Superman Returns The Bryan Singer Cut I for one would love to see this. All those deleted scenes extra's on the DVD release was only some of the footage. Since Warner Bros have no plans currently for another movie I suspect those scenes will not be seen in any potential sequel either - so why not release the full cut - assuming Singer is happy to:

Man if only these two could've worked together (in anything frankly). Ok so there are better "vs" fan vids out there but the actor crush appeal on this for me is high ;)



And if you haven't seen it yet, here's a great Brandon Routh vs Christopher Reeve or Superman/Superman Returns fan vid:

So, as usual Comic Con brings some exciting tidbits of info.

I cannot wait for Star Trek XI DVD. That preview got me way too excited. :D

Like the teaser poster but really want to see a trailer for Dead of Night (based on Dylan Dog comics).

Paul Gross has been at Comic Con for The Witches of Eastwick TV series (which I would love to say excites me, but I'm not sold at the moment). Gross fans - is his shirt really that bad?! I don't think it is (maybe I should be worried about my own fashion sense ;)

Also, General? Would you care to step outside? These Mattel figures of Superman and General Zod - I WANT THEM.

ETA: You've probably seen this by now but fangirls will be happy with Tennant/Barrowman especially:



Am more interested in what this 'special announcement at another panel.... *is curious*

I have a stupid grin on my face for watching the latest Scott Pilgrim video blog. Edgar Wright and Brandon Routh exchange a punch or two, kind of.



thanks to brdwaybebe for alerting me.

...been a bit crap on the old f-list the last few days. Hope all is well.

Many things to share - Take That concert was superb and missy_manic, Rach and Lorraine got some great photos and videos which I shall bore people with another time. Well worth waiting hours to get a good spot in the stadium. (redderz - support act was Gary Go and The Script).

Went to cinema - saw Public Enemies - good movie.

Also, Torchwood - enjoying it so far, loving the epic-ness of the story and the comedy moments :)

The news about Brandon Routh's contract to Superman expiring makes me sad but glad he said he'd return if asked (if nothing is announced at comic con this month I cannot see a new movie happening anytime soon with or without him), and the Microsoft commercial with Dean Cain - just makes me cringe. :-/

June 30th, 2009 : Edgar Wright Here




^ Edgar Wright directing Superman = major win. *excited* I cannot wait to see (a) the film and (b) Brandon in a a comedy film directed by Wright :D

Look! Superman gets a date with James T. Kirk's mother!



;) This looks like a great role for Routh actually, hope we get it on DVD in the UK also. Table for Three.

I honestly don't know what to make of this. Bollywood is not a genre I'm familiar with. There is a blink and you'll miss appearance from Brandon Routh in this rather long trailer about half way through if your curious:

( March 31st 2009 )

^ Brandon Routh's Superman makes my desk @ work that little bit more super :)

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Look at this photo from Edgar Wright's blog. I've a feeling that is Superman behind the face up front - Brandon Routh :D Am I right Superman fans on my f-list?

*fandom cross-over squee*

Cute bit of casting news, Sam 'Jimmy Olsen' Huntington is joining Brandon 'Superman' Routh as his team mate in the movie Dead of Night based on Italian comics Dylan Dog.

*grins* Should be interesting.

Interview here.

*giggles* Brandon - that's a blank air headed stare alright!, Made me laugh:




I *love* law! LOL!

Reminds me a little bit of Peter Serafinowicz's informercial pi** take - Butterfield Direct:

Exclusive Video Interview: Brandon Routh talks SCOTT PLIGRIM and DYLAN DOG

^ *thank you* Frosty @ Collider. You've asked the exact kind of questions I'd be curious to know the answer to and now I know that Brandon 'Superman' Routh:

- prefers Shaun of the Dead to Hot Fuzz.
- is a Spaced junkie.

I am so excited that he's gonna be working with Edgar Wright :D :D :D

Also glad that finally the Dylan Dog project is moving forward - I bought the Italian comic when I was in Rome, can't understand it all though! Does anyone know if there are English translation publications out? Haven't found any on a search. I bet there will be when the movie is released.

thanks to saturn_a_gogo for bringing this to my attention. major fandom cross-over *squee* - Superman actor Brandon Routh has been cast in Edgar Wright's Scott Pilgrim movie.

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Chris Evans, Brandon Routh and Brie Larson have joined the cast of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Edgar Wright's adaptation of the cult-favorite Oni Press graphic novels for Universal, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

Pilgrim centers on young slacker Scott Pilgrim (Michael Cera), who meets the woman of his dreams (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) but finds he can win her heart only by battling and defeating her seven evil ex-boyfriends, the trade paper reported.
The books, by Bryan Lee O'Malley, feature romance, teen angst and plenty of fantastical action involving a large supporting cast. The fifth installment in the book series will be published in February.

Evans (Push) plays evil boyfriend number two, Lucas Lee, a pro-skateboarder-turned-movie star, while Routh (Superman Returns) plays the third evil boyfriend, Todd Ingram, a rocker with vegan psychic powers.

