Nicholas Hoult has now lost out on playing both Batman and Superman.

There is a chance he could still be on the shortlist to play Lex Luthor. pic.twitter.com/3spKQZ0zlw

— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) June 27, 2023

Henry Cavill lost Bond and Superman. (For Returns.)

He'll get his role soon enough. Plus I feel like he's had a pretty successful career thus far.

Great choices. Hopefully they'll have much more chemistry than Cavill/Adams

I've always liked Amy Adams, but she was such a bland Lois, and yeah, had zero chemistry with Cavill.

I have a feeling Corenswet & Brosnahan will knock it out of the park in that regard.

What needs to be understood is our new SUPERMAN and LOIS are, together, probably the most screen and chemistry tested actors of the modern age. Do not underestimate just how important this is to the success of @JamesGunn's SUPERMAN: LEGACY. I, for one, am VERY EXCITED about this.

— Robert Meyer Burnett Viceroy of Verisimilitude (@BurnettRM) June 27, 2023

It’s not often I watch a new film and genuinely find myself asking “who is THAT?” because I’m bowled over by an actor’s looks, chops or (preferably) both. PEARL was one of those occasions last year. Mia Goth is all I could talk about, but David Corenswet is who had me on IMDb. pic.twitter.com/1wkp06Ehkm

— Johnny Sobczak (@JohnnySobczak) June 27, 2023

I'm more interested in how the new guy's Clark Kent is. That IMO was Cavill's biggest weakness, his Kent was pretty blah.

David Corenswet talking about wanting to play Superman in 2019 and 4 years later now he is 🥹 pic.twitter.com/cX3Mjtxduj

— sabrina 🦇 (@nightwaynes) June 27, 2023

David walking out of Gunn’s Office: pic.twitter.com/1edPORgMYr

— BrutalVengeance (@BVengeance267) June 27, 2023

Sorry just picturing Midge Maisel wandering around a DC Comic.

"A Crisis on Infinite Earths? That's a typical night with my in-laws!"

— Jordan Hoffman (@jhoffman) June 27, 2023

James Gunn will now focus on casting Lex Luthor, some members of the Authority, and Jimmy Olsen! pic.twitter.com/eQtkRCAax3

— Home of DCU (@homeofdcu) June 27, 2023

I've always thought "Happy Days" Ralph Malph would be the perfect Jimmy Olson.

I've found it impossible to actually find video clips of him in We Own This City, but I did not get "knock off Henry Cavill" vibes from him at all in that.

“You look like Superman.”

Superman: Legacy was David Corenswet’s fate!pic.twitter.com/5HB8Khf6tY

— BLURAYANGEL 🦇 (@blurayangel) June 27, 2023

Twitter dorks who are roasting David for not being muscular enough, this is how Cavill looked when he auditioned for Superman. pic.twitter.com/L8hrPHu1sC

— ClarkQuill97 (@CQuill97) June 28, 2023

Sounds like a fun framework to me

My main request on a Superman movie is that the tension come from Superman needing to save others, and not always being able to. We all know he's indestructible if Kryptonium isn't around, which takes the drama out of most fights. The drama and suspense has to come from "Can he save Louis? Can he save whoever?"

And it's humbling to have him lose someone important to something he can't stop, like losing pa Kent to cancer.

It's crazy how we had two sets of crappy Clark and Lois relationships back to back. This was supposed to recreate Reeve and Kidder. pic.twitter.com/h4gYvH8goD

— SeedyAnt (@SeedyAnt) June 28, 2023

TCTTS said:

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There's just no way Brosnahan doesn't bring out the best in Corenswet. She's so charming that she makes everyone else around her better. As good as Corenswet could be, I think it's Brosnahan who will be the secret weapon, and make this the best pairing since Reeve and Kidder.

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We said it earlier, but casting a magnetic screen presence for the Lex role should be important as well. I like Jesse Eisenberg in a few roles, but he is not really someone that just demands your attention on screen.

Agreed. I get the tech bro thing they were going for with Eisenberg, but it ultimately just didn't resonate. And heck, as much as I love Hackman, his version was more of a winking joke than anything, while Spacey was more sinister, but still a little goofy as well. I'm not saying this next iteration has to be super serious or anything, but Gunn finally has the opportunity to give us a version of Lex we've never seen on screen before, more in line with the classic, formidable iteration.

DubFalls said:

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I think a fun Superman plot, especially for one where he is just starting to exist, would be to have the following

- Clark joins paper
- Clark does a profile on Lex, who is doing good things with his money, they become buds
- Lex has something happen to make him lose faith in humanity and superheros
- Lex breaks bad
- Superman must stop Lex, but the Clark part of him is torn between his duty and his friend

Kinda the Smallville arch between Lex and Clark, but it's good.

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I like that storyline...as long as Lex's mother isn't also named Martha.