Movies James Gunn's SUPERMAN (Amazing Motion Poster, post #686)

[MLarson]

Me too. I was hoping I could do a Fantastic Four fancast for the upcoming Marvel Studios reboot. We'll see. But I think they're going to announce the cast this July at Comic-Con.

The Rock as the Thing.

 

[clutchCAT420]

Dc going the beta manlet route. First batboy now superboy. Smh...

 

[Rob Battisti]

Gunn would have been amazing for F.F.
If Driver is definitely one of the leads, then I have very, very little hope for this franchise.
I blame Mephisto

Gunn would be great for nearly any “team” super hero movie. His X-Men or FF would be stellar.

it’s only properties like Blade or Punisher I wouldn’t want him to take over.

 

[RedBeard_]

Gunn would be great for nearly any “team” super hero movie. His X-Men or FF would be stellar.

it’s only properties like Blade or Punisher I wouldn’t want him to take over.

Comic book films often sell themselves. You have to try hard to completely screw them up. His Suicide Squad film wasn't really all that great.

I believe Gunn has already shown that he was the wrong person to lead WB's DC initiative.

 

[milliniar]

Dc going the beta manlet route. First batboy now superboy. Smh...

Clark Kent is usually portrayed as a "beta" so not like this is much new. Look at the Christopher Reeves movies.

 

[Anung Un Rama]

not the right thread, but sad news:



@Dragonlordxxxxx @Loiosh

I hope Volstagg isn't what folks remember him for

 

[Loiosh]

not the right thread, but sad news:



@Dragonlordxxxxx @Loiosh

I hope Volstagg isn't what folks remember him for

Anyone who hears the name Ray Stevenson and thinks Volstagg is beyond hope.

 

[Rozko]

Anyone who hears the name Ray Stevenson and thinks Volstagg is beyond hope.

Thirteenth!

 

[Loiosh]

Thirteenth!

Number one favorite scene from HBO.

 

[Loiosh]

 

[Rozko]

If you didn't love Titus after that scene you are broken

 

[Loiosh]

If you didn't love Titus after that scene you are broken

And Lucius, throwing away everything for a friend.

 

[Streeter]

The better go with the actress from Mrs. Masiel she has perfect look an a great rack. Also pretty funny

 

[Dragonlordxxxxx]

Update: June 26, 2023

Screen Test Details for Clark Kent and Lois Lane for SUPERMAN: LEGACY; Alexander and Bill Skarsgard in the Shortlist for Lex Luthor

With The Flash not proving to be the box office savior Warner Bros. was anticipating, the pressure on new DC Studios’ heads James Gunn and Peter Safran has increased exponentially.

And that, in turn, means increased weight on Superman: Legacy, the inaugural movie from Gunn and Safran. And it may not get any weightier than casting the right actor to play Clark Kent/Superman and his romantic and professional foil, Lois Lane.

Gunn, who is writing and directing the feature, held screen tests the weekend of June 17 on the Warners lot in Burbank, and the process has been kept in a lead-lined box as Gunn shows the assembled cuts to a deciding committee of executives, Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav among them. Despite the secrecy, some details have emerged, even as the final choice has not.

Gunn, according to sources, assembled three actors and three actresses for Superman and Lane, respectively, and on Saturday, the first day of the testing, the actors were seen in predetermined pairs:

- Nicholas Hoult and Rachel Brosnahan
- Tom Brittney and Phoebe Dynevor
- David Corenswet and Emma Mackey

They were given several scenes to film, in which the males were in makeup and wardrobe as Daily Planet reporter Kent while the females were plucky journalist Lane.

Then on Sunday, Hoult, Brittney and Corenswet did another series of screen tests, this time in costume as Superman. Interestingly, only Mackey was brought in that day to portray Lane opposite the actors.

Sources caution that just because Mackey segued into the second day does not mean she is the front-runner for Lane, although it may be hard not to draw that conclusion.

The search for Superman is a complex one. In Gunn’s back-to-basics version, any choice has to be able to play the part of someone who is credibly a farmboy from Kansas, a reporter at a big city media outlet, and the Man of Steel, able to leap tall buildings in a single bound.

The search brings back memories of the testing for the lead in 2011’s infamous Green Lantern, in which actors had to play cocky pilot Hal Jordan and a mask-wearing space cop from the Green Lantern Corps. The casting came down to Ryan Reynolds and Bradley Cooper, but the lynchpin was the mask. Some inside the studio preferred Cooper, but he fared poorly in the superhero costume tests. The same situation is very likely playing out on Legacy.

Gunn had an assembled cut of the screen tests by Wednesday to show to Warners brass. A decision could come this week.

And once the decisions on Kent and Lane are made, Gunn will quickly pull the trigger on the next wave. Sources say there is also a shortlist for villain Lex Luthor (siblings Alexander and Bill Skarsgard have been mentioned as being on it, and it’s not clear whether Hoult, who was initially wanted for the part before deciding to try for Kent/Superman, would put himself in the running again.) There are also other heroes to cast, such as members of a supergroup named the Authority (part of the new storyline is Superman joining a world in which superheroes already exist).

