The Official Superman Casting Thread

[Jake Cassidy]

Zooey looks damn hot in that pic. Wow.

 

[Orin]

Superman - Tom Welling

Lois Lane - Erica Durance

Jimmy Olsen - Aaron Ashmore

Perry White - Michael McKean

Lex Luthor - James Marsters

Brainiac - Hugo Weaving

 

[Orin]

Lana Lang - Shannon Lucio

Supergirl - Laura Vandervoort

Lucy Lane - Peyton List

Pete Ross - Chris Carmack

Martha Kent - Linda Grey

Jonathan Kent - Stephen Collins

 

[Orin]

Steve Lombard - Jason Lee

Cat Grant - Melinda Clarke

Ron Troupe - Dorian Harewood

Jor-El - Treat Williams

Lara Lor-Van - Helen Slater

Professor Emil Hamilton - Muse Watson

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Captain Maggie Sawyer - Amanda Tapping

 

[Eddie Dean]

Superman – Henry Cavill

Lois Lane – Jennifer Morrison

Lex Luthor – Jason Isaacs

or Ralph Fiennes

Pa Kent – Jeff Bridges

Ma Kent – Joan Allen

 

[Eddie Dean]

Perry White – Alan Arkin

Jimmy Olsen – Shia Labeouf

Jor-El – Daniel Day Lewis

Lara – Cate Blanchett

Brainiac – Christopher Eccleston

Metallo – Paul Bettany

 

[Jake Cassidy]

^ Great choices, Eddie.

 

[JackBauer]

Eddie, amazing cast. Some of those aren't my first but they're still damn fine choices.

 

[Eddie Dean]

Thanks to both of you.

 

[singer_will_fly]

Would you prefer a McG superman, another smallville, or maybe another X3. Listen Superman Returns is just the begining. Singer has said that the next superman will be his Wrath of Kahn. X2 was much better than X-Men 1. Just give the guy a chance. I trust him, we should all trust him, he loves Supes, and knows how to make good movies. Let's go out there and let the world know that the next Superman MUST be a SINGER/ROUTH Superman. Let's give them a chance, because the alternative is horrifying!

 

[project13]

Superman - Tom Welling

Lois Lane - Erica Durance

Jimmy Olsen - Aaron Ashmore

Perry White - Michael McKean

Lana Lang - Shannon Lucio




Good cast, Orin but you're forgetting two people:


Young Clark Kent- Zac Efron

He's a teenage Welling mixed with Jesse McCarthney



Young Lana Lang- Vanessa Hudgens

She looks like a younger, teen version of Kristen Kreuk


Casting these two for a flashback would be more useful than using clips from Smallville.

 

[Orin]

Well thanks, but you do realize that i haven't casted Kreuk as Lana, don't you? Got to admit, also i love Smallville, i'm not really a fan of hers.

 

[nintendo nerd]

Well thanks, but you do realize that i haven't casted Kreuk as Lana, don't you? Got to admit, also i love Smallville, i'm not really a fan of hers.

Yeah, and with your cast it can be the first Superman TV movie.

 

[nintendo nerd]

If I were to cast a Superman movie I think this would be my ideal cast...

GOD save us all!!!!!!

 

[Kal_El1-18-08]

Let me know what you think of this. It includes a name I haven't seen mentioned for superman.

Clark/Superman: Matthew Fox.

Lex Luthor: Billy Zane

Perry White: Brendan Gleeson

Lois: Rachel McAdams

Metallo: Paul Bettany

Brainiac: Josh Holloway

Darkseid: Vin Diesel (make up)

Jor El- Hugh Jackman

 

[Super_Ludacris]

Well thanks, but you do realize that i haven't casted Kreuk as Lana, don't you? Got to admit, also i love Smallville, i'm not really a fan of hers.

Oh but you'll cast the rest of the cast and a couple of OC rejects in Clarke and Lucio? t: KK for Life!!


Look I really dont know the point in retooling and rebooting the franchise to make it an origin story per say. Truth be told I was sort of cool with the idea of SR being a sequel of sorts to Donner's work.

I just would have cast it a little better (although I think the actors did the best they could under the circumstances) and done a better story. I wouldnt bother with getting a young cast, I would set them in today's timeline so to speak and have them 30-40 year olds playing the characters in there 30s

Clark Kent/Superman- Geard Butler. dude seems to have that For Tommorrow Superman swagger about him. Casting him as Clark might be a problem but I dont hink Kent has to be a bumbling wreck. He can still be mild-mannered.

Lois Lane- Carla Guigino- To me she is Lois Lane, hands down and would nail the role so well especially Lo in her 30s.

Lex Luthor- Billy Zane. Yeah I'll go with him, Spacey is the best choice but as an alternate I think he can play serious and sinister Lex quite well.

