For continuity's sake that would only work if they cast Routh and Bale as their respective characters in the JLA movie, or did an entire reboot of the Superman film franchise. Preferably the first option.
On the issue of villains though; Metallo would be plausible (and more interesting than simply Luthor again) considering there's bound to be some remnants of the moutain of Kryptonite from Superman Returns, although Brainiac seems like a pretty good option.
And with the declaration that one of the villains would be "alien", I had the strange (and very disloyal to the comics) idea of having Superman's son be some kind of sick, twisted creation of Luthor's; making him a product of a Kryptonian-Earthling cross-breeding artificial insemination experiment.
Throw in accelerated growth of some kind, a way for Luthor to make him hate Superman (the experiments could have resulted in weakened inhibitors and emotions making him susceptible to brain washing, or simply continuous psychological trauma under the guise that Superman was responsible for them. A break down in the relationship between Lois and her boyfriend/fiance/husband/partner, who the boy acknowledges as his father, would help. Or his death), training in how to use his powers (Luthor hacked the Fortress of Solitude, which is where Superman learnt how to become Superman, once: he can do it again. As for the speed in which the kid learned...enhanced memory and information retention as a result of the experiments?) and as a result of the experiment's failure: gradual degradation of his mind and body.
Namely: Bizarro. And back to my original point he would be considered alien due to the fact he's half Kryptonian. Well I thought it might make for an interesting twist .
why do i have the feeling they are covering their tracks of what is actually going on by throwing up a smoke screen of rumors to keep the fans and press off their backs lol i wouldnt be surprised, apparently routh is still on, but no news on singer yet, but i dont know what to believe anymore
This would be quite a rebuke; after years of torturous development and false starts to erase the memory of the rancid Superman IV, a new film finally comes out and falls a bit short of expectations. So they just walk away and consign him to Justice League films only? Superman deserves better. This makes him definitely No. 2 at DC behind Batman, instead of being co-leader.
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If this report is accurate then its great. But you'll understand my sceptisim considering he had to years before we finally got Singer's version of Superman.
Rotten Tomatoes had a report out a week ago stating that Superman and Batman were being written out of Justice League to focus on their own franchises!
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