"Superman" is actually suspected of being old? Henry Cavill, a 39-year-old British actor, created the first DCEU (DC Expanded Universe) film for Warner Bros. and DC Pictures in the 2013 film Superman: Body of Steel, which grossed more than $668 million worldwide, and his superhuman image is deeply rooted in the hearts of fans. However, recently Warner Bros. Exploration CEO David M. Zaslav said that he wanted to restart the "Superman" series, but it was rumored that the actor was no longer Henry Cavill.
In fact, since "Superman: Body of Steel", there have been many fans knocking on the bowl superman's independent sequel, but Warner did not create an independent sequel for Henry Cavill's version of "Superman", but successively launched "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" and "Justice League" two works that bring together a bunch of superheroes, and the evaluation is not good.
Now it is reported that Warner not only does not want to make a "Superman" independent sequel, but also plans to restart, and the new Superman actor may no longer be Henry Cavill.
According to the foreign media "Variety" report, David Zaslav is very frustrated that the DC film production has been very unstable, but also quite dissatisfied with the launch of the sequel to the popular movie, and the lack of long-term plans for the follow-up, there is news that Zaslav is looking for a character like Kevin Feige to lead DC into a new era, and has approached the former chairman of Popular Pictures, the current chairman of Paramount Pictures Emma Watts, However, negotiations between the two sides broke down; And "Joker" director Todd Phillips took over, but Todd Phillips was tight-lipped about the news.
In short, after The merger of Warner Media and Discovery Channel to become Warner Bros. Exploration, the new management hopes to restart "Superman", and the past "Superman" series seems to be abandoned and silent. As for the original mention in the "Variety" article, there were even rumors within Warner that Henry Cavill was too old to play Superman, but then edited the article, saying that the matter of "Cavill is too old" is not Warner's official position, but in any case, it has set off a wave of discussion.
Many fans believe that although Henry Cavill is indeed getting older, there is not much difference in appearance, and 50-year-old Dwayne Johnson can wear the "Black Adam" shirt, and even 70-year-old Michael Keaton will come back to play Batman, there is no reason not to let the audience's beloved Superman actor continue to play.
Whether the Superman project will be successfully restarted now, and whether Henry Cavill will never have the opportunity to wear a red and blue suit, everything is full of uncertainty, the only thing that is known is that there was another new version of Superman earlier, written by the American writer and journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates, and finalized by African-American actors, but the project is also in a very early stage, and there is no definite information on whether it is still being executed.