L’essentiel et les points à retenir :
- La décision de remplacer Henry Cavill en tant que Superman a été prise par Warner Bros. après des revers critiques et financiers du personnage.
- Warner Bros. a opté pour un reboot de Superman sous la direction de James Gunn, mettant fin au rôle de Cavill dans le DCEU.
- Le rôle de Superman a été officiellement recasté avec un nouveau film intitulé « Superman: Legacy » en préparation.
- Malgré l’annonce initiale de son retour en tant que Superman, Henry Cavill a finalement été contraint d’admettre qu’il ne reprendrait pas le rôle.
- Le nouveau film Superman sera écrit par James Gunn et mettra en vedette un acteur plus jeune dans le rôle principal.
- La décision de recaster Henry Cavill en tant que Superman a été prise par les nouveaux dirigeants de DC Studios, James Gunn et Peter Safran, pour donner une nouvelle direction au personnage.
Henry Cavill’s recasting as Superman has some fans asking why the former DC actor had to be replaced. The Man of Steel actor’s nearly decade-long tenure working with the super-powered franchise was a tumultuous one. The DCEU’s Clark Kent only ever got one solo film in the on-screen universe. Then, after critical misfires and a troubled financial run, Warner Bros. opted to kibosh any future plans for Cavill’s character and move toward a reboot under the tutelage of The Suicide Squad director James Gunn. As a part of this reboot, Cavill’s role as Superman was officially recast with Superman: Legacy in the works, bringing a wholly new vision for WB’s Boy in Blue.
Nearly two months to the day after Henry Cavill declared on Instagram he was back as Superman — “I wanted to make it official,” he said in the Oct. 24 clip — the actor was forced to acknowledge that no, he will not be back after all. Instead, new DC Studios bosses James Gunn and Peter Safran are charting a new course for the Man of Steel in a movie to be written by Gunn, which will feature a younger actor in the lead role.
Henry Cavill confirmed in an Oct. 24 social media post that he is returning as Superman in a new Warner Bros-DC movie following his cameo at the end of “Black Adam.” The actor wrote to his fans, “I wanted to make it official: I am back as Superman…Thank you for your support and thank you for your patience. I promise it will be rewarded.” Two days later, Cavill spoke publicly for the first time about his Superman return during a live recording of the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast at 92NY in New York City.
Henry Cavill is no longer Superman, and the shocking news reveals a lot about the DCU’s future. Less than two months after announcing his return as Superman, Henry Cavill used his Instagram page to confirm that he will no longer play the Man of Steel. Cavill’s post followed James Gunn’s Twitter announcement regarding Superman’s future on the big screen, with the actor thanking fans and explaining what was behind the decision. Although Henry Cavill exiting the Superman role less than two months after Black Adam’s post-credits scene is surprising, that scenario could never be ruled out considering DC’s newly formed DC Studios and its plans.
At this point, we know little about what exactly Gunn plans to do with Superman: Legacy. He’s claimed that he’s writing a younger character, meaning that the 39-year-old actor wouldn’t fit. That said, Gunn did pair his announcement with an image from All-Star Superman, the beloved 12-issue run from artist Frank Quitely and writer Grant Morrison, one of several of the latter’s works mentioned during Gunn’s briefing to DC fans. That story features a middle-aged Superman embarking on his final adventure, something that would be perfect for a man of Cavill’s age, if not older.
Le temps du deuil
Mais ce sacrifice semble avoir été fait en vain, puisque l’équipe créative en charge de l’univers DC Comics au cinéma a annoncé à Henry Cavill qui ne sera finalement pas Superman dans les prochains films de la saga. « Je sors d’un entretien avec James Gunn et Peter Safran et j’ai une mauvaise nouvelle. Je ne serai pas de retour en tant que Superman finalement. Après avoir été autorisé par le studio à officialiser mon retour en octobre, cette nouvelle n’est pas la plus facile à donner. Mais c’est la vie », écrit Henry Cavill dans une longue note sur Instagram.
“Among those on the slate is Superman. In the initial stages, our story will be focusing on an earlier part of Superman’s life, so the character will not be played by Henry Cavill,” Gunn said. Gunn then started answering questions from fans where he confirmed, among other things, that he’d been writing a Superman film for a while and that this would not be an origin movie.
CNN — It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s Superman… again! Henry Cavill has confirmed what passionate hero-loving moviegoers have been waiting for – the British actor will return to the role of Clark Kent, also known as Superman, in the DC Comics extended cinematic universe. The exciting news comes after Cavill donned the iconic red and blue suit and cape in a mid-credits cameo at the end of “Black Adam,” the new DC superhero film starring Dwayne Johnson that was released last week. (CNN and DC Films are both part of the same parent company, Warner Bros. Discovery.)
The Man of Steel returns!Henry Cavill posted to social media on Monday that he is “back as Superman” following his cameo in the post-credits scene of “Black Adam,” which opened on Friday to $140 million worldwide.“I wanted to wait until the weekend was over before posting this because I wanted to give you all a chance to watch ‘Black Adam,’” Cavill said in a video posted to his Instagram feed. “But now that plenty of you have, I wanted to make it official: I am back as Superman.”
Henry Cavill‘s time as Superman has largely been defined by brooding movies such as “Man of Steel” and “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice,” but it sounds like things will be somewhat different when the actor puts the cape back on. Cavill confirmed in an Oct. 24 social media post that he is returning as Superman in a new Warner Bros.-DC movie, following his cameo at the end of “Black Adam.”