Another terrible actor to join the cast? How about Kevin Costner!

What role will he nab? I could only see him potentially looking like sort of a wannabe Johnathon Kent from Smallville. I can't see him in any other role other then the role of Pa Kent.

He isn't my first choice, and not the best choice but this movie is already starting off very badly with the news that the script sucks, and with the import Henry Cavill landing the role.

With Costner now of Waterworld fame this movie can officially be called! Snyderman: Shrimp of Steel!

Hollywood actor Kevin Costner is reportedly set for a role in the new Superman movie.
Deadline claims the actor is in the running for a role in the new rebooted movie, which is being directed by Zack Snyder for Warner Bros and Legendary Pictures.

The film will see British actor Henry Cavill in the lead role but it is not yet known what part Costner will be taking on.

It is set for release in December 2012 and it is being produced by Chris Nolan, Charles Roven, Emma Thomas and Deborah Snyder with the screenplay being written by David S. Goyer.

Could the walls be coming down around Snyderman? Warner Bros. Offers 300 Sequel to Guy Ritchie!

It has been reported recently that the WB's heads aren't too thrilled with the test screenings of Zack Snyders latest cgi eye candy full bore fest. Anyway here is the exact article.

If you’re like most of Vulture readers, you don’t need us to tell you that Xerxes the Great was the fourth Zoroastrian king of the Achamenid Empire. Du-uh. But what you do need your Vulture editors to tell you is that Warner Bros. has offered Xerxes — the sequel to Zach Snyder’s epic 300 — to none other than Sherlock Holmes director Guy Ritchie.

Like 300 before it, Xerxes is based on one of Frank Miller’s graphic novels and had been developed by Snyder, who'd planned to direct his own script. So what gives?

One theory is that Warner Bros. needs Snyder to bear down on Superman stat: Insiders say the closely-guarded script for Superman suffers from major third-act problems, and the studio faces a ticking clock on that franchise, legally speaking; if a Superman film isn’t in production by 2013, Warner Bros. loses the rights to the entire Superman franchise and would have to re-license it from its original creators — the estates of Detective Comics writers Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster — at great if not prohibitive expense.

But there’s another theory: At a recent Warner Bros.—conducted audience research screening of Snyder’s Sucker Punch, the film tested poorly. Says one insider familiar with it, “It was bad; like, really bad. They’re [Warners brass] really not happy with it over there.”

That, plus with Snyder’s last two films (Watchmen and Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole) having under-performed, some insiders posit that offering Ritchie Xerxes means that Warner’s ardor for all things Snyder may be cooling just a bit.

Regardless, we’re pleased that Xerxes (a.k.a. King Ahasuerus) is heating up — and just in time for Purim! We have only one question: Cherry or apricot hamantashen, Guy?

Could the walls be coming down around him?  Could the curse be striking again? Personally I have nothing against Snyder other then he's wrong for this movie, and his movies have never exactly made me a fan of his so I would actually like for the WB to stop this movie from getting made, and get back to the drawing board, and think hard about what they are doing with Superman.

This movie is a major epic fail waiting to happen... I don't doubt Sucker Punch sucked, and if that movie tanks then I do hope the WB calls off this movie, and get someone else in there who would hire the right actors, and get a good script going.

Cavill working out to get into "Superman shape" with help from friends.

Snyders Superman first publicity photo hit's the internet!

That's right guys here it is! Feast your eyes at Cavillman...

Lindsay Lohan Up for Superman Role?

Oh mother of god if things we not bad already it seems that the nightmare could only get worse! Now rumor has it that Lindsay Lohan is up for a role in the new Snyderman movie! Could it be Lana Lang? She's a natural red head, and Lana was a red head in the comics.

It would seem that either the WB or Zack Snyder is on some sort of medication stolen from the scarecrow because if this rumor turns out to be true they would have officially started off WORSE then Bryan Singer did with his casting of Brandon Routh, and Kate Bothworth who both we're terrible for the roles also.

