Sawyer

Danny Huston as Mayor Frank Berkowitz

Brennan Brown as Buck Sackett

Andre Braugher and Martha Plimpton as Jonathan and Martha Kent

 

[jetage]

One of the most interesting things Gunn has said about casting for these future movies, at least to me, is that the actors need to be easy to work with.

Wonder who in his past experiences wasn't, and how many.

Intriguing because I have read Elordi has been questioning some of the decisions made at Euphoria, and I have read that Cavill was not at all easy to work with at The Witcher, especially for women in the crew and positions of power. Cavill is out of the future, but do wonder if any of that had to do with letting him go?

Don't know too much about many of the
names being tossed about and their histories of past projects, would be interesting to know.

 

[Lily Adler]

okay, I'm gonna take my shot

Eli Goree as Clark Kent/Superman

Jessica Henwick as Lois Lane

Gaten Matarazzo as Jimmy Olson

Miles Teller as Lex Luthor

Hong Chau as Mercy Graves

Chris Evans as John Corben/Metallo

Burn Gorman as Bruno Manheim

Nick Offerman as Perry White

Clea DuVall as Maggie Sawyer

Danny Huston as Mayor Frank Berkowitz

Brennan Brown as Buck Sackett

Andre Braugher and Martha Plimpton as Jonathan and Martha Kent

I get that Lex is supposed to be a villain, but why?

 

[CaptainWagner]

One of the most interesting things Gunn has said about casting for these future movies, at least to me, is that the actors need to be easy to work with.

Wonder who in his past experiences wasn't, and how many.

Honestly, knowing about their respective personal lives - Probably Pratt. By all accounts his co-stars tend to love the guy, but I can imagine someone as conservative and religious as Pratt butting heads with someone like Gunn who built his career on being transgressive and provocative. And there was the whole thing with conservatives momentarily being successful in getting him dismissed by Marvel.

I get that Lex is supposed to be a villain, but why?

I've been stumped on casting Lex for a while now and Teller just has a look that kind of reminds me of a young Hackman. I do honestly think he has the range for Lex, though. Bring that Whiplash intensity to trying to beat Superman while using his Maverick charm for Lex's charismatic public face.

 

[Silvermoth]

Katy Bates

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she would be amazing. I could see her having some great scenes with Lois

 

[Sawyer]

Kathy Bates gotta be Granny Goodness. I steadfastly refuse anything else.

 

[Frodo]

If not Bates as Goodness, than either Margo Martindale ( The Americans)

or Harriet Sansom Harris ( Werewolf By Night, Desperate Housewives) as Granny Goodness

 

[Frodo]

Don't know if they'll include Pete Ross, but if they do , 28 year old Lamar Johnson ( The Last Of Us),Would be good.

For Lana , I'm digging Monica Barbaro (Top Gun : Maverick)

The trinity of Smallville, childhood, friends

 

[BobJM]

SUPERMAN: LEGACY
dir. James Gunn

Based on Grant Morrison’s Superman and the Men of Steel

FULL CAST

MAIN
Clark Kent / Superman: Paul Mescal, 26

Lois Lane: Anya Taylor-Joy, 26

Sgt. John Corben / Metallo: Miles Teller, 35

Lex Luthor: Ralph Fiennes, 60

Dr. John Henry Irons / Steel: Jovan Adepo, 34

Bruno Mannheim: Bobby Cannavale, 52

SUPPORTING
Jimmy Olsen: Tony Revolori, 26

General Sam Lane: Jeff Daniels, 67

Martha Kent: Sandra Oh, 51

Jonathan Kent: Brendan Fraser, 54

Lt. Dan Turpin: Bashir Salahuddin, 46

George Taylor: Jim Gaffigan, 56

ADDITIONAL
Mrs. Nyxly (Clark’s landlord): Natasha Lyonne, 43

Dr. Emmett Vale: Sean Gunn, 48

Mercy Graves: Pom Klementieff, 36

Bibbo Bibbowski: Michael Rooker, 67

WITH
Lara Lor-Van: Ophelia Lovibond, 36

Jor-El: Hugh Dancy, 47

PLOT TREATMENT

The film begins 6 months after the first public appearance of Superman:

CLARK KENT lives in Hobb’s Bay, writing at the Daily Star for GEORGE TAYLOR, an old friend of MARTHA and JONATHAN KENT.

To the public, Superman is still seen as a mysterious vigilant protecting the downtrodden of Metropolis. As a reporter, Clark gives a voice to the voiceless and shines a light on corruption. His latest takedown—BRUNO MANNHEIM, head of the city's second-largest company Galaxy Comm. Clark’s reporting connects the Galaxy Comm-sponsored high speed monorail project to numerous criminal charges ranging from poor working conditions to bribery and extortion.

The opening action sequence features Superman (wearing blue jeans and a t-shirt, with a bulletproof cape he was swaddled in when he arrived on Earth) confronting Mannheim and his goons while the police, headed by LT. DAN TURPIN, pursue.

Mannheim is forced to confess his crimes in front of the police after Superman drops him off the building. However, Mannheim avoids arrest when he later appears on television to call Superman an alien and a danger to society, which helps turn public opinion against the hero.

Clark has dreams about Krypton—fragmented flashes and bursts of color. It was a vibrant, thriving society….

Turpin and the police investigate Clark at his apartment after Mannheim was assaulted by Superman but Clark talks his way out of being a suspect.

We meet his landlord, MRS. NYXLY (a kooky character for now, whose 5th dimensional origins can be explored in a sequel or crossover event).

LOIS LANE works at rival newspaper Daily Planet with Clark’s best friend, photographer JIMMY OLSEN. The two try to get Clark to leave the Star but because Mannheim’s company owns the Daily Planet, Clark refuses. Lois and Clark have a competitive relationship, with the two always looking to beat each other to the story.

