October 20, 2004 - The wait is over. It is official: relatively unknown actor Brandon James Routh has been selected to succeed the late Christopher Reeve as the next big-screen Superman for Warner Brothers and director Bryan Singer. Although both Variety and The Hollywood Reporter reveal that no deal has been finalized, Singer himself has apparently confirmed the casting of the 25-year-old, 6'2" Iowan...
...Singer said that "this was indeed the official casting as of just today. He went on to elaborate on his previous intention of casting an unknown, and that Routh was amazing talented. He said that he personified the 3 characters he would have to embody: 1. young Clark Kent 2. Clark Kent's "Daily Planet disguise" and 3. Superman."
For those of you who are unaware, Bryan Singer, the man directing Superman Returns, was the director of both of the recent X-Men films. He left X-Men to pursue the new Superman movie.
Bryan Singer is awesome. Question about him leaving the X-Men movies though, is he still going to do a third or aren't they doing one at all? If they do, better be by him or it won't be quite the same.
The third one will be directed by someone else entirely. IGN mentioned the name of the guy, and I honestly can't remember who it was. This new Superman movie is going to keep Singer tied up until 2006, and Marvel isn't going to wait for him.
There's a Wolverine spin-off in the works also, but it's being brought into question whether or not Hugh Jackman will play the lead role in it. Honestly, I can't see anyone else playing Logan. I'm not a huge X-Men fan, but if they brought someone else in, even I would be livid.
or is it maybe you are use to a look like christopher reeve like i am use to a look like pierce bronsan for james bond and if someone changes for him or if i see old movies of james bond, i still think pierce bronsan is the better person for james bond
X-Men isn't abandoned, Singer just isn't helming it anymore. The rumors going around are that Joss Whedon, the cretor of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, will be directing X3.
Personally, I think he looks perfect for the role.
He's certainly a much better choice than Nicholas Cage or Jim Caviezel (Jesus, from The Passion of the Christ). They were the two biggest names being thrown around most recently.
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