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post #101 of 133
10/12/10 at 9:44pm
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Having just seen THE SOCIAL NETWORK, I'd like to add my support to former almost Batman Armie Hammer for the role.
Me too Think he has the potential to be a very charismatic Superman with the acting chops to pull off the Clark Kent persona as well.
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post #102 of 133
10/12/10 at 10:03pm
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Originally Posted by Sebastian OB View Post
Having just seen THE SOCIAL NETWORK, I'd like to add my support to former almost Batman Armie Hammer for the role.
Look for an AICN interview with him. He was trained to become Batman. Just awesome.
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post #103 of 133
10/13/10 at 12:22am
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Originally Posted by Sebastian OB View Post
Having just seen THE SOCIAL NETWORK, I'd like to add my support to former almost Batman Armie Hammer for the role.
I'm sure he's on the list under consideration. He may likely get the part, and he fits the bill: buzz about his performance in a recent hit movie, physically right for it, and age-wise young enough in his late twenties to do at least three more sequels.

That is, unless a known star, like Dicaprio, wants to do it. He'd be an unconventional Clark, but I don't doubt that he'd shine in the role.
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post #104 of 133
10/13/10 at 12:27am
I'm still keen as hell on Zachary Levi for big blue personally.
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post #105 of 133
10/13/10 at 12:28am
A marquee name as Superman is pretty much a recipe for disaster.

Related: Is Warners still talking about casting an actor for Clark but rendering Superman in CG?
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post #106 of 133
10/13/10 at 12:30am
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Originally Posted by Hammerhead View Post
Related: Is Warners still talking about casting an actor for Clark but rendering Superman in CG?
Christ I hope not - he's not frikkin Shazam.
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post #107 of 133
10/13/10 at 2:21pm
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Originally Posted by Hammerhead View Post
A marquee name as Superman is pretty much a recipe for disaster.

Related: Is Warners still talking about casting an actor for Clark but rendering Superman in CG?
Well Snyder is directing it now, so I'm sure it's a possibility. It's not off the table. I mean, he basically already broke that ground with Dr. Manhattan.
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post #108 of 133
10/13/10 at 6:29pm
Ms Rappe,

No worries about the lack of content in the previous article, I think you're correct that it was the kind of announcement people would have rather jumped into discussion on before they read an op ed on the matter

With that said, there are some interesting developments in this newest SM article which I've only just now gotten around to reading. I can't say it makes me any more confident about Snyder's involvement (he was hired because his schedule is clear??), but the nuggets of story mentioned sounds intriguing and your latest article did a great deal to illuminate some of the behind the scenes comings and goings on the project

As for Zod, I've only seen SM2 once, and don't really know or care much about the character. That's not to say I don't like him, quite the opposite: I think it's an interesting basic concept and a villain that a talented film maker and good writer could perhaps use to good effect
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post #109 of 133
10/14/10 at 2:31am
BTW, I was watching MAD MEN yesterday when suddenly an image jumped out at me and there was a fleeting moment where I could see Jon HAMM as Clark Kent with crystal clarity. I've been a frequent critic of that fan casting notion, because I've stated that

1) He is too old

2) He is too old by a studio's standards when they're casting for a franchise with planned sequels


All the same, I look at this and can't help but feel he was born for the role:

*

Something about his height and the way his carries himself tells me that Hamm is pitch perfect typcating for Mr Kent the way Keanu was right for Thomas Anderson. I've officially sort of changed my mind on that particular bit of SM debate, and since other people clearly had this epiphany long before I did I just wanted to give them credit

*BTW that is the actual image from last weeks MM that I was talking about, I did a screen capture
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post #110 of 133
10/14/10 at 6:00am
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Originally Posted by Princess Kate View Post
BTW, I was watching MAD MEN yesterday when suddenly an image jumped out at me and there was a fleeting moment where I could see Jon HAMM as Clark Kent with crystal clarity. I've been a frequent critic of that fan casting notion, because I've stated that
Funnily I was watching the same episode last night. The thing that really sold me on Hamm as Kent were the flashback scenes with Don first meeting Stirling.
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post #111 of 133
10/14/10 at 12:33pm
Although Hamm isn't 'old' in the conventional, every day sense---he's a young looking mid forties guy---he's too old when considering that Warners wants somebody they can use for 3-4 movies, that likely won't shoot back to back.

