Superman movies after Cavill - what are you expecting?

[bat39]

Okay, admittedly, Cavill leaving hasn't been confirmed yet. But it definitely is a possibility. So if he does indeed leave and the Big Blue gets another reboot (or soft reboot or revamp or whatever), what are you hoping to see in the next Superman movie or movies.

In terms of new actors, I'm actually kinda hoping they skew young with Superman. Maybe someone in the 25-30 range. There have been plenty of origin stories for Superman on-screen but we've never actually seen a visibly 'young' Superman other than Brandon Routh (and he was supposed to be playing the experienced Reeves version). I'm hoping for an actor who could embody the New 52 Superman from Morrison's run, or the Superman from Earth One or American Alien.

Granted, they may not be able to go with a Superman that young if they intend for the new version of Superman to co-exist with the Supergirl (and chances are the Supergirl movie will be out before the next Superman one). Though I'm kinda hoping that the next Superman movie will be an 'early years' film ala Matt Reeves' Batman film, from what we've heard of it.

Now for the story - The early part of the movie would show us Superman operating in Metropolis. He takes on organized crime, particularly Intergang, but he also clashes with corrupt and exploitative businessmen and politicians. Basically, there's a dash of the Siegal/Shuster Superman in him, albeit updated to the 21st century of course. The authorities are vary of him, but many cops - particularly SCU officers Maggie Sawyer and Dan Turpin - view him as a hero, as does the public. In the meantime, as Clark Kent, he's an investigative reporter tirelessly fighting for the disenfranchised, and enjoying a friendly rivalry with Lois Lane. Oh, and both the Kents are alive in this version, and we see Clark with them at the farm on occassion, discussing how he feels about his role as Superman and his worries that he may be going too far sometimes.

The plot gets kicked off when Lex Luthor makes contact with Brainiac after a LexCorp satellite picks up one of Brainiac's drones, who is aware of who and what Superman is. Luthor 'invites' Brainiac to earth, hoping to use Brainiac to get rid of Superman, who's actions have been affecting his illicit dealings and his stranglehold over Metropolis. Brainiac however arrives intent on assimilating earth's knowledge and then destroying it, as it has countless other planets. Brainiac steals several cities by 'shrinking' them into pocket dimensions based in bottles, and Metropolis gets shrunken as well. Superman pursues Brainiac's ship but gets captured and placed in Kandor.

The rest of the film is a powerless Superman finding a way to escape Kandor with the help of a scientist there (an old friend of Jor-El and Lara's), and then regaining his powers in time to stop Brainiac from destroying the earth, and thus cementing himself once and for all as earth's greatest hero.

I think a story like this would be perfect when it comes to showcasing Superman both as a crusader of the people and also as the world-saving hero who fights against sci-fi threats.

[Sacred Knight]

I'm expecting no Superman movies for a long time. 7 years at the least (taking into account the time between SR and MOS), but a decade+ at this point would not surprise me either. Independent of Cavill's future in the role, the fact they want to move on to Supergirl is extremely telling to me. WB doesn't have confidence in Superman as a property, as indeed it hasn't been a huge success on the big screen in a long time. Due to their own failings of course, not the character, but that's a whole other discussion.

[Miles To Go]

"The world is as it always was...on the brink, with good fighting evil. See you in twenty"

[Last Son of Krypton]

I'm expecting no Superman movies for a long time. 7 years at the least (taking into account the time between SR and MOS), but a decade at this point would not surprise me either.

That was a time when WB had only 2 options: doing movies about Superman or Batman. Now they've more options to choose from than just alternating movies about these 2 characters. Supes could be shelved indefinitely.

[superduperman]

They'll limp along for a few years after without a Superman and no more JL movies and then give up the ghost and reboot again. Whatever other non-Superman projects are already in the works will probably get finished depending upon how far along they already are. Flash, maybe. But I think that Birds of Prey movie is essentially off the table. Ditto Batgirl. At least as part of this universe anyway.

[Ascended]

I expect the same thing I've been expecting since BvS; poor films with a poorly thought out and wrong-headed overall DCEU direction, chaos amid WB's management structure, constantly changing plans and cast, no respect given to any IP that isn't Batman, and films that get announced but never make it into full production.

So, we've had a pile of garbage for DC movies since BvS (with the notable exception of Diana's first film) and I expect that we'll still have a pile of garbage after Cav-El's regretful departure. The only big difference is that the DCEU (or whatever we're calling it now) will lose one of its bright points, and the best person to yet don the "S" in live action will never get to show us just how amazing he could be.

[Vordan]

Superman is now stuck in the same limbo Cyborg is. They won’t officially cancel but they aren’t going to do anything with him. If they reboot I want an adaption of Morrison’s Action Comics run. Golden Age power levels, Metallo as the main antagonist.