So we here at Screen Rant are pretty good at thinking two steps ahead of the suits in Hollywood. That is to say, we can usually predict their next move before even they know what it is.
Screen Rant writer Jamie Williams has been the all-seeing, all-knowing, Oracle of everything Superman related. For proof of his precognitive prowess, just take a look at his early prediction that Superman Returns star Brandon Routh will most likely re-don the red and blue suit for the next supes film (which is still in the pipeline somewhere).
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When the rumor mill started churning about a scene in the upcoming Green Lantern movie in which mild-mannered reporter Clark Kent pops up for a look at the new superhero on the block, the blogosphere went wild with speculation about which of the current Supermen (Smallville’s Tom Welling or Superman Returns‘ Brandon Routh) would play Kent in the Green Lantern cameo.
Well, MTV recently caught up with Green Lantern co-writer Marc Guggenhiem, who had a little bit of info to offer on just that very subject. Were Screen Rant’s predictions on the money? Or do we need to get a new crystal ball?
According to Guggenhiem:
“There were rumors that Tom Welling would have a cameo in ‘Batman Begins’ as a young Clark Kent, to meet up with a young Bruce Wayne,” Guggenheim noted. “But you have to be careful when you do things like that, because it sounds great in concept, but when you sit down to watch it, it poses the danger of pulling you out of the film.”
(Hmmmm, it’s a good thing they DIDN’T do that. That kind of tongue-and-cheek moment would’ve been TOTALLY out of place in the dark world of Batman Begins.)
When asked specifically about the GL/Supes cameo, Guggenhiem added:
“…Robert Downey, Jr. in ‘The Hulk’ was awesome. I love that stuff in general, and I think the fans would enjoy it. Brandon Routh or even Tom Welling [in 'Green Lantern'] would be awesome. And anything is possible. The beauty part of being the writer, though, is that I don’t actually have to make that judgment call.”
No, no he does not have to make that judgment call. But you know who probably WILL make that judgment call? That’s right, Warner Bros. Studios. So what call should they make? What call will they make?
To bring this all around in a nice tight circle, I’ll once again defer to the wisdom of Screen Rant’s own Jamie Williams who speculated that it will most likely end up being Routh we see in Green Lantern, since DC/Warner is trying to get Superman on deck after GL hits theaters.
Speaking of GL, Guggenheim let it be known that he and fellow co-writers Michael Green and Greg Berlanti (who is also directing the film) are in the middle of their third studio revision, polishing everything to a fine finish so that Green Lantern will be the very best film it possibly can be.
“[The changes are] nothing that’s affecting the storyline, really,” he said. “It’s pretty well set. But sometimes we’ll move a scene to a different location for budget purposes, perhaps in an already established location instead of a new one. It’s a question of, which locations can we live without? It’s a constant process to streamline what you’re going through, even after the film is shot, when you’re cutting things in the edit. That’s what the rewrite process is like, how you sand down the roughness of the a movie to its smoothest.”
Hollywood politics as usual.
No word yet on if Ryan Gosling (who was rumored to be the top candidate to play GL) will in fact don the emerald ring. (Though they might want to get that figured out fairly soon. Green Lantern is still slated for Spring/Summer 2010.)
Do you think the Green Lantern movie is progressing as it should? And do you believe Screen Rant’s assessment that it will likely be Routh who makes the Clark Kent cameo? (Provided the scene makes it into the finished film, of course.) Sound off on it and let us know.
Source: MTV News
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Okay, Let’s see
1. Superman Returns was a sequel to the the Previous Superman Movies. Hence, the word “RETURNS”
2. Why are they doing a reboot? Because the movie FAILED expectations!!
3. What is “reboot”? The process to clear and restart something i.e. cpu.
4. So my question is. How can you reboot a movie with the same actor playing the same lead role? Hmmm
5. Another option is a fresh face playing Supes. Problem with that is that we would have THREE different actors playing Clark Kent/Superman in less than a decade!! That’s just crazy! Do we want to mirror what they did to the Batman Movies of the 90s? I don’t.
6. Tom Welling was only “Clark Kent”. He has not flown, worn the suit or been called “Superman”. So technically he has not portrayed Superman.
So if they’re doing reboot, Tom Welling should be given the role.
Fascinating news, but did anyone else pay any attention to the other news bits on the film? It seems like all the focus is on the cameo news, which isn’t really that big of a cameo, according to the script [SPOILER] all that happens is the ring whizzes by a “glasses wearing reporter at the Daily Planet” in its search for Hal [SPIOLER]. I’m glad that the folks behind this are really putting their hearts into it, and that the script is in its third draft (I have a copy of the first draft, and while it’s overall good, it needs a re-write, specifically the end, I’ll post that spoiler heavy review of mine I keep talking about sometime). I really hope this gets made, I’d be fine with Gosling as Hal, he’s a good actor, and upon reading the script, everytime there’s a Hal Jordan scene, Ryan Gosling immediately pops into my mind, he’d work great for this film version of Hal, even tho I think he’d be a perfect Barry Allen/The Flash. Altho I heard that Gosling had turned down the role, along with Casey Affleck, a few weeks ago but time will tell. And I really hope they make the script longer, because if the minute per page thing is true, then this is gonna be a short movie, the script was a quick read and only 104 pages.
