This Article is From Feb 01, 2011

Henry Cavill is the new Superman

Henry Cavill is the new Superman

Highlights

  • It’s a bird, it’s a plane – no, it’s Henry Cavill as the new Superman!
  • The little known British actor is going up, up and away in Zack Snyder’s reboot of the Superman franchise. Previously, he’d narrowly missed out on more than a few chances to become famous – he lost the role of Edward Cullento Robert Pattinson, Daniel Craig beat him to 007, Christian Bale snatched Batman’s cape from him before he could say Dark Knight and was even up for the most recent installment of Superman before Brandon Routh landed the part. He was last seen on TV’s The Tudors.
  • He finally beat some tough competition from Mad Men’s Jon Hamm and fellow Brit Matthew Goode to the new Man Of Steel role.
  • 300 director Zack Snyder will helm the new film, as yet untitled, and said that Cavill is "the perfect choice to don the cape and `S' shield."
  • Cavill is the latest actor to play Superman, joining Christopher Reeve, Dean Cain, Tom Welling and Brandon Routh in the Man Of Steel corner.
  • There’s no word yet on who’s being tapped to play Lois Lane or Lex Luthor.
  • Warner Bros. is targeting December 2012 for release.
New York: It's a bird, it's a plane - no, it's Henry Cavill as the new Superman!

The little known British actor is going up, up and away in Zack Snyder's reboot of the Superman franchise.

Previously, he'd narrowly missed out on more than a few chances to become famous - he lost the role of Edward Cullento Robert Pattinson, Daniel Craig beat him to 007, Christian Bale snatched Batman's cape from him before he could say Dark Knight and was even up for the most recent installment of Superman before Brandon Routh landed the part. He was last seen on TV's The Tudors.

He finally beat some tough competition from Mad Men's Jon Hamm and fellow Brit Matthew Goode to the new Man Of Steel role.

300 director Zack Snyder will helm the new film, as yet untitled, and said that Cavill is "the perfect choice to don the cape and `S' shield."

Cavill is the latest actor to play Superman, joining  Christopher Reeve, Dean Cain, Tom Welling and Brandon Routh in the Man Of Steel corner.

There's no word yet on who's being tapped to play Lois Lane or Lex Luthor.

Warner Bros. is targeting December 2012 for release.

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