Poor old Superman - he's not had a good time on the big-screen as of late, has he?
Whether it be Superman Returns, Man of Steel or even Justice League, none of the character's most recent cinematic efforts have managed to live up to the sense of wonderment and spectacle as those that starred Christopher Reeve and Margot Kidder. With a potential DC rebrand in mind, however, that could yet change. Henry Cavill is competent enough in the role, and with the right direction, a Superman film shouldn't be so hard to make.
And, according to rumours, Warner Bros. think the same. According to El Fanboy podcast (via FlickeringMyth), WB want Henry Cavill to make an appearance at San Diego so that they can formally announce the follow-up to 2013's Man of Steel.
It's one of the more unlikely rumours, but with the Last Son of Krypton being such an essential component of the DCU, it's difficult to foresee the franchise moving ahead without him - especially when WB could be set to reap the benefits of a full-on rebrand.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