But if things we not already looking bad here I  guess it can always get worse right? Because TMZ is the main outlet reporting that Lindsay Lohan's representatives "have had multiple conversations" with Warner Bros. about starring in Zack Snyder's new Superman movie.

The site says that "Lindsay is up for a role in the flick -- and while it isn't Lois Lane, we hear it would be a 'major character.'" The actress is supposed to meet with the Superman team soon.

While this is just a rumor for now, it was recently announced that Henry Cavill will play Clark Kent/Superman in the Christopher Nolan-produced film, opening in theaters in December of 2012.

Cross your fingers, and pray that they put a stop to this movie at the WB, and this movie never happens!!! Write them, email them! CALL THEM!!!! Have your say, and save our Superman!

WATCH: ‘The Colbert Report’ Takes on the British Superman

Stephen Colbert, that staunch defender of all things American, took on this week's news of a British Superman (Henry Cavill) in the "Tip of the Hat, Wag of the Finger" segment on last night's (February 2) Colbert Report.
"A British Superman? It's bad enough that James Bond is British!" Mr. Colbert railed.
He added: "His name's Superman, not Smashing Gent! His spaceship crashed in Smallville, Kansas, not Uppington-upon-Tweed, Weechestershire..."


Funny stuff...watch below:

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Why America is outsourcing its superheroes: 7 theories

Superman is the latest caped character to be outsourced — to British actor Henry Cavill. Why aren't U.S. stars playing American icons?

This week's news that British actor Henry Cavill would play the title role in Zack Snyder's Superman: Man of Steel is part of a larger trend. From Canadian Ryan Reynolds (the Green Lantern) to Welshman Christian Bale (Batman), from Brit Andrew Garfield (as Spider-Man) to Australian Hugh Jackman (Wolverine), it seems that only foreign actors are being cast as American superheroes. The phenomenon has incensed some, including a commentator at fanboy site Ain't It Cool News who writes of Cavill's selection, "This casting is fundamentally anti-American. It's disgusting casting... I will never ever see a movie with a Brit as Superman."

What's behind Hollywood's controversial superhero outsourcing? Seven theories:

1. American actors aren't manly enough
Most American leading men in their 20s and 30s are "very boy-like," says John Papsidera, the casting director on The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises, as quoted in New York. Too many of them, he says, are more in the tradition of a Dustin Hoffman than a Steve McQueen. "Take Jesse Eisenberg: I put him in Zombieland, but he's not going to play Superman... [and] Inception was the first time Leo [DiCaprio] seemed to have fully grown into a man."

2. Or they're too closely associated with other roles
Many of America's young men are already well known for their parts on popular television series, and the studios don't want to impose the "baggage of another role" on a highly valuable superhero brand, says Louise Ward, an agent at United Talent who represents Channing Tatum, as quoted in New York. "Kids are not so easily fooled anymore. They'll say, 'Oh, it's that guy from 'Gossip Girl!'' or 'It's the girl from 'The O.C.!''"

3. As a whole, the American male has been feminized
It's not just that America's actors aren't macho, it's that the country's larger culture has softened its men, agent Louise Ward goes on to say. "There's been a certain feminization of the American male... there are a lot of 'mama's boys.' Kids are raised like veal. We're afraid to let them play soccer. That kind of nurturing softens what we're used to seeing on the screen. American men aren't men on the screen." By contract, she says, men raised in Australia or the United Kingdom, are "still raised as men," giving them an "easy masculinity" that plays well on screen.

4. And the manliest guys are steered away from acting
Even if an American boy displays a talent for acting, "he's steered towards athletics in high school," says an anonymous agent, as quoted in New York. "Kids who want to do theater, or study acting, well, they're immediately labeled 'wimps' or worse, 'fags.'"

