2004 Movie News Archives

Superman Movie News

September 2, 2004: Charity War over Caviezel as Superman

As we announced a few days ago, comic writer Mark Millar posted a message on his official MillarWorld website claiming that Jim Caviezel had been cast as Superman for the new movie.

Harry Knowles from AICN returned fire by reporting on his website that, according to his sources, Jim Caviezel was NOT Superman.

Mark Millar shot back that he was so confident that Jim Caviezel WAS Superman, that he posted the following message on his website:

    "First up, this isn't an attack on Harry. I love him and check out his site every day. We love the same movies and seem to have the same pop culture obsessions and would doubtlessly get on like a house on fire should we ever meet.

    That said, just to hammer home how confident I am as regards my source (pretty much as good as it gets), I will personally write a cheque to charity for 1000 dollars from my Wolverine royalties (Wolverine #20 and #21 out October 2004) if Jim Caviezel isn't cast as Superman on the day principal photography starts. Warners may have a couple of PR stunts planned prior to the final announcement, but this is a bet that Jim C is standing there in a Superman costume once the cameras start rolling.

    Now is AICN so sure of their sources that they will do the same?

    MM

    PS My charity will be the Clyde Coast Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Centre."

And, yes, you guessed it, today Harry Knowles accepted the challenge, saying he would match Mark Millar's $1000 charity pledge if his sources proved wrong.

Mark Millar is a good friend of the Superman Homepage, but my sources seem to indicate that he may well be wrong this time around. From what I've heard, the Jim Caviezel push has come from within Caviezel's own camp, and that he hasn't even been approached by Singer's casting director. From what I'm hearing, they're definitely looking for an unknown, with casting auditions continuing as you read this.

Principal shooting is supposed to start in Sydney from March 2005.



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