...Henry Cavill, late of "The Tudors." So sez Deadline. A strapping, square-jawed Caucasian brunette? Who'd a' thunk? Anyway, this marks Cavill's first major franchise "get" after having previously been an also ran for the same part in "Superman Returns," along with Batman and James Bond. Google's got headshots galore kids, so... LET THE PHOTOSHOPPING BEGIN!!!
For those keeping track, the planned feature is a seperate entity from the Richard Donner/Bryan Singer/etc continuity; with a top-secret story by David Goyer, "overseen" by Christopher Nolan ("hey Chris, can the Superman guys borrow some of your fan-rage-proof armor?") and directed by Zack Snyder. Of all of them, it's Snyder's involvement I'm most excited for - the guy jumps in with both feet, doesn't know the meaning of "unfilmmable" and lacks the phobia of compositional-beauty that afflicts so many of his contemporaries. Plus, if it's even 1/10th as good as "Watchmen" was... damn.
Trivia: This makes "Avengers" the only 2012 American superhero movie (out of 4) without a British actor feigning an American accent in the lead - Cavill, Christian Bale and Andrew Garfield are all Brits.
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