They should at least extend the fight scenes. 
And I agree, Routh should get the cameo. But couldn’t you guys have found a less effeminite picture of Routh? I mean seriously, he looks so….I dunno, un-SuperMAN-ish in that pic.
@ KEL
Yeah, I can think of about a hundred better pics of Brandon than that one. Here’s a good recent one. I think he looks very supermanish in it.
http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/03KHcKH42i5JG/340x.jpg
“The only reason I would be interested in a movie about GL would be an appearance of Superman in it with Brandon Routh playing him; I know noone in this present generation who can convey so easily this feeling of quiet strength combined with such amazing otherwordly (alien!) grace.”
YES, absolutely, Brandon Routh just embodies the character perfectly. He is the only choice here. He IS Superman.
Bring him back!
@Lunar child:
That’s a fantastic picture of Routh there. He is Superman in the flesh! They won’t find anyone better to portray this beloved character than him. It’d be awesome if he does a cameo in GL movie!
i’m a die hard marvel fan , but ive alwase had a little aera for GL.
but i would like tom welling to do the cameo. cuz if they did that and (if possible)merg the TV show that is almost over in to the movie to JUMP start the JLA movie , if they do then they already got Flash & Green arrow but i would assume they would recast but at least it would save sum time.
also id love 2 know who would play senestro ??
assuming he’s the villan.
vic any thoughts ?????
@Lunar child,
Thanks. That’s a MUCH better pic of Routh. I don’t want to see any pictures of guys who would look good in a dress, especially for the part of Superman.
@War Machine
Most fan choices for Sinestro are as follows:
Jason Isaacs (my personal fave)
Timothy Dalton
Christian Slater
Daniel Day Lewis
Hugo Weaving
Sinestro is in the movie but he isn’t a villain, sounds like they’re saving that for the second film, which I’m all for. I think it’s great that they have Sinestro established as the “greatest GL” in the first film, in the script he’s actually so great that he’s “bored” with the power ring, they really convey that Sinestro wants something more powerful, the power of fear, and his control fetish is also explored, but he isn’t unsympathetic at all, and as I said, he’s one of the good guys, just like he was in the comics, and is one of the best written characters in the film, IMO. Sinestro helped train Hal Jordan when he became a GL in the comics, so it makes sense that in the first film, which tells of Hal’s origin, that Sinestro isn’t the film villain. The villains are instead Legion, who is somewhat of a hybrid of the GL villains Parallax and the Manhunters, and Hector Hammond, a powerful telepath who gained his powers from being exposed to a piece of Legion, the alien beast that killed Abin Sur and hunts the Green Lanterns.
Man, I’ve got to post my review of the script sometime!
@ Ash Ali
Totally agree with your comments!!! I’m sick of these Smallville fanboys pushing Welling and their favourite tv show down our throats. This is a BIG SCREEN GL movie, not tv, and Brandon Routh should do the cameo, get it!!!
@Lunar Child
Dude, you can really picture Routh in the suit in that picture, great shot!! I want him in the cameo!
@KEL
I feel the same way. I think that pic of Routh with the eyeliner originated from some trippy fashion magazine. The picture I found just kinda shouts ‘SUPERMAN’ Imo. I hope it’s not too bold of me to ask if it could be used for any further articles dealing with Routh. Or at least for the love of Krypton don’t use that fashion one anymore. lol
@Ralph
I agree. That is definately a Superman look.
@Lunar Child
I second that.
Give an unknown actor the role. =D
Alright guys look: Superman Returns was a good movie at best, but not a great movie like everyone had hoped. Nevertheless, Brandon Routh has the look (face, ht, wt, etc.) to pull off an exciting new “reboot” regardless of a new cast, directors. He’s about the closest thing to Christopher Reeve we can hope to get….let’s see what happens…could be awesome this time around.
Okay, no offense to those of you who liked Superman Returns, but I thought it was an absoulte steming pile of crap. Routh and the actress who played Lois Lane wre too young to be taken seriously as the characters they were portraying. Superman was supposed to have been gone for five years before the movie and there were allusions made to the fact that it picked up the same story as the Christopher Reeves films. So…how in the heck did Superman and Lois get younger? Not a little “Hollywood” younger, either.
The bigger problem is that Routh simply doesn’t convey the “Man of Steel” on camera. I believed him as the mild-mannered Clark Kent, but that’s only half of the role.
My two cents. I’ll shut up now.
Routh IS Superman:
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh147/GLKEL/brandon-routh-fanboys-los-angeles-s.jpg
He looks friggin’ huge in that pic. And he’s a few years older now, I think he’s perfect for the part and should play Superman again.
My gripes about Superman Returns were the story (namely them giving Supes a bastard kid and the lack of action!), I thought Routh was fine with what he had to work with, which wasn’t much. Bosworth needs to put on some damn curves, just my opinion.
…and they should not have tried to connect the movie to the Reeve films and just started fresh, dammit!
I like Routh as Clark/Supes. he is perfect. Strip away all that was lame from SR, and you can have a good movie:
-New actrees to replace Lois Lane
-No son/kid
-no love interest for Lois
-no LUTHOR! (cripes give us some OTHER Supes villian!!!!
-no Kryptonite!
-No Kumar beats up Superman scene! lol
-Better costume for Supes
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