The Official Casting The Superman Reboot Thread

[Webhead2006]

yea i was going to say something like that earlier, he already been the mentor/father type role to much already. Great actor though.

 

[Webhead2006]

I was just thinking if and thats if the next film is a clear and total fresh start reboot with new cast/crew/story/direction what if jor-el is played by the same guy who will play clark kent/superman. Isnt there some versions in the comics/other mediums where jor-el and adult kal-el/clark/superman look very simular to each other. That would be a cool thing to do.

 

[SuperDaniel]

Of course they kinda look alike. Its his father. But No...Jor-el should be played by an estabilished good actor and famous, IMO. It's one of those roles that you can put big names.

 

[Matt]

Smallville
young Jonathan Kent - Joel Gretsch
young Martha kent - Lauren Graham

old Pa Kent - Tom Berenger
old Ma Kent - Sally Field

Lana - Kate Mara
or Kristen Stewart (for younger)

Metropolis

Perry - Harvey Keitel
Jimmy -Jonathan Jackson

???

Oh, I like Tom Berenger for Pa Kent!

 

[TwilightPro101]

I'm serious when I say that if she was five years older and a tad more experienced, Leighton Meester would be perfect for Lois Lane.

Think in time she could be as well.

 

[Frodo]

Krypton[/B

Jor El : Victor Garber (Alias)
Lara : Gabrielle Anwar (Burn Notice)
Brainiac voice : William Fitchner (Prison Break)
Zod : Daniel Craig....I know , I know, he's known for playing that other guy. But I think he would be great in this role.
Kryton Council Member : Bill Nighly

Smallville
Johnathan Kent : Tommy Lee Jones
Martha Kent : Kathy Baker (Medium, Picket Fences)
Lana Lang (teenage years) : Emma Roberts

Metropolis

Perry White : Alec Baldwin
Jimmy Olsen : Michael Cerra
Maggie Sawyer : Michelle Forbes (Battlerstar Gallactica, True Blood)
Morgan Edge : Armand Assante
John Corbin : David Anders ( Heroes, Alias)
Mercy Graves : Katee Sackhoff (Bionic Woman)

 

[Webhead2006]

yea it would be cool to see sawyer, turpin, graves be in a film live action that is.

 

[jak123]

Jor-El : James Caviezel
Lara : Frances O'Connor
Perry White : Rip Torn
Lana Lang : Jayma Mays
Zod : Rufus Sewell

 

[\S/JcDc\S/]

I'd like Ed Harris for Perry White but the other night it hit me... Harrison Ford would be great. I think he would bring something great to the role, and you could give him just a little extra edge. It wouldn't have to be the "angry" editor, but rather a a "tough" guy who knows his stuff.

 

[Webhead2006]

he would be a cool choice for the role.

 

[batlovescatDC]

Perry White.... Victor Garber
Lois Lane..... Michelle Monaghan
Jor-El.... Gerard Butler
Kara-El.... Evangeline Lilly
Lex Luthor.... Billy Zane
Brainiac.... Ralph Fiennes

 

[Eddie Dean]

Alec Baldwin as Perry White
Michelle Monaghan as Lois Lane
Anton Yelchin as Jimmy Olsen
Kevin McKidd as Metallo
Michael Emerson as Toyman
Timothy Dalton as Morgan Edge

Eric Bana as Jor-El
Rachel Weisz as Lara
Michael Fassbender as Genreal Zod
Colm Feore as Brainiac

Bruce Greenwood as Jonathan Kent
Joan Allen as Martha Kent
Kate Mara as Lana Lang

 

[manofsteel4life]

I'd like Ed Harris for Perry White but the other night it hit me... Harrison Ford would be great. I think he would bring something great to the role, and you could give him just a little extra edge. It wouldn't have to be the "angry" editor, but rather a a "tough" guy who knows his stuff.

he'd be better as pa kent...imo

 

[SuperDaniel]

He would be awesome as Pa Kent!

 

[Webhead2006]

i would be down with him as either.

 

[Nightwing1977]

he'd be better as pa kent...imo

Or Jor-El. up:

 

[DavidTyler]

I do not want to see another aged Jor-El.

I want Jor-El to be young and vibrant. He is not a metaphor for god.... he is a mirror of all those parents trying to give their children a better life by giving them up. He is the ultimate selfless parent.

I could easily see a Johnny Depp type playing Jor-el.

 

[Webhead2006]

i said this before it would be interesting with who ever they pick for kal-el/clark/superman if he also played jorel. Isnt their some incarnations of the comics where they have jor-el and kal-el looking identical....

 

[theMan-Bat]

Michael McManus as Jor-El and Natalie Portman as Lara - the Man of Steel versions.

Lance Henriksen as Jonathan "Pa" Kent and Beth Grant as Martha "Ma" Kent.

Vanessa Angel as Lana Lang.

Courtney Cox as Lois Lane.

Will Forte as Jimmy Olsen.

John Goodman as Perry White.

Dan Lauria as Dan Turpin.

Ray Wise as sinister, smarmy Morgan Edge, servant of Darkseid and president of the Galaxy Broadcasting System, the media corporation which eventually buys the Daily Planet, challenging the authority of Perry White.

 

[theMan-Bat]

He would be awesome as Pa Kent!

Action hero Harrison Ford as Pa Kent or Perry White would take me out of the movie. I couldn't buy Harrison Ford as a country farmer called "Pa" married to an old southern woman or a heavyset newspaper editor shouting "Great Cesar's Ghost!" It would seem like he is Doctor Richard Kimble disguised as a country farmer or disguised as a newspaper editor, like he was disguised as a janitor in The Fugitive, when he was actually saving a kids life and fighting crime by solving a murder.

 

[NotFadeAway]

Think in time she could be as well.

With the rate the movie is coming along, Leighton could be ripe for the role.

 

[NotFadeAway]

Revised Casting choices.

Jor-El: Jim Caviezel
Lara: Elizabeth Mitchell
Sul-Van: Peter O'Toole

I'm in favoring of featuring younger versions of the Kents, and applying age make up as the years pass....

Jonathan Kent: Craig Sheffer
Martha Kent: Connie Britton

Lex Luthor: Jason Isaacs
Lois Lane: Jordana Brewster
Jimmy Olsen: Chris Marquette...unconventional, I know.

Perry White: I admit, I have several choices and I cannot decide. R. Lee Ermey/Alec Baldwin/Harvey Keitel/Bill Murray/Tommy Lee Jones/Alan Dale/Jerry Seinfeld.

Metallo/John Corben: Alexander Skarsgard
Dr. Hamiliton: Brent Spiner
Morgan Edge: Robert Englund
Dan Turpin: William Sadler
Maggie Sawyer: Elisabeth Rohm

 

[Webhead2006]

interesting choices.

 

[NotFadeAway]

interesting choices.

Thank You!

When I was running just now, I came up with a few more choices. I'd like to show Jor-El debating with the Kryptonian Council, so obviously O'Toole as Sul-Van is there, and I'd have James Frain and Leonard Nimoy portray two other members.

And I would have give Harry Lennix a very brief cameo as Det. John Jones. A very small moment with him coming face to face with Superman, gives Supes a smile, and backs away. Thats it.....plant that seed. Martian Manhunter is a cool character, but it's not like he will ever have his own movie. So plant that seed.

 

[Spider-Fan83]

how about, Jesse Eisenberg, as Jimmy ?