Gunn hopes to have Superman: Legacy before cameras in early 2024, in time for a July 11, 2025, release. The movie will attempt to kickstart a whole new slate based on the DC characters after two attempts in the last dozen years have fizzled due to various factors, box office failure and changes in studio ownership, among them.

Inside the ‘Superman: Legacy’ Screen Tests as Decision 2023 Drags Into Second Week

 

[Dragonlordxxxxx]

Corenswet and Brosnahan for me.

It seems Emma Mackey might get the Lois role which I have no issues with. But it might be a good sign for my boy Corenswet that she was initially paired up with him also. Emma has been dubbed a Margot Robbie clone for years now since both of them look alike. Both will finally share the screen in the upcoming Barbie movie.

 

[heavyarms21]

Update: June 26, 2023

Screen Test Details for Clark Kent and Lois Lane for SUPERMAN: LEGACY; Alexander and Bill Skarsgard in the Shortlist for Lex Luthor

With The Flash not proving to be the box office savior Warner Bros. was anticipating, the pressure on new DC Studios’ heads James Gunn and Peter Safran has increased exponentially.

And that, in turn, means increased weight on Superman: Legacy, the inaugural movie from Gunn and Safran. And it may not get any weightier than casting the right actor to play Clark Kent/Superman and his romantic and professional foil, Lois Lane.

Gunn, who is writing and directing the feature, held screen tests the weekend of June 17 on the Warners lot in Burbank, and the process has been kept in a lead-lined box as Gunn shows the assembled cuts to a deciding committee of executives, Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav among them. Despite the secrecy, some details have emerged, even as the final choice has not.

Gunn, according to sources, assembled three actors and three actresses for Superman and Lane, respectively, and on Saturday, the first day of the testing, the actors were seen in predetermined pairs:

- Nicholas Hoult and Rachel Brosnahan
- Tom Brittney and Phoebe Dynevor
- David Corenswet and Emma Mackey

They were given several scenes to film, in which the males were in makeup and wardrobe as Daily Planet reporter Kent while the females were plucky journalist Lane.

Then on Sunday, Hoult, Brittney and Corenswet did another series of screen tests, this time in costume as Superman. Interestingly, only Mackey was brought in that day to portray Lane opposite the actors.

Sources caution that just because Mackey segued into the second day does not mean she is the front-runner for Lane, although it may be hard not to draw that conclusion.

The search for Superman is a complex one. In Gunn’s back-to-basics version, any choice has to be able to play the part of someone who is credibly a farmboy from Kansas, a reporter at a big city media outlet, and the Man of Steel, able to leap tall buildings in a single bound.

The search brings back memories of the testing for the lead in 2011’s infamous Green Lantern, in which actors had to play cocky pilot Hal Jordan and a mask-wearing space cop from the Green Lantern Corps. The casting came down to Ryan Reynolds and Bradley Cooper, but the lynchpin was the mask. Some inside the studio preferred Cooper, but he fared poorly in the superhero costume tests. The same situation is very likely playing out on Legacy.

Gunn had an assembled cut of the screen tests by Wednesday to show to Warners brass. A decision could come this week.

And once the decisions on Kent and Lane are made, Gunn will quickly pull the trigger on the next wave. Sources say there is also a shortlist for villain Lex Luthor (siblings Alexander and Bill Skarsgard have been mentioned as being on it, and it’s not clear whether Hoult, who was initially wanted for the part before deciding to try for Kent/Superman, would put himself in the running again.) There are also other heroes to cast, such as members of a supergroup named the Authority (part of the new storyline is Superman joining a world in which superheroes already exist).

Gunn hopes to have Superman: Legacy before cameras in early 2024, in time for a July 11, 2025, release. The movie will attempt to kickstart a whole new slate based on the DC characters after two attempts in the last dozen years have fizzled due to various factors, box office failure and changes in studio ownership, among them.

Inside the ‘Superman: Legacy’ Screen Tests as Decision 2023 Drags Into Second Week

Bill was pretty Menacing with a cockiness as the Villain in John Wick 4 , Alexander shines more when he plays confident dangerous characters like when he was Erik Northman in Trublood

 

[Dragonlordxxxxx]

Bill was pretty Menacing with a cockiness as the Villain in John Wick 4 , Alexander shines more when he plays confident dangerous characters like when he was Erik Northman in Trublood

Alexander Skarsgard should be Sentry.

 

[heavyarms21]

Alexander Skarsgard should be Sentry.

Bill could be his Void



Ooooohhh

 

[milliniar]

I don't think they should go with a Skarsgard if they do Hoult, but that is based on facial structures.

 

[TKing]

I thought Bill Skarsgard was up for Swamp Thing? He did play the villain role well in John Wick 4. Also spot on mention of Alex for Sentry.