Superman Reboot Movie Coming From JJ Abrams!

Warner Bros. and Bad Robot moving forward with a reboot cinematic Superman.

by Andrew Pollard
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It’s a bird… it’s a plane… it’s another big-screen incarnation of Superman!

As reported by Deadline, Warner Bros. is pushing forward with a rebooted silver screen take on the Man of Steel. Not just that, but author Ta-Nehisi Coates – who is also attached to Black Panther director Ryan Coogler’s Wrong Answer – has been tasked with penning this new Superman offering.

J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot banner will be developing this to-be-titled picture, with Hannah Minghella serving as producer on the project. This Man of Tomorrow effort is part of the 2019 deal that Abrams penned with WarnerMedia, with him already at work on a Justice League Dark movie and TV series.

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Zero plot details are known on this new Superman film at this early juncture, but one piece of important information is that Henry Cavill will not be suiting up and reprising the Kal-El role he’s played in Man of Steel, Batman v Superman and Justice League.

Cavill's Superman will be seen on HBO Max next month in Zack Snyder's Justice League - Snyder's mammoth four-hour take on the 2017 movie - and it would appear that that could well be the final outing for Cavill's take on the iconic Kryptonian. Elsewhere, Tyler Hoechlin's impressive Arrowverse spin on the character has just seen the premiere of his Superman & Lois series on The CW.

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Once described as the Swiss Army Knife of WhatCulture, Andrew can usually be found writing, editing, or presenting on a wide range of topics. As a lifelong wrestling fan, horror obsessive, and comic book nerd, he's been covering those topics professionally as far back as 2010. In addition to his current WhatCulture role of Senior Content Producer, Andrew previously spent nearly a decade as Online Editor and Lead Writer for the world's longest-running genre publication, Starburst Magazine, and his work has also been featured on BBC, TechRadar, Tom's Guide, WhatToWatch, Sportkskeeda, and various other outlets, in addition to being a Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic. Between his main day job, his role as the lead panel host of Wales Comic Con, and his gig as a pre-match host for Wrexham AFC games, Andrew has also carried out a hugely varied amount of interviews, from the likes of Robert Englund, Kane Hodder, Adrienne Barbeau, Rob Zombie, Katharine Isabelle, Leigh Whannell, Bruce Campbell, and Tony Todd, to Kevin Smith, Ron Perlman, Elijah Wood, Giancarlo Esposito, Simon Pegg, Charlie Cox, the Russo Brothers, and Brian Blessed, to Kevin Conroy, Paul Dini, Tara Strong, Will Friedle, Burt Ward, Andrea Romano, Frank Miller, and Rob Liefeld, to Bret Hart, Sting, Mick Foley, Ricky Starks, Jamie Hayer, Britt Baker, Eric Bischoff, and William Regal, to Mickey Thomas, Joey Jones, Phil Parkinson, Brian Flynn, Denis Smith, Gary Bennett, Karl Connolly, and Bryan Robson - and that's just the tip of an ever-expanding iceberg. Where his beloved Wrexham AFC is concerned, Andrew is co-host of the Fearless in Devotion podcast, which won the Club Podcast of the Year gong at the 2024 FSA Awards.