The Good Citizens of Metropolis: The Casting Thread

[BobJM]

I get all that but why can't we have our Nolan or Reeves solo film that tells a full Superman story outside of the DCEU.

I'm tired of the whole DCEU, it's just a mess that I don't see any coming back from. It feels like the X-Men films all over again.

lol don’t drag my X-Men movies into this mess!

 

[BobJM]

A Year Two story…

SUPERMAN
dir. Joseph Kosinski
original score by Michael Giacchino

Clark Kent / Superman: Nicholas Hoult, 32
Lois Lane: Ana de Armas, 34

VILLAINS
Lex Luthor: Riz Ahmed, 39
John Corben / Metallo: Billy Magnussen, 37
Winslow Schott / Toyman: Brendan Fraser, 53

MAIN SUPPORTING
Lana Lang: Olivia Cooke, 28
John Henry Irons: Jay Ellis, 40
Jimmy Olsen: Justice Smith, 27
Perry White: Bob Odenkirk, 59

ADDITIONAL
Natasha Irons: Quvenzhané Wallis, 19
Mercy Graves: Mason Alexander Park, 28
General Samuel Lane: Giancarlo Esposito, 64
Martha Kent: Patricia Clarkson, 62
Bruno Mannheim: Don Harvey, 62
Bibbo Bibbowski: Stephen McKinley Henderson, 73


FULL CAST GALLERY

Clark Kent / Superman: Nicholas Hoult, 32

Lois Lane: Ana de Armas, 34

VILLAINS
Lex Luthor: Riz Ahmed, 39

John Corben / Metallo: Billy Magnussen, 37

Winslow Schott / Toyman: Brendan Fraser, 53

MAIN SUPPORTING
Lana Lang: Olivia Cooke, 28

John Henry Irons: Jay Ellis, 40

Jimmy Olsen: Justice Smith, 27

Perry White: Bob Odenkirk, 59

ADDITIONAL
Natasha Irons: Quvenzhané Wallis, 19

Mercy Graves: Mason Alexander Park, 28

General Samuel Lane: Giancarlo Esposito, 64

Martha Kent: Patricia Clarkson, 62

Bruno Mannheim: Don Harvey, 62

Bibbo Bibbowski: Stephen McKinley Henderson, 73

The suit would be inspired by the Fleischer cartoon

 

[Frodo]

A very old school Superman cast from the 1960s

The Cast

Superman/ Clark Kent : Clint Walker

Lois Lane : Phyliss Kirk

Lex Luthor : Telly Savalas

Brainiac : Yul Brynner

General Zod : Robert Shaw

Faora : Martine Beswick

Perry White : Spencer Tracy

Jimmy Olsen : Russ Tamblyn

Jor El : Cary Grant

Johnathan Kent : Jimmy Stewart

Martha Kent : Barbara Stanwick

 

[GreenKToo]

God, I hope we get a lex this time that doesn't look like he would fold getting hit by a two year old.

 

[Scarlet Spider]

God, I hope we get a lex this time that doesn't look like he would fold getting hit by a two year old.

 

[BobJM]

It’d be good to see Fishburne back as Perry White (and expand the Daily Planet staff). That being said, I wouldn’t be opposed to seeing a recast for Lois

Jessica Chastain would be a great alternate:

 

[GreenKToo]

I'm not really too attached to any of the cast, including cavill.
I just want a bright and hopeful superman film with Brainiac as the villain and a very intimidating Lex.

 

[TheScarecrow]

I really like Amy Adams as Lois. Happy for her to come back.

 

[emielaen]

I get all that but why can't we have our Nolan or Reeves solo film that tells a full Superman story outside of the DCEU.

I'm tired of the whole DCEU, it's just a mess that I don't see any coming back from. It feels like the X-Men films all over again.

Nothings stopping them from doing a "full Superman story" within that world. Just make movies. Lol they don't have to "come back" from anything.

 

[Alien Anal]

Nothings stopping them from doing a "full Superman story" within that world. Just make movies. Lol they don't have to "come back" from anything.

They need to get out of the mess they have made which is what it seems like they are trying to do but X-Men tried that and it didn't go so well (that doesn't mean DC cant)

By full Superman story I mean an fresh origin, spending time with all ages of Clark and not featuring other DC characters.

 

[TheScarecrow]

They need to get out of the mess they have made which is what it seems like they are trying to do but X-Men tried that and it didn't go so well (that doesn't mean DC cant)

By full Superman story I mean an fresh origin, spending time with all ages of Clark and not featuring other DC characters.

Reboot or not, the last thing I want to see is another Superman origin.