SOURCE: Sci-Fi Wire

Brandon doing more comedy excites me muchly, the fact that its in a comedy being directed by Edgar Wright - the man is good hands. Yay for Brandon, yay for Edgar and co. for casting him. Brandon's Clark Kent had some wonderful comedy, want more? Here's a clip playing it straight on Midnight TV:



*excited*

SOURCE:

Why The World Needs Brandon Routh To Be Superman


Nice piece of writing in support of Brandon Routh:

Routh has what I call “the eye”, which is a characteristic in which a person has a certain thing about them that makes you trust them. Both Reeve and Routh had this sort of air to them. When Routh says “it’s ok I got you,” you believe him. One of the strongest moments in Superman Returns is when he takes Lois up for a flight and tells her, “You wrote, `the world doesn’t need a savior’ but every day I hear people crying for one”. Also Reeve was a great Superman for the 70’s and 80’s and is still inspirational today but the twenty first century is a different era so we need a new Superman for this era and Routh could be that person.

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Valkyrie Premiere: Cruise, Singer, Superman - Thompson On Hollywood on Variety.com

he [Singer] won't even start to think about Superman again until after he takes a holiday vacation. He has absolutely no commitment to any project, including Superman, Singer said. Everywhere he goes to talk about Valkyrie, everyone asks him about Superman. ]He hasn't considered any writers' pitches. No Warners meeting on the film is planned at this time. Solving the next one is all about the villains, the trio agreed.

Well I don't think we'll see another movie for some time yet. Who knows if Mark Millar got his reboot movie pitch through to the WB bosses or not that he was talking about several months ago. I can wait - thankfully youth is on Routh's side to return to the role which I hope he does. And Singer. Thoughts anyone?

Latest blu-ray purchases:

Enchanted
Superman Returns
Superman: The Movie

I watched Superman Returns for the first time on blu-ray today and OMG the details on the Superman costume are sooo much crisper. It looks great :D Especially the cape - much improved. And for those of you supporting the 'Bring Routh Back' campaign - buying Superman Returns on blu-ray if you haven't already is a sure way to get Warner Bros noticing - ultimately if you spend money on it, they'll pay attention. Movie making is a business after all.

First, I never sure how effective these campaigns can be when a studio has presumably already made the decision but for the sake that I would be sad to see Brandon Routh booted, and for the fact that it hasn't officially been announced that he's been dropped, I am pimping this fan campaign.

BRB - Bring Routh Back

And onto another article:

Ready for a darker, more tormented Superman?
Aug 25, 2008, 02:04 PM | by Gary Susman

Poor Superman. His last movie was a disappointment, and now his DC Comics stablemate Batman is getting all the box office glory. But Warner Bros. has a plan, according to the Wall Street Journal, to reboot the Superman franchise, and its DC superhero properties in general. That plan, in a nutshell: Do what Marvel does. (After all, Marvel didn't wait around too long to go back to the drawing board with a Hulk reboot.) The two prongs of the plan: First, make a bunch of related movies about individual DC heroes (including Green Arrow, Green Lantern, the Flash, and Wonder Woman), then tie them together with a group tale (the sidelined Justice League of America movie), à la Marvel's Iron Man, Thor, Captain America, and the Avengers. Second, make the characters all psychologically darker (like Iron Man, the Hulk, the X-Men, Spider-Man, etc., but more importantly, like Warners' own Batman, as Christian Bale has portrayed him, to great box office success).

Derivative as it is, this is not a bad plan, but can it work for Superman? The Man of Steel is not usually thought of as a brooding, tormented character, but there's certainly room in his mythology for him to be portrayed that way. David Mamet wrote an essay about 20 years ago emphasizing Superman's history of psychological damage. He's an orphan who never knew his real parents or even his birthplace; he loves a woman he can't really have, everyone he's close to is consequently a target for his enemies; he's an immigrant who remains a freak who'll never be able to fully assimilate (and who finds refuge in the remotest place on Earth); and the only thing that can kill him is literal fragments of his past. Plus, his human disguise -- as weak, awkward, clumsy, ineffectual professional bystander Clark Kent -- suggests he doesn't hold humanity in high regard.

Still, do moviegoers even want a dark Superman? We do like our superheroes bleak these days -- not just Dark Knight and the Marvel characters, but also Hancock and the forthcoming Watchmen. And we've certainly seen Clark himself display plenty of teen angst on Smallville. But moviegoers have almost always gotten a Superman who's a big blue Boy Scout. There's certain to be outrage from some quarters if Superman is portrayed as something other than the untroubled, apple-pie defender of Truth, Justice, and the American Way. But I wouldn't worry; he's a pretty strong guy. If he bounced back from Superman IV and Superman Returns, he'll survive this, too.

SOURCE: EW.com.

I never knew Mamet had written such an essay. Is it available to read anywhere online? *is curious* The summary doesn't reveal anything I haven't read already about aspects of Superman's mythology. If a new reboot wants to highlight the origins in that way then there's room to argue that it's still true to the source material - just a different intepretation. BUT and its a big BUT this still does not change the idea of what Superman REPRESENTS. He does NOT become a symbol of any of those 'pyschological/troubled/dark flaws'. He still remains an ideal - someone to look up to, to strive to be. Am I making sense? Writer/director needs to understand this no?

And just to end on an irrational response to the last sentence/fangirl rant - frankly that's insulting to see Superman IV and Superman Returns referred to in the same sentence. I'm a massive Reeve fan but I can't stick up for IV when comparing it to SR!