2004 Movie News Archives

Superman

July 9, 2004: Singer on Superman? LaBeouf as Jimmy?

IGN FilmForce has been advised by a longtime source that Warner Brothers president and chief operating officer Alan Horn met a certain director the other day for dinner and offered him the chance to helm the next Superman movie. That director was none other than Bryan Singer, the filmmaker behind the X-Men movies.

The IGN FilmForce scooper claims that Singer has not said yes... but is considering it. How such a move will affect Singer's other projects currently in the works - including X-Men 3 and Logan's Run - remains to be seen. Superman is slated to begin filming this fall in Australia.

Meanwhile in other Superman movie related news, which came out before the above IGN FilmForce report, USA Today spoke to "I, Robot" star Shia LaBeouf at the film's premiere about him possibly playing Jimmy Olsen in the new Superman movie, which the newspaper says will start filming in November. He also mentions who they're looking at for Superman, Lois Lane and Lex Luthor...

    Shia LaBeouf has a small role in the film as a renegade street kid, but spent the earlier part of his day discussing what could prove to be a much grander role - playing shutterbug Jimmy Olsen in the new Superman movie, set to begin filming in November.

    "I met with McG (the director[?]) today and talked about Jimmy Olsen and who's going to be playing who," said LaBeouf, 18. "The production's so locked down they said I can't even take the script home. I have to go to Warner Bros. (studio) to read it and then leave it there."

    LaBeouf may not have left with a script, but he did leave with some intriguing casting info. Mainly, Jake Gyllenhaal is apparently no longer in the running for Superman.

    "They're going to go with an unknown," said LaBeouf, adding that [they're] trying to lure Scarlett Johansson for Lois Lane and Johnny Depp for Lex Luthor.

Read the complete USA Today report at their website.



2004 Movie News

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