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Having talked to actor Joel Edgerton – who tested for a role as a Krypton baddie – about it last year, this scoop about "Superman" seems pretty much right on the money.
According to a scooper for Aint it Cool, the long-planned Superfilm is still going ahead, albiet slowly, with J.J Abrams script."[it] will still be about Superman fighting his cousin Tyzor and the battle on Krypton".
"There were storyboards of Clark finding his Superman costume in that little Kryptonian canister in his mothers closet. He tries it on and flies around the Kent farm as Superboy right at the camera. Then the scene will change and he will be all grown up still flying at the camera.
There was also a storyboard of Superman’s fight with Tyzor. Tyzors costume will be green with yellow shoulder pads and a yellow stomach plate. Tyzor will throw Superman down and he will land about five feet deep into the street. Superman then jumps out of the hole and uses his heat vision full blast on Tyzor. There was also a scene where Superman and Tyzor knock over a crane with a wrecking ball on it, and Tyzor rips the wrecking ball off of the crane by the wire and starts to beat Superman into the street with it.
Those were the only storyboards they had out at the time. There was plenty of art work of the battle on Krypton complete with green laser blasts. There was also a picture of the Kryptonian soldiers ready for battle. Remember the Ninja Turtle toys? Remember when the toys started to get out of control and they started to make Ninja Turtles dressed as football and baseball players? I think there was even one of Casey Jones dressed as a transvestite hooker. Well, remember there was one of the turtles dressed as Samurai swordsmen? This is what the Kryptonian soldiers look like except their armor is light blue."
The scooper also mentioned who might be wearing the red and blue tights, Jake Gyllenhaal. Funnily enough, Jake’s the frontrunner to star in "The Green Hornet" too.
Up for Lois Lane, accordind to the scooper are Keira Knightley, Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson, and Elisha Cuthbert.
Up for Jimmy Olsen are Adam Brody ["The O.C"], and Topher Grace.
Sean Penn is up for the role of Katazor, whilst unknown actors are testing for Tyzor.
"The only face I recognized under JONATHAN KENT was Dennis Quaid", says the scooper. "LEX LUTHOR had pictures of Jim Carrey, Jonny Depp, Will Ferrell, and Robert Downey Jr.The only face I knew under JOR-EL was Ben Kingsley."
Lastly, the tipster says the movie is going to suck big time. Ouch.
