SUPERMAN: LEGACY Rumors Tease More Casting Decisions; New WONDER TWINS Project Reportedly In The Works

SUPERMAN: LEGACY Rumors Tease More Casting Decisions; New WONDER TWINS Project Reportedly In The Works

Some new Superman: Legacy rumours shed new light on the roles James Gunn is currently looking to fill - including Perry White - while it sounds like DC Studios is developing another Wonder Twins project.

By JoshWilding - Jul 03, 2023 05:07 AM EST
Filed Under: Superman: Legacy
Source: r/DCEULeaks

Following the news Superman: Legacy has tapped David Corenswet and Rachel Brosnahan to play the DCU's Man of Steel and Lois Lane, fans are eager to learn who will round out the rest of the reboot's cast. 

According to the r/DCEULeaks page, their verified sources have revealed that Lex Luthor screen tests will begin taking place in the coming weeks. It sounds like James Gunn may be zeroing in on his Jimmy Olsen, while a Perry White casting call suggests DC Studios is looking for Black actors over 50 to play Perry White.

It's an interesting decision, particularly as it was Zack Snyder's Man of Steel which cast Laurence Fishburne as The Daily Planet's Editor-in-Chief. 

It's also said Eve Teschmacher and a Middle Eastern dictator codenamed "Broukhim" are among the other roles currently being cast, so it looks like we've got an exciting few months ahead when it comes to Superman: Legacy news.

In other news, we're sure you remember Warner Bros. Discovery David Zaslav's decision to pull the plug on HBO Max's Wonder Twins. The movie was going to star KJ Apa and Isabel May as shape-shifters Zan and Jayna, but ended up being scrapped as part of cost-cutting measures and as a result of the DCU reboot.

Well, according to these same moderators, DC Studios is now developing a new Wonder Twins project that's unrelated to those streaming plans. 

With that in mind, we don't anticipate seeing Apa or May reprise the roles they never got to play, and like The Rogues, this is expected to be part of the eventual "Chapter 2" slate. Only time will tell whether this is a movie, TV show, animated series, or video game. 

It's an exciting and intriguing time to be a DC fan, though we still have a long way to go before this new shared world replaces the DCEU (which will release Blue Beetle and Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom later in 2023).

Stay tuned for updates.

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bobevanz
bobevanz - 7/3/2023, 6:07 AM
Wonder Twins? Oh lordy.. anyways T2 Judgment Day released 32 years ago today. What a masterpiece, I still like it more than the original. This was one of my movies I always watched as a kid. Arnie was by far my favorite actor as a kid. He was a legit superhero haha. Also the 4k version of this was messed up, stick to the blu ray. Rumor has is he's working on a new remaster, along with True Lies and the Abyss
SimplyAz
SimplyAz - 7/3/2023, 6:12 AM
@bobevanz -

I watched it when I was 8 years old when my Mum rented it on VHS and I've been hooked ever since.

Shame that I missed the chance to watch it when it had its Cinema re- release a couple of years ago

BraveNewClunge
BraveNewClunge - 7/3/2023, 6:19 AM
@bobevanz - work of art
SauronthePower
SauronthePower - 7/3/2023, 7:11 AM
@bobevanz - T2 is a more complete realization of both Cameron’s story AND the summer action blockbuster experience. PLUS, it represents some of Hollywood’s earliest dabblings with CGI

That all being said, however, I prefer the original because there is just an atmospheric zeitgeist (🙄)in that movie that cannot be completely quantified. In a nutshell, ‘The Terminator’ really encapsulates sci-fi in 1984
bobevanz
bobevanz - 7/3/2023, 9:00 AM
@bobevanz - It's also Back to The Future 38 years ago today, I can't keep track of all these, but it's nice to have a conversation about MOVIES lol
bobevanz
bobevanz - 7/3/2023, 9:05 AM
@bobevanz - shameless plug for All The Right Movies on Twitter, I won't link but they're the best with these things
AmazingFILMporg
AmazingFILMporg - 7/3/2023, 9:17 AM
@bobevanz -

Terminator 2 is in my top 10 films of all time. I had the toys and shirts as a kid. I watch this film atleast twice every year. It's the best action film of all-time💯🔥♥️💪😎🖖🤝
soupysales
soupysales - 7/3/2023, 3:40 PM
@bobevanz - i would really like a remaster of the abyss...and t2 was game changing...the first three were amazing.
Repian
Repian - 7/3/2023, 6:08 AM
And Perry White is...
KWilly
KWilly - 7/3/2023, 7:34 AM
@Repian - "Clark, if you just get a potato, some broth and maybe a bone... Baby, you gotta stew going."
TempleRod
TempleRod - 7/3/2023, 6:09 AM
Wonder Twins is a great example of something that could only work under Gunn's unique Vision.
Most people tackling the concept would produce something awful and CW worthy.
Makes sense for Gunn though.
Fogs
Fogs - 7/3/2023, 6:48 AM
@TempleRod - Agreed. Gunn can make it happen.
Rosraf
Rosraf - 7/4/2023, 1:27 AM
@TempleRod - And Gunn is the only one bold enough to being the monkey along with.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 7/3/2023, 6:11 AM
"Middle Eastern dictator"? Ra's Al Ghul?
DevilsDreams
DevilsDreams - 7/3/2023, 6:14 AM
@ObserverIO - Black Adam?
Repian
Repian - 7/3/2023, 6:35 AM
@ObserverIO - Surely he will be a secondary character of DC comics. Maybe Sumaan Harjavti.

A minor role and a first enemy defeated by Superman.
Repian
Repian - 7/3/2023, 6:15 AM
It would be great if Gunn worked on a Freedom Fighters Show with Dafoe playing Uncle Sam.

