Superman Reboot (Man of Steel)

[Feathers]

Sounds kind of like our Puerto Rico.  Still sounds pretty darn British to me.

Yeah I agree Rico.. it's ruled but the Queen of England.. sounds like it's part of the UK to me :)

:offtopic You could really upset people saying things like that. Go ask an Australian (I'm not sure about the Canadians any more!)

[Rico]

Not to get into a whole thing about this and more off topic, but from what I'm reading online this Jersey island is certainly connected fairly closely with Britain.  A lot more connected than Australia or Canada. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jersey
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_dependency

Although the dependencies are British possessions of the Crown, and are not sovereign nations in their own right, the power to pass legislation affecting the islands ultimately rests with their own respective legislative assemblies.

I'm just glad Cavill isn't from the Jersey shore!  ;)

[Jobydrone]

I'm just glad Cavill isn't from the Jersey shore!  ;)

Gym, Tan, Phonebooth!

[Feathers]

BTW, where do you think NEW Jersey was named for?

(OK, assumption on my part, I haven't checked. UPDATE: I have checked now)

Chatting about a non-American in the role on the way home today, we couldn't decide if it was somewhat ironic or not.

On the one hand, Superman is alien so who cares where the actor comes from but if he has a true Jersey accent (which he doesn't) it would be funny hearing him declare he was fighting for 'the American way'. (If he's declared 'British', the irony increases.)

[Rico]

Actor Hugh Laurie always amazes me on the TV show "House" on how American and non-British he sounds.

[Meds]

Hugh's accent is spot on.

The thing is Jersey people don't like being reminded they are part if the UK, same as Northern island etc. It's a nice place Jersey, if you are a millionaire and like cows lol

[WillEagle]

I think Tom Welling would have made a good choice but the one they picked looks like he could do a good job. The wife said "oh, la la"! So shes ready to see it. She has always been a Superman fan of the movies and later tv shows but was never into the comics. We both liked Superman Returns. And I agree with Rico, lets bring on a new villian for Superman. There are plenty to choose from.

[Jobydrone]

I'd like to see two villians: classic robotic Braniac using Gorilla Grodd as his main Lieutenant would be fraking awesome.

[WillEagle]

I was thinking of Braniac also. That could really be a cool villian. I also wanted to let our friends across the pond know that they helped me learn something. With all the talk of Jersey on here I looked it up in a atlas we sell at work. So It was bugging me till I found it. Wasn't that easy. I also looked up Cardiff since I have been watching Torchwood on BBC America.

[Geekyfanboy]

Not sure I like this idea...

Lois Lane may not even be IN Zack Snyder's Superman reboot

With the recent announcement that Henry Cavill was cast as the new Superman in Zack Snyder's Superman: Man of Steel, there's been speculation as to who should be his Lois Lane. However, it appears that Warner Bros. is looking for a leading lady in Supe's life that is NOT our intrepid reporter —meaning there's a possibility that Miss Lane may not even be IN the movie.

Variety reports (you may need to register to read the story) that the studio is looking at a short list of three actresses to fill the role of an as-yet-undisclosed female lead character that they claim is not Lois Lane.

The three actresses in the running for that role are Alice Eve (She's Out of My League), Diane Kruger (Troy, National Treasure, Inglorious Basterds) and Rosamund Pike (Pride & Prejudice, Doom, Barney's Version).

Which now begs the question: Which Superman character, other than Lois Lane, can this female lead possibly be? Could it be Lana Lang —Clark Kent's first love? Could it be his super-cousin Kara a.k.a Supergirl?

Now we hope that it doesn't mean that Lois Lane will be completely out of Man of Steel. After all, the movie is about Superman and not Superboy. It's called Superman: Man of Steel not Superboy: I'm-learning-about-who-I-am-and-what-my-powers-are.

Perhap Snyder and the WB may actually be looking for TWO female leads and are looking at this "undisclosed" one first and they don't want to spread word about Lois Lane just yet? Or maybe it's all smoke and mirrors and these actresses ARE on the short list for Lois Lane? It's possible. To have a film about Superman without Lois Lane would just be just plain wrong. Right?

So what do you think? Do you think it's possible for Lois Lane NOT to be in Superman: Man of Steel? And which character do you think these actresses may be in the running for?

[Rico]

Some of those actresses seem more a possibility for Kara/Supergirl than Lois.  I personally would like to see the Lois character in the movie.  Another name I've heard tossed around is Jessica Biel.  I think she would make a very good Lois.

[Jobydrone]

nobody could be better than the best:

[X]

I think that people forget that Supes dated around before finally settling down. Lori Larmaris, the mermaid girl that he wanted to marry comes to mind.

[Rico]

Oh, yeah Clark has certainly had a few other love interests over the years but Lois is certainly the one that comes to mind for most people.  Especially those that don't read the comics.

[Bryancd]

nobody could be better than the best:

...until she checked into the crazy motel....