Superman will never move forward if they just keep telling the same story over and over and over and over.

 

[Alien Anal]

Reboot or not, the last thing I want to see is another Superman origin.

Superman will never move forward if they just keep telling the same story over and over and over and over.

I really don't think we have had a feature film that has done a full origin story, I'm not talking about showing 30 mins of Krypton exploding at the start, I want to see the life of Clark as he goes from a child-teen-young adult- adult... that features dialogue and not a brooding Superman.

A film that shows how and why Clark becomes Superman, traveling and learning from the world, forming relationships over time.

I don't want - Clark lives in Smallville then enters icy Fortress of Solitude and fly's out as Superman.

I don't think we have had this proposed origin story before, not on the big screen and even if we wanted to count S:TM... its over 40 years old.

You might have seen me post this before, you might not like it and obviously don't have to read it but this is the sort of thing I am talking about.

Look, up in the sky!

(Keep in mind its unfinished and things can change)

 

[Dark Raven]

Reboot or not, the last thing I want to see is another Superman origin.

Superman will never move forward if they just keep telling the same story over and over and over and over.

They can also have Superman fighting General Zod once again.

 

[Alien Anal]

They can also have Superman fighting General Zod once again.

I don't see anyone asking for that.

 

[SupermanFan]

I doubt it’ll be a reboot at all it’ll just be a fresh story with this Superman

 

[Dark Raven]

I don't see anyone asking for that.

Movie Superman can't get beyond his origin and battling General Zod in his solo movies. He's stuck in groundhog day.

 

[GreenKToo]

We will have a villain such as Brainiac or metallo this time. Bet on it.

 

[Boom]

Magog could be interesting. People often debate Superman's relevance in today's climate, and that's a key plot point in Kingdom Come. So make a movie about it. Why does Superman matter?

 

[GreenKToo]

Or the elite.

 

[GreenKToo]

Call me crazy but I wanna see Clark kent actually doing some real investigative reporting.

Then something happens ( pick your poison, plane crashing, building fire etc)

We see him pause, cock his head and listen close, the superman theme slowly starts.
he runs to a nearby alley, and in slo mo, we see each button on his shirt pop off and fall to the ground.
The Superman theme picks up.
We see the \S/ revealed in all it's glory.
We see a fully revealed Superman.
He launches straight up.

 

[Boom]

Or the elite.

Manchester Black makes more sense if you want a more overtly villainous character to pit Superman against. Magog is a bit more gray, which I think would foster more interesting dialogue. Plus from a pure aesthetic standpoint he has a more marketable design.

 

[BobJM]

Manchester Black makes more sense if you want a more overtly villainous character to pit Superman against. Magog is a bit more gray, which I think would foster more interesting dialogue. Plus from a pure aesthetic standpoint he has a more marketable design.

I could see the movies amalgamating Magog, Manchester Black, & Metallo in a story where Superman and the world at large question his relevancy/usefulness in a modern world—use Metallo’s likeness & powerset as the new “Man of Steel” but build his characterization/story is a combination of the three.

Reassert Superman’s importance in a world filled with Black Adams lol.

 

[BobJM]

MAN OF TOMORROW

Clark Kent / Superman: Henry Cavill, 39

MAIN
Lois Lane: Bryce Dallas Howard, 41
Lex Luthor Sr.: Jason Isaacs, 59
Jimmy Olsen: Justice Smith, 27
John Henry Irons: Jay Ellis, 40

THE ELITE
Amanda Waller: Viola Davis, 57
General Sam Lane: Ron Perlman, 72
John Corben / Metallo: Glen Powell, 34
Leslie Willis / Livewire: Keke Palmer, 29
Rudy Jones / Parasite: Jesse Plemons, 34

SUPPORTING / ADDITIONAL
Winslow Schott / Toyman: Paul Walter Hauser, 36
Perry White: Laurence Fishburne, 61
Captain Maggie Sawyer: Merritt Wever, 42
Natasha Irons: Quvenzhané Wallis, 19
Martha Kent: Diane Lane, 57

 

[GreenKToo]

Jason Isaacs would kill it as Lex.

For Brainiac I'm thinking along the lines of Keanu Reeves or Hugo weaving.

John Goodman as Perry.

I'd recast the kents as well.
Kurt Russell as Jonathan
Geena Davis as martha.

 

[flickchick85]

My dreamcast for Lex for the longest time has been Tom Cruise, but I think I have to accept he’s getting too old for it. I don’t want Lex to be too much older than Supes. And if we’re sticking with a younger Lex, I like this guy: