What Warner’s Revamped Superman Could Learn From The Past
With the news that Warner Bros. Discovery is looking to potentially restructure and refresh the DCEU, and add a Kevin Fiege-esque figurehead for the move, the future of many of the studio's existing properties are under scrutiny. What will be rebooted, what will be recast, and what has the potential to be shelved?
The highest on the list of speculative projects that fans and executives alike are interested in is the return of Superman to the DCEU. New Warner CEO David Zaslav himself has even said that he believes the character of Superman has been underutilized in their cinematic efforts. With that being said, what could a new take on Superman learn from the previous installments in the studio's catalog?
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The last time audiences saw Superman on the big screen it was during Zack Snyder's Justice League, cameos played by stand-ins in Shazam! and Peacemaker notwithstanding, and there hasn't been a solo Superman film sinceMan of Steel in 2013. Looking at the Man of Steel's presence on screen over the last decade, even the last 20 years, it isn't hard to see why a possible overhaul is on the table.
Superman Returns from 2006 is an example of all the main elements of a Superman story coming together only to equal less than the sum of its parts. When the project was announced, there was intense hype for the return of Clark Kent and his crime-fighting alter-ego to the big and the casting of Brandon Routh in the titular role only intensified that. As a visual representation of Superman, Routh was perfect, looking eerily like a young Christopher Reeves. The rest of the cast was also promising, featuring Kate Bosworth, Frank Langella, Sam Huntington, and
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