Regardless of saying his return as Superman in October, Henry Cavill has revealed that he’ll not reprise his function because the hero. As an alternative, new DCEU head James Gunn is shifting ahead with a brand new movie specializing in a youthful model of the character that he himself is writing.
“After being instructed by the studio to announce my return again in October, previous to their rent, this information isn’t the best, however that’s life,” Cavill stated in an Instagram submit on Wednesday night time. “This altering of the guard is one thing that occurs. I respect that. James and Peter [Safran] have a universe to construct. I want them and all concerned with the brand new universe one of the best of luck, and the happiest of fortunes.”
Gunn additionally confirmed Cavill’s exit on Twitter. “Within the preliminary phases” of the movie, he defined, “our story will probably be specializing in an earlier a part of Superman’s life, so the character is not going to be performed by Henry Cavill. However we simply had a terrific assembly with Henry and we’re large followers and we talked about numerous thrilling potentialities to work collectively sooner or later.”
Gunn and Safran have been introduced on by Warner Bros. to go DC Studios on October twenty fifth — a day after Cavill took to social media to announce his impending return as Superman. Whereas Cavill’s announcement was cleared by the earlier regime at DC, his character didn’t align with Gunn’s new imaginative and prescient for the franchise.
As an alternative, in line with Selection, Gunn’s Superman movie will observe the character throughout his time as a younger reporter in Metropolis and present him assembly iconic characters like Lois Lane. Gunn, greatest recognized for his work on Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy and DC’s The Suicide Squad, will write the Superman movie and may direct it.
Regardless of Gunn’s shift in plans, sources instructed THR that Warner Bros. is hoping to discover a totally different function for Cavill within the DCEU shifting ahead. Moreover, Gunn’s movie is just not anticipated to intervene with the Black Superman venture within the works from J.J. Abrams and author Ta-Nehisi Coates.
Cavill started portraying Superman in Zack Snyder’s 2012 movie Man of Metal, whereas his final correct flip because the character was in 2017’s Justice League. Followers seemingly bought their final peek at Cavill’s Superman on this yr’s Black Adam, nonetheless, when a post-credits scene exhibits his hero face-to-face with Dwayne Johnson’s character.
Cavill’s Superman isn’t the one casualty of Gunn’s new path for DC Studios. Gunn additionally nixed plans for a 3rd Surprise Girl film from director Patty Jenkins.
In a sequence of tweets on Wednesday night, Gunn additionally confirmed that he met with Batman actor Ben Afflek about directing a movie.
Amongst these on the slate is Superman. Within the preliminary phases, our story will probably be specializing in an earlier a part of Superman’s life, so the character is not going to be performed by Henry Cavill.
— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) December 15, 2022
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— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) December 15, 2022
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— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) December 15, 2022
Met with Ben yesterday exactly as a result of he needs to direct & we would like him to direct; we simply have to search out the precise venture. https://t.co/Haz1APdlVN
— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) December 15, 2022