BraveNewClunge
BraveNewClunge - 7/3/2023, 6:22 AM
'Paedo tweet' Gunn couldn't even get people to care for the flash lol tf is he thinking 🤔

Urubrodi
Urubrodi - 7/3/2023, 6:30 AM
@GunnISaClunge - Yeah... these movie choices are all very weird to me. Ideally you lay out a foundation first with your best characters, then you move on to the B or C (in his case D) characters. Especially when you are already on the audience's bad side.
VictorAlonzo
VictorAlonzo - 7/3/2023, 6:55 AM
@Urubrodi -












TempleRod
TempleRod - 7/3/2023, 7:04 AM
@Urubrodi - That would be the standard approach.
Gunn seems to be taking a bit more of a risk. Because from the initial drop of this universe, it sounds like we are coming in full fledged.
This is a world where superheroes have existed for decades is what I am imagining. So there doesn't need to be as much of a block by block buildup like we saw with the MCU.

This is enormously freeing for any creatives who want to sign on, just drop in and add their piece. Marvel has this old mentality of a lockstep narrative that comes from point A.

Gunn is blowing that all out the window. What are the most fun toys to play with? Those are the ones gonna be put on the mat. Each originating organically FROM THE STORY PITCH.
THIS IS the prime difference between what he is going to do vs the slop we getting from Marvel.

Marvel greenlights projects based on their own perceived necessity to the larger universe.
So you get shit like Echo. Which was greelit as some kind of placeholder thing that is also supposed to set up Daredevil. And the whole structure is Top Down. Which is opposite of good storycrafting. Good storycrafting, it starts from the bottom and the stories originate based upon that. Bottom Up.

That's what Marvel used to be. Gunn is simply choosing a different starting entry point. It's a risk, but if he pulls it off, It's going to be remarkably different from what we've seen so far,
AND IT WILL INVIGORATE the genre.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 7/3/2023, 7:15 AM
@TempleRod - DC. Always averse to the standard approach. Always tryna reinvent the wheel. Always wonderin where they went wrong.
BraveNewClunge
BraveNewClunge - 7/3/2023, 9:56 AM
@Urubrodi - its mind boggling but it may just work.

I doubt it though 😅
ProfessorWhy
ProfessorWhy - 7/3/2023, 6:24 AM
Gunn will give the world live action super friends, and the world will reject it
ProfessorWhy
ProfessorWhy - 7/3/2023, 6:25 AM
@ProfessorWhy - Gleek is no Rocket Racoon
MOVIELORD101
MOVIELORD101 - 7/3/2023, 6:37 AM
I was with it until Miss Teschmacher was mentioned. Why would SHE be in this? She and Otis not from the comics; they're from the Donner movies! Just because this might be similar in tone doesn't mean the same characters will be in it. I call BS.
newhire13
newhire13 - 7/3/2023, 8:32 AM
@MOVIELORD101 - They show up in the comics and shows too so why not utilize them
dragon316
dragon316 - 7/3/2023, 8:16 AM
I’m excited for wonder twins as I’m excited for marvels movie wonder twins not favorite team watch if it’s made I’ll watch less Likely become fan of twins
dragon316
dragon316 - 7/3/2023, 8:17 AM
@dragon316 - cartoon series is kinda likable watched as kid
PartyKiller
PartyKiller - 7/3/2023, 8:16 AM
Proof Gunn has no idea what he's doing. Superman Legacy needs to be modeled after Raimi's Spider-Man 1, Iron Man 1 and Batman Begins. It needs to be small in scale and there to sell his take on Superman and supporting characters to the audience. The focus must be on Superman. Gunn's DCU needs audiences to care about the core characters. He has to build that relationship.

The MCU had to start small because of financial reasons and because they were trying to figure things out. Once audiences cared about Stark, Pepper, Rodgers, Carter, Thor, Fury, Coulson and later the rest of the Avengers, then those core characters carried the MCU.

But if the first Marvel movies were huge mashups, all the subtle character moments from Stark, Rodgers, Thor, Pepper and others never would have existed.

Even the Arrowverse started small before it tried going big. Gunn is trying to create an instant MCU level shared universe. He's already failed!
newhire13
newhire13 - 7/3/2023, 8:37 AM
@PartyKiller - “Gunn has no idea what he’s doing” Says random internet guy who has never written a movie let alone produced and directed one 😂
PartyKiller
PartyKiller - 7/3/2023, 11:12 AM
@newhire13 - Feel free to explain how Gunn's cramming of Legacy is a good thing. It really worked for The Flash.
OmegaEffect
OmegaEffect - 7/3/2023, 11:54 AM
@PartyKiller - correct. It's so simple you need help to miss this fact.
Sixesandsevens
Sixesandsevens - 7/3/2023, 8:32 AM
James Earl Jones was actually approached to play Perry for Lois & Clark. He turned it down, but turned up in the season 1 finale playing a different character who interacted with Lane Smith (whom many regard as THE BEST live action Perry). So black Perry isn’t a recent concept.
TheHumanSpider2
TheHumanSpider2 - 7/3/2023, 9:07 AM
@Sixesandsevens - Perry Black
BobGarlen
BobGarlen - 7/3/2023, 1:15 PM
@Sixesandsevens - Didn't they even have an early design of Perry for Superman The Animated Series depicting him as black?
Forthas
Forthas - 7/3/2023, 9:00 AM
If true...this news shows why I have zero faith in this new direction!
TheHumanSpider2
TheHumanSpider2 - 7/3/2023, 9:07 AM
Weird, considering how they just cancelled the classic cartoon.
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