Former SUPERMAN Henry Cavill A "Pawn" In The Rock's Failed DC Plans; Brainiac Was MAN OF STEEL 2 Villain

Former SUPERMAN Henry Cavill A "Pawn" In The Rock's Failed DC Plans; Brainiac Was MAN OF STEEL 2 Villain

As expected, it appears Henry Cavill got caught up in Dwayne Johnson's hopes to take control of the DCEU, with the Black Adam star using Superman to further his own plans. We also have Man of Steel 2 news.

By JoshWilding - Dec 16, 2022 04:12 PM EST
Filed Under: Man of Steel
Source: The Hollywood Reporter

The Hollywood Reporter has shared more insights into Henry Cavill's Superman departure, kicking off by confirming that DC Studios is plotting a reboot that will likely cut most, if not all ties to the previous regime and the DCEU. That might go some way in explaining why both Cavill and Gal Gadot's cameos in The Flash have now been scrapped. 

As we're sure you're aware, it was Black Adam star Dwayne Johnson who pushed for Cavill to return as Superman. After the British actor headed to social media to announce that he was back, The Rock quickly took credit for the news, claiming to have gone around former DC Films boss Walter Hamada to make the cameo happen. 

However, Black Adam's poor box office performance called Johnson's plans for a sequel, spin-offs, and a Black Adam vs. Superman battle into question even before James Gunn and Peter Safran pulled the plug on Cavill's time as the Man of Tomorrow. 

One insider tells the trade, "In the end, [Henry] was a pawn in Dwayne's failed attempt to control a piece of DC."

As we've speculated, it seems Johnson made use of Superman's popularity to boost interest in Black Adam and ensure his plans for the DCEU would come to fruition. It's no secret the former pro wrestler wanted to take charge of his own corner of that shared world, but the odds of any of the projects coming to fruition are low. 

Since DC Studios was launched, Johnson and/or his team are alleged to have leaked financial data to Deadline in an effort to make Black Adam look profitable. However, insiders later described using toy sales and home entertainment projections as a laughable way of trying to make the movie look like anything other than what it was: a disappointment.

Something tells us he won't be back as Teth-Adam. 

As for the Man of Steel sequel Warner Bros. planned under Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy's watch, the pitch put forward by Steven Knight (Peaky Blinders) was said to feature Brainiac as the lead villain. 

Stay tuned for updates!

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dagenspear
dagenspear - 12/16/2022, 4:36 PM
Ah yes, giving an actor a movie. Truly horrific. Really making pawns there. How is this a real difference between any person trying to get something made? Using an actor and character to boost interest? Sounds like something a lot of movies have done for some time.

Why is this news, when that comment confirms nothing?
Blergh
Blergh - 12/16/2022, 8:13 PM
@dagenspear - aside from all the infighting between DC fans, I don’t think WB will exist for that long in its current form anyways.

They just halted their sales department from selling off their shows to other streamers and deleted a bunch of shows from their own service to avoid residual payments.
If a company freezes an active income stream to avoid paying another something must be dire.

I think WB is about to be sold off again, dismantled or sold for parts
TheOtherOn
TheOtherOn - 12/16/2022, 9:11 PM
@dagenspear - We have needed a moderator for the news articles and specially the titles of articles for a long time. Don't think it's ever gonna happen, Josh will be the ultimate flame wars starting troll here with these type of articles and the owner of this site (if he himself isn't one of them by now) won't bother doing anything because it brings them click counts and ads revenue!

Of course if you do anything like this in comments as a user, your posts get deleted and you are either warned or banned. But it's completely OK for Josh 😉

bobevanz
bobevanz - 12/16/2022, 10:04 PM
@dagenspear - the article should be about both of then having the same Agent, Rock's ex wife. Clearly she got in Henry's ear, and he said okay for a million dollar cameo lol
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 12/17/2022, 5:43 AM
@dagenspear - They weren't just giving an actor a movie, they were making bids for power. And by they I mean The Rock and Mike DeLuca, whose interests aligned here. It's corporate undercutting and backstabbing.

Knowing that Gunn and Safran were coming aboard (which DeLuca knew from the start), they were trying to get as many DC projects as they could into production, before they would no longer be able to.

As it stands the Rock went home empty-handed, but DeLuca seems to have swindled at least one Joker movie away from DC Studios.
HistoryofMatt
HistoryofMatt - 12/16/2022, 4:36 PM
Funny. Josh never talks about how much of a disappointment Black Panther 2 has been, even though it very much has been a box office disappointment and will factually not even come close to breaking even, meaning it too lost money.

Funny, indeed.
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