5. Foreigners are just more talented
"I hate to say it: They’re better actors," says an anonymous talent agent, who had a client in the running for the Superman role, as quoted in The Hollywood Reporter. This is part of a bigger phenomenon, says Borys Kit in The Hollywood Reporter. A "similar invasion" is occuring in television, with foreign leading men in key roles across all genres, from the medical drama "Off the Map" to zombie comic book adaptation "The Walking Dead."

6. But the cross-cultural casting works both ways
While it's "weird" that all these foreigners are being cast as American super-heroes, "pop-cultural cross-pollination has a long, long legacy," says Scott Thill in Wired. Robert Downey Jr. is shooting his second movie in the role of the vaunted British detective Sherlock Holmes, and Shakespeare has been performed in different languages and styles for centuries.

7. And it all could just be a coincidence
It's possible that given "today's access to a larger pool... this is all nothing more than a coincidence," says Robert Falconer at CinemaSpy. "And at the end of the day, the performance is really the only thing that matters."

Why Aren't Americans Cast As Superheroes Anymore? Not Manly Enough

This was reported on another website, and this is what they think of us I guess over seas... I think they removed the post from the original link but the link is on the bottom of the page.

The ugly truth is that American leading men just aren't terribly manly anymore, says John Papsidera, the casting director on both The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises.

"You look at the list of American leading men, and in their twenties and thirties, they're very boylike," he says, adding, "Take Jesse Eisenberg: I put him in Zombieland, but he's not going to play Superman. He's much closer to what Dustin Hoffman turned into than John Wayne or Steve McQueen. It's hard to find movie stars that live up to the needs of the story. Leo [DiCaprio] is growing into it, but for a long time, he seemed young and boylike. Inception was the first time Leo seemed to have fully grown into a man. You need to find guys who carry that heroic-ness with them."

Of course, Papsidera acknowledges are other reasons for the decline of the American-as-superhero: Cable TV networks have defined themselves by high-quality series like Mad Men and True Blood that have taken many potential American leading men off the spandex-suit market, including actors like Joe Manganiello and Matthew Bomer, who were mentioned for Superman but already had series commitments. And having spent billions to acquire the rights to all these comic-book superheroes, Hollywood's studios are eschewing many of those American leading men precisely because they're too closely associated with those highly recognized American television roles.

As Louise Ward, an agent at United Talent who represents young leading men like Channing Tatum explains, "The studios are highly invested in these superheroes as brands. As such, they don't usually want [an actor with] the baggage of another role, and they often can't have an affiliation with another role." Papsidera echoes this: "Kids are not so easily fooled anymore. They'll say, 'Oh, it's that guy from Gossip Girl!' or 'It's the girl from The O.C.!'" But he thinks there's a larger problem at work here.

"I believe there's been a certain feminization of the American male," he says. "As a result, there are a lot of 'mama's boys.' Kids are raised like veal. We're afraid to let them play soccer. That kind of nurturing softens what we're used to seeing on the screen. American men aren't men on the screen."

Papsidera says he's had to turn to Canada, Australia, and the U.K. to fill our growing superhero testosterone gap.

"There, they're still raised as men. Heath [Ledger] was a man's man. Guys like Henry Cavill, there's an easy masculinity to them. But because of how predominant the sixties and the women's movement were here, guys in America talk about their 'feelings' far more than guys from New Zealand and Australia or Ireland."

One leading talent agent agrees that American leading men are increasingly less than hypermasculine, but thinks that Papsidera may have it backwards: It's not that American men aren't allowed to act manly; it's that manly American men aren't allowed to act.

"By the time a kid reaches 12 or 13 in America, if he's displayed any talent for them, he's steered towards athletics in high school," offers the agent. "Kids who want to do theater, or study acting, well, they're immediately labeled 'wimps' or worse, 'fags.' Whereas, in the U.K., that's absolutely not the case: It's not considered weird to act and play soccer over there, or to sing and play rugby. And so by the time some of the more better-looking, rugged American guys who've been, say, modeling decide maybe they're interested in acting, it's too late: The U.K. guys have had so much more and so much better training, it's not even a fair fight. Our guys don't stand a chance."