Perry White- Tommy Lee Jones. This may seem like the wildcard cause I was gonna for Elliot Gould but it terms of Southern tough guy swag, I think Lee would be intresting if not obvious choice who would nail it in his own right.

Mercey Graves- Milla Jovavich (sp?)- Pretty cliched choice but I think she has the look if you add blonde hair.

Brainiac-Ben Kingsley. I really am kinda unsure about this choice but I dont think Brainiac himself neccessarily has to go to battle with Superman, so I let it slide but after You Kill Me, I guess he still has that exhuburance to play a killer type guy still.

Jor-El-Sean Bean I would only have him in breif flashbacks and in the FOS

Lara-Diane Lane- Again only in Flashbacks but she has that motherly presence to her.

Lana Lang- Rachel McAdams- She's early 30's now so I give her a pass. Plus she has that girl-next-door vibe to her.

Jimmy Olsen- Brett Harrison- Mad underrated comedic perfomer and his work on Grounded For Life, The Loop and Reaper is enjoyable.


That's all I can think of.

Now for a director, Im gonna go a little left of the field and pick Peter Berg. Loved his work, is a real student of Michael Mann and much like Nolan I think his dead serious approach to film making tone can work even with a character as colourful as Superman. I dont know I can kinda see him pulling it off

 

[Jake Cassidy]

^ Other than Gerard Butler as Superman, I like it.

Don't get me wrong, I'm a fan of Butler, but I just don't see him as Superman. Personally, I'd pick Eric Bana or Jim Caviezel.

 

[The War Machine]

Superman - Tom Welling

Lois Lane - Erica Durance

Jimmy Olsen - Aaron Ashmore

Perry White - Michael McKean

Lana Lang - Shannon Lucio




Good cast, Orin but you're forgetting two people:


Young Clark Kent- Zac Efron

He's a teenage Welling mixed with Jesse McCarthney



Young Lana Lang- Vanessa Hudgens

She looks like a younger, teen version of Kristen Kreuk


Casting these two for a flashback would be more useful than using clips from Smallville.

Horrible.


Lame enough as a Smallville movie. Worse when you add Highschool Musical.

:/

 

[The War Machine]

Oh but you'll cast the rest of the cast and a couple of OC rejects in Clarke and Lucio? t: KK for Life!!


Look I really dont know the point in retooling and rebooting the franchise to make it an origin story per say. Truth be told I was sort of cool with the idea of SR being a sequel of sorts to Donner's work.

I just would have cast it a little better (although I think the actors did the best they could under the circumstances) and done a better story. I wouldnt bother with getting a young cast, I would set them in today's timeline so to speak and have them 30-40 year olds playing the characters in there 30s

Clark Kent/Superman- Geard Butler. dude seems to have that For Tommorrow Superman swagger about him. Casting him as Clark might be a problem but I dont hink Kent has to be a bumbling wreck. He can still be mild-mannered.

Can he even do an American accent?

Aside from that, I agree that if they ever do 'reboot' Superman within this generation, it won't be an origin tale again.

 

[Super_Ludacris]

Why does "Can he do an American Accent" always a questionable criteria for some people? Like for foreign actors the American Accent is the most easiet accent to do cause they grew up watching the movies and shows in there country. I have yet to see a foreign actor not master it.

 

[The War Machine]

The thing is I've never seen him attempt it for any of his roles. Some people can do it, some can't.

I've seen alot of lesser known foreign actors unable to do it properly without slipping.

I think Michael Trucco is a better fit if you want a badass Superman in that age range.

 

[Timstuff]

Superman – Henry Cavill

Lois Lane – Jennifer Morrison

Lex Luthor – Jason Isaacs

or Ralph Fiennes

Pa Kent – Jeff Bridges

Ma Kent – Joan Allen

All excellent choices, Eddie! However, the one gripe I have is that Shia Labeouf is getting to be way too big a name to stick into a role like Jimmy Olsen. His price tag is probably also getting pretty hefty to do supporting roles, especially ones as un-glamorous as Jimmy Olsen.

 

[Billy Batson]

Superman - Tom Welling

Lois Lane - Erica Durance

Jimmy Olsen - Aaron Ashmore

Perry White - Michael McKean

Now that's a cast!!!

 

[The War Machine]

Sam Heughan as Superman

Zooey Deschanel as Lois Lane

Anthony Michael Hall as Lex Luthor

Bret Harrison as Jimmy Olsen

Hugh Laurie as Perry White

 

[\S/JcDc\S/]

Yeah Sam was a great casting choice imo, he got very far into the process but when it was decided it was Singer and a returns story, he was just too young for the part. Many at the WB were regarding him highly, I feel he would have been a top choice had they gone with an origin story.