Meanwhile, Lois’s father GENERAL SAM LANE is working with LEX LUTHOR to capture Superman. It is revealed that the US government recovered Clark’s rocket after he landed as a baby, and have been using it for years to advance military scientific achievements. The ship’s operating system calls itself BRAINIAC.

The government is also developing a project using the Kryptonian technology co-opted by Luthor, General Lane, and young scientist JOHN HENRY IRONS called Project Steel Soldier. SGT. JOHN CORBEN is enlisted in the program and has trained for the last 5 years to pilot the experimental Metal-Zero/"Metal 0" suit. Corben has unrequited feelings for General Lane’s daughter, Lois.

Clark struggles to deal with the ramifications of Mannheim’s alien claims on the news, and the citizens begin to turn on him but he continues to investigate Mannheim.

It’s revealed that Clark's source is none other than Lex Luthor! In a private meet-up with Luthor’s assistant MERCY GRAVES, Clark learns that an Intergang terrorist attack on the monorail is imminent— Mannheim is desperate to destroy any evidence of malpractice amidst the growing allegations and cause a major tragedy to shift public attention.

Despite Clark’s warnings, Lois and Jimmy are aboard the monorail when the brakes are cut and Intergang terrorists strike. Lois organizes the people onboard to take down Intergang. Meanwhile, Superman manages to stop the runaway train but collapses from exhaustion.

He’s taken into military custody where he is interrogated and studied by Luthor and a team of scientists. Disgusted by their actions, John Henry Irons quits on the spot. Furthermore, we learn that the monorail derailment was orchestrated by Luthor as a way to lure Superman out for capture.

Lois shows up to confront her father with irrefutable evidence that Superman saved everyone on the monorail. As the two argue, Corben tries to jump in to speak with Lois but she’s more interested in Superman.

Meanwhile, Superman breaks frees (he just needed time to regain his strength) and fights his way through the military facility where he eventually finds his rocket ship and escapes with it.

Clark returns to Smallville to inspect the rocket ship with his parents who confirm it’s the same one from the night they found him. He’s able to “activate" it and holographic images appear-- digital memories of his parents JOR-EL and LARA that he recognizes from his dreams. Later, Martha helps him create his classic suit from materials inside the rocket.

After seeing Superman in action, and how Lois sided with him, Corben urges General Lane to fast-track Project Steel Soldier and volunteers to be the first pilot. In a procedure overseen by DR. EMMETT VALE, Corben fuses with the Metal-Zero suit. As he becomes METALLO, his heart bursts but he still manages to survive the process with his mind and body now corrupted by Brainiac who reveals its master plan to General Lane and Luthor:

Brainiac is a cosmic collector, responsible for the destruction of Krypton and countless other worlds. It corrupted Krypton’s infrastructure where it first received its name Brainiac. On Earth, it was called the Internet. With Metallo and the army of METAL MEN created for Project Steel Soldier, Brainiac will prepare the Earth for its final preservation before its destruction (sequel bait).

Major weapons systems across the globe are shut down while mundane machines with Internet access transform into Metal Men and begin collecting valuable artifacts like the Mona Lisa, keeping people in their homes, etc. (think the climax from I, Robot).

Superman turns to John Henry, who wears a prototype STEEL suit that he designed in secret, and the two face against Metallo and the Metal Men to save Metropolis, and the world!

In the end, Luthor threatens to destroy the world, knowing that Brainiac cannot allow Earth to be destroyed before it can upload all its history and culture. It’s a risky gamble but buys Superman enough time to upload a virus created by Dr. Irons to expel Brainiac’s influence on Metallo (and the internet), and save Earth…for now. Metallo surrenders to the US government and is placed in stasis until they can figure out a way to save him.

Later, Clark Kent joins Lois and Jimmy at the Daily Planet with Mannheim now arrested and charged. It’s revealed that this was all part of Luthor’s plan—give Clark information (some of which he planted / orchestrated himself) to help takedown his biggest business rival and let him take the fall so that Luthor’s company LexCorp can amass more power and influence.

As the film concludes, Superman holds a conference in front of the gathered press at Centennial Park where he introduces himself formally to the world.

END

In a mid-credit sequence, VRIL DOX is shown inside his classic SKULL SHIP somewhere out in the cosmos. He sets course for Earth…

 

[BobJM]

If not Bates as Goodness, than either Margo Martindale ( The Americans)

or Harriet Sansom Harris ( Werewolf By Night, Desperate Housewives) as Granny Goodness

Margo Martindale would be tops.

 

[Eddie Dean]

I still like the idea of Margo Martindale as Ma Kent, but that’s probably better for an older Superman instead of one just starting out. The Kents understandably get the Hollywood Hotness treatment most of the time, but I like the idea that even Superman just has regular dorky parents.

 

[Gamma Goliath]

I want Connie Britton and Brendan Fraser as the Kents, They're old enough to believably have a son who's in his mid 20's. I think they'd be a great supporting cast for Kara as well.

 

[flickchick85]

I want Connie Britton and Brendan Fraser as the Kents, They're old enough to believably have a son who's in his mid 20's. I think they'd be a great supporting cast for Kara as well.

Those are great picks! I never thought of Brendan but he might be my new top pick for Pa Kent.

 

[Invader Joker]

Watch Pa Kent be Michael Rooker.

 

[Eddie Dean]

Michael Rooker is Bibbo

 

[Sawyer]

Y’all are still trying to make the Kents young and hot? I thought we’ve been over this.

They need to be ancient.

I want their AARP eligibility to be a distant memory and for Jonathan to have fond memories of Betty White being a hot young thing.