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The new, recently announced SUPERMAN film will star a Black Superman
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He can be the obligatory Jor El cameo.I'm all for it! Think Michael B. Jordan would be a great choice. I've also always really liked the idea of Idris Elba playing Superman.
No offense but this is the worst photoshop I've ever seen.I'm all for it! Think Michael B. Jordan would be a great choice. I've also always really liked the idea of Idris Elba playing Superman.
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Long overdue.
I like Cavil but I also think a black Superman is such a powerful symbol of where this nation is (hopefully) headed. Superman is a very American icon and the idea of him being something other than white is awesome.
Meanwhile, expect lots of heads exploding.
I like Cavil but I also think a black Superman is such a powerful symbol of where this nation is (hopefully) headed. Superman is a very American icon and the idea of him being something other than white is awesome.
Meanwhile, expect lots of heads exploding.
Michael B. Jordan seems like a safe choice. I'd rather it were someone like Omari Hardwick. Dude is a total presence on screen.
damn, I'm super cool with it being MBJ but Jonathan Majors would probably be even better. Dude's an incredible actor
To my knowledge, one thing DC and Marvel have yet to do is actually make Peter Parker, Bruce Wayne or Clark Kent a person of color. They've introduced versions of Batman, Superman or Spider-Man as a person of color but they never outright reboot their original alter-egos as people of color.
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Maybe but it would also be nice to have a movie where a black guy can exist without his race being the plot
It wouldn't really matter if he's crash-landing onto a couple of white folk's farm.
I think they should keep him as Clark Kent so people don't try and says he's an alternate superman.
plenty of black Americans have "white ass names" because we were brutally stripped of our own names, history and culture during chattel enslavement
This would be awesome. And if they chose this opportunity to reboot it and remake the first movie, who could play his parents?
I'd prefer him to be Clark. Him not being Clark gives them the potential to still keep a white Superman in their backpocket should want to eject. If they're gonna do this, I want them to be all in.
So, is that a no to Henry Cavill returning, or we taking that CGI mustache work to the next level?
I guess I'm in the minority when it comes to changing these characters. I don't see the need to make Superman black. How about....less Superman? How about these companies boosting the lesser-known characters and 'validating' them (I hate using that term) pushing that they're in the same cinematic universe or that they're of equal power (or more powerful) than your favorite superhero?
I'd rather WB put the effort and budget that they would put into a full-blown Snyder Superman movie into, say, an ICON movie. It's like there's this desire to make these mega IPs something else to please...who? Who is this for? SCREW those IPs. Let's make the mythologies of Blue Marvel or Spectrum or Miles Morales or Icon or Static or Blue Beetle or Shang Chi with the same budget and attention to detail and marketing muscle that we give the 'cherished' IPs, too?
I guess the idea of seeing Michael B. Jordan or Coates waste their energies on these IPs with all of the baggage and legalities and, frankly, fan-bullsh-- fanaticism, let's work on expanding the visual vocabulary instead of rewriting the dictionary.
I'd rather WB put the effort and budget that they would put into a full-blown Snyder Superman movie into, say, an ICON movie. It's like there's this desire to make these mega IPs something else to please...who? Who is this for? SCREW those IPs. Let's make the mythologies of Blue Marvel or Spectrum or Miles Morales or Icon or Static or Blue Beetle or Shang Chi with the same budget and attention to detail and marketing muscle that we give the 'cherished' IPs, too?
I guess the idea of seeing Michael B. Jordan or Coates waste their energies on these IPs with all of the baggage and legalities and, frankly, fan-bullsh-- fanaticism, let's work on expanding the visual vocabulary instead of rewriting the dictionary.
Abrams is producing it, not directing from what the article says.
He was the first person I thought of as well, based on his role in Watchmen. I honestly forgot he was Black Manta in Aquaman. I have to imagine that rules him out for this.
I felt somewhat similarly, although someone showed me there was a push for Michael B Jordan as superman so this may feel like less of a hand-me-down. I would rather see an established black superhero being given the feature treatment though (Also i think there's a sort of black superman IN universe with the white superman, not an alternative universe one but like someone with similar powers but I forget his name)
Then again I dont read comics, maybe the alternate universe black supermen have big followings
Depending on his actual role, a producer can wield a lot of power. Hopefully he doesn't have executive power.
he's way too old, besides there are more black actors out there than just Idris Elba (or MBJ)I'm all for it! Think Michael B. Jordan would be a great choice. I've also always really liked the idea of Idris Elba playing Superman.
I'm really tired every time a black actor is mentioned for a role it's literally just those two, come on.
I'm all for it! Think Michael B. Jordan would be a great choice. I've also always really liked the idea of Idris Elba playing Superman.
I think Jordan would be great as Superman but if they're going with a new take on the character on film, I'd really like to see an older actor have a crack at it. Idris would be a really good choice.
Superman needs a fresh take on screen, this is a really smart move. Despite not being a big Abrams fan, I hope the movie turns out great.
Nice they have been trying to do this for a while now based on the Michael B. Jordan news a while back. Now will he be Clark or someone else is the question 🤔.
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Does he even do live action films?MBJ is the man, but my choice would be Bayek himself, Abubakar Salim
I remember there was a Black Superman in the previously mentioned Grant Morrison comic, so that's initially unexpected yet not incredibly surprising.
I'm all for it, assuming the movie script itself is good and not a disappointment like a fair number of recent superhero projects.
I'm all for it, assuming the movie script itself is good and not a disappointment like a fair number of recent superhero projects.
There is absolutely nothing about Superman's character that necessitates him being white. He's white because white is "default". In fact, the themes of alienation and discrimination could be much more meaningful if he's not white-passing.