5 Feb 2011

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ifyoureachfortheheavens:

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jetgirl78:

With Henry Cavill set as the Man of Steel, Warner Bros. now moves on to its female lead, and a short list of contenders is coming together.

Alice Eve, Diane Kruger and Rosamund Pike have emerged as the three thesps being considered for the character, whose identity hasn’t been disclosed — but it’s not Lois Lane.


Variety, a legit Hollywood news trade paper which I take more seriously for this kind of gossip than, say, a guy on Twitter, is reporting that Lois Lane might not be the lead in the newest Superman movie. A Superman movie without Lois Lane … how exactly would that work? Well, according to other reports, this Superman reboot is set before Clark/Superman starts to work at the Daily Planet. Hence, no Lois. I kind of suspected the film might take this route when I heard Christopher Nolan was producing. You know, the dude who gave us a Batman reboot where Bruce Wayne wanders Asia learning to be bad ass. I suspect this may be the way the Superman reboot will happen … Clark Kent wanders the Earth performing “miracle” saves like a kind of Jesus. He is totally going to wander the desert, isn’t he?

While this take on Superman hasn’t been done on the big screen before, which may be a “genius” move on their parts because nerds like me will have nothing to properly compare it it, it does eliminate the heart and soul of the story - and yes, that would be Lois Lane. If Nolan and company stay true to the Batman Begins path, it wouldn’t surprise me if they create a brand new love interest, ala Rachel Dawes. Yeah, because, we cared SO much about the Rachel/Bruce relationship. For me, The Dark Knight would have been a perfect film if I cared, even remotely, that Rachel died. But I didn’t because Rachel was poorly developed, underwritten and played as a “damsel in distress” type who you forgot about the moment she left the screen. Y’all know that the Joker/Batman relationship was more nuanced and developed. So, I guess Superman will be all action sequences and a love interest I don’t care about because that’s what Superman is really about! Urgh!

This movie keeps sounding worse and worse.

Why are they doing this to me?

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