So his age disqualifies him, I'm afraid. By a fourth film, Hamm would be in his Fifties.
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post #112 of 133
10/14/10 at 1:29pm
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Originally Posted by Mattioli View Post
but Watchmen's use of "The Times They Are A-Changin'" painfully obvious.
Everyone's turned on this but me? Hm. I remember lots of praise when the title sequence was leaked on the web. Ah the fickle internet. His choices might be more on the nose than not, but he's not shoehorning product placement in there. It's no "Macy Grey Spider-Man" situation. I'm not claiming the guy's Tarantino or Scorsese here.
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Christ I hope not - he's not frikkin Shazam.
Seriously. No... just no.
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post #113 of 133
10/14/10 at 1:34pm
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Originally Posted by DARKMITE8 View Post
Everyone's turned on this but me? Hm. I remember lots of praise when the title sequence was leaked on the web.
I still think the visuals are amazing, but the song's too much.
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post #114 of 133
10/14/10 at 1:37pm
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Originally Posted by DARKMITE8 View Post
Everyone's turned on this but me?
I still love it. Eff the haters.
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post #115 of 133
10/14/10 at 5:09pm
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Originally Posted by Johnny Tremaine View Post
Although Hamm isn't 'old' in the conventional, every day sense---he's a young looking mid forties guy---he's too old when considering that Warners wants somebody they can use for 3-4 movies, that likely won't shoot back to back.

So his age disqualifies him, I'm afraid. By a fourth film, Hamm would be in his Fifties.
I know you're basically right, but in fairness... Pierce Brosnan shot four Bond films, and was 52 or 53 (if memory serves me) when he shot the last one (Given the fact that film is DAD, it's not the best example, I know... but still, DAD was the highest grossing Bond film to date. Perhaps if you win over the audience when you're younger, you can still be a BO draw as you age into a role?)
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post #116 of 133
10/14/10 at 5:22pm
Armie Hammer was born to play a super hero...Superman or Batman, doesn't matter

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post #117 of 133
10/14/10 at 5:37pm
In the "Hamm is/is not too old for a franchise" debate,

Do you think everyone that doesn't mind seeing a 50 year old Superman is 35 or older?
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post #118 of 133
10/14/10 at 5:42pm
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Originally Posted by kurtmandersen View Post
In the "Hamm is/is not too old for a franchise" debate,

Do you think everyone that doesn't mind seeing a 50 year old Superman is 35 or older?
Some people can be very fit past 50. Plus, I've long been a vocal supporter of digital de-aging

Oh well, I just jumped on the Hamm bandwagon a little late I guess and am trying to think of ways to make it work
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post #119 of 133
10/14/10 at 7:13pm
I think if Hamm (if he were cast) knocks it out of the park and the public responds, they won't care he's in his 50s in a decade. Iwanted to be Indy in the 80s. Harrison was 47 during LAST CRUSADE. So?
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post #120 of 133
10/14/10 at 7:23pm
Superman ages slower than humans do, if they keep with that, so it really comes down to the story they want to tell. Is it a more father figure type of Superman, or is he a younger guy.

If they want to keep the same actor if they do a Justice League movie, is Superman more of a peer to the other heroes, or is he more of the role model authority figure?
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post #121 of 133
10/14/10 at 7:24pm
Hamm is the right guy for this role. Downey is in his mid 40's and his Iron Man is perfect. I really hope the powers in control don't shoot themselves in the foot because he might be too old for a third sequel that may not even happen. Do what's right for the present film.
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post #122 of 133
10/14/10 at 7:26pm
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Originally Posted by levrock View Post
Do what's right for the present film.
Word.
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post #123 of 133
10/14/10 at 7:31pm
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Originally Posted by Biggs View Post
...I agree. AND I'll fight you for the 'biggest John Williams fanboy out there' title. You're absolutely correct, what Superman needs is FRESH ears, eyes, and music is key. I'm not saying go the Zimmer route (ala the Batman Franchise) but find a new ear, Giacchino is Williams-lite but he may do a nice take. What I don't want is another John Ottman 'homage' score like last time. Line in the sand time, from the ground up this needs to be a 'new' Superman to get me onboard.