Another top casting agent who works in the comic-book genre adds that there's a third problem, and it's the reason that actors like Ryan Gosling unilaterally turn down superhero roles: "The big name guys aren't interested, because many of them think comic books are soap operas for boys. And since the ascendancy of reality TV, a lot of the younger American actors don't feel they need to be in [acting] class as much — Stella Adler, or 'method' or whatever training or skill you'd normally want to focus on — and if you're young and particularly good-looking, you might not even have had to. But in the superhero world, people need to believe things that are far-fetched. There has to be some sort of vulnerability or pathos for that person to be relatable. In the U.K., it's the norm to do a lot of theater, so they know how to act with their entire bodies. And there's a lot less work there, so they work a lot harder for everything."

So we're full circle: These superhero-eligible foreigners have the immigrant work ethic. What's more American than that?

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Contact the WB right now, and express your hate of this casting!

If your like me, and your upset over them casting a British born actor over Tom Welling, and any other AMERICAN actor who deserves the role more then be heard!

First and most important, real letters need to be sent. A stack of letters on someone's desk has much more of a visual impact than a full email inbox. A physical letter also says that you really care, and took the time to write it, print it, and mail it. They're tangible and an executive can literally hold your disappointment in his hands, as opposed to it floating out in cyberspace. While sending an email can't hurt, I'd say do that as a follow-up to writing your real letter. Below I've put together a bit of an FAQ about the letter writing campaign. If you still have other questions, list them in the comments section.

1. What do I write?
You've got to voice your displeasure but you've got to say it in terms that relate to the Studio execs. The Studio head most likely doesn't care what we think about them giving Superman to a British actor and the principle isn't important to them unless said actors involvement can cost them money at the boxoffice! Meaning make sure you express yourself, and how you will boycott this movie unless they stop this madness, and hire an American actor! Preferably Tom Welling in the lead role, and they man up for their past mistakes, and give us a real honest to god epic Superman movie.

Just as important as what you write is the tone of how you say it. If you bring up good points but come across like you're yelling at the execs, they'll tune you out and chalk you up to being some crazed fanboy. Your letters should have a reasonable and even tone to them. You should sound sympathetic to the studio's financial goals, and be constructive in your criticisms about why Singer blew it. Brevity is also a bonus. Say what you have to say on 1 or 2 pages and then be done with it. These people read enough scripts as it is, dont send them something of a similar size.

If you've already written a letter and think others could use it as a template for their own, send it into us here, and we'll post it up. We're putting together a few generic ones of our own that we'll post up shortly that people can change as they see fit.


2. Who do I send them to?
These letters should be targeted at the guys who write the checks and have final say on any films. Warner Bros. Entertainment President and C.O.O., Alan Horn and Warner Bros. Pictures President of Production Jeff Robinov.

3. Where do I send them?
Send all letters and emails to either:

Mr. Alan Horn
President and C.O.O. Warner Brothers Entertainment
4000 Warner Blvd.
Burbank, Ca. 91522
alan.horn@warnerbros.com

Mr. Jeff Robinov
President of Production Warner Brothers
4000 Warner Blvd.
Burbank, Ca. 91522
jeff.robinov@warnerbros.com

More email's which are usefull for those sending emails only!

barry.meyer@warnerbros.com
gary.credle@warnerbros.com
susan.fleishman@warnerbros.com
richard.fox@warnerbros.com

The other prong of the attack involves getting the word out and getting as many people as possible to send letters. This site gets a sizable amount of hits a day but that's not going to be enough, its still going to be up to you to spread the good word. Print out letters for your friends and family to sign. Link to this post on the various internet message boards you frequent, link it to your website or blog, make a Youtube video, etc. Do whatever you can regardless of what the small minority of vocal apologist sheep think. Granted the studios pay people to scour the internet to gauge the public's opinions on things, but a proactive campaign like this does get noticed. Just ask the fans of the TV show Jericho