One of the greatest untapped composers lately is a guy by the name of Jesper Kyd who has written music for videogames - but his best work has been the Assassins Creed series. I'd love to hear his take on Superman.
I'll give you one Jesper Kyd (love his Freedom Fighters score) and raise you one Ilan Ishkeri (circa Stardust).
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post #124 of 133
10/14/10 at 7:47pm
How about Zackary Levi? I'm sure he can pull off the Clark Kent part with aplomb.
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post #125 of 133
10/14/10 at 8:30pm
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How about Zackary Levi? I'm sure he can pull off the Clark Kent part with aplomb.
Thats what I've been saying! Clarks almost harder to pull off in a lotta ways than Superman and we know Levi could do it perfectly - and he's wholesome and forthright enough to be a classic Supes!

Guys a perfect fit.

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post #126 of 133
10/14/10 at 8:35pm
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Originally Posted by The Rain Dog View Post
Thats what I've been saying! Clarks almost harder to pull off in a lotta ways than Superman and we know Levi could do it perfectly - and he's wholesome and forthright enough to be a classic Supes!

Guys a perfect fit.
Wholesome? He's apparently a Tea Bagger who stooped to participating in AMERICAN CAROL. Devin, before he left, stated that Levi's participation in that abomination was the reason he'd never see CHUCK
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post #127 of 133
10/14/10 at 8:39pm
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Originally Posted by Princess Kate View Post
Wholesome? He's apparently a Tea Bagger who stooped to participating in AMERICAN CAROL. Devin, before he left, stated that Levi's participation in that abomination was the reason he'd never see CHUCK
Separation of art from artist yadda yadda
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post #128 of 133
10/14/10 at 8:58pm
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Originally Posted by AdrianDyka View Post
Separation of art from artist yadda yadda
Yeah, seriously - we're going with this now?

Does this mean I'm not allowed to watch Midnight Cowboy or Frasier anymore either?
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post #129 of 133
10/14/10 at 9:02pm
I'm not saying anyone else has to feel any way at all about Levi, just stating my feelings on the matter. Devin was a big voice on CHUD before he left, and so I think his position is probably shared by many people.

I don't want a 'wholesome' Kent who thinks global warming is a scam

Just my take, no one has to agree, and I'm moving on now.
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post #130 of 133
10/15/10 at 7:36am
I think "For the Man Who Has Everything" would be a great story to adapt. Him sacrificing a perfect world with the family he never knew because people were in trouble, the way it shows just how powerful he can be as well as how in control of it he is, it hits a whole bunch of the beats that make Superman what he is for me. And the last hour so could have some great fight scenes.

And Princess Kate is a moron.
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post #131 of 133
10/15/10 at 7:46am
After my glib suggestion in the BATMAN thread I now want Tom Hardy in the role.
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post #132 of 133
10/16/10 at 3:28pm
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Originally Posted by The Rain Dog View Post
Thats what I've been saying! Clarks almost harder to pull off in a lotta ways than Superman and we know Levi could do it perfectly - and he's wholesome and forthright enough to be a classic Supes!

Guys a perfect fit.
He'd be interesting, though unconventional. I wouldn't be against seeing him in the part. He'd have to ingest insane amounts of protein shakes and do some power lifting because he's a bit on the slim side, no?

Reminds of the other interesting rumor, that I'm sure was under consideration a few years back: Jude Law as Clark/Superman. It was around the time of that J.J. Abrams script which was floating around before Singer did Returns.

I'm sure a producer or potential director (wasn't Wolfgang Peterson being wooed for that script?) ran it up the flagpole, but was scotched when the script raised howls of protest from all the fan-sites, suit-in-a-can, Luthor as a secret Kryptonian, and all that.
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post #133 of 133
10/16/10 at 3:32pm
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Originally Posted by Ambler View Post
Armie Hammer was born to play a super hero...Superman or Batman, doesn't matter
Plus there's two of him.

(sorry)
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