Behind Warner Bros.’ Search for a Black Superman

The Hollywood Reporter ^ | MAY 5, 2021 | Tatiana Siegel, Borys Kit

[Bratch]

After enlisting Ta-Nehisi Coates to write the latest feature on the superhero, the studio is searching for its director and star as it kick-starts the next phase of its DC universe.

While promoting his Amazon Prime film Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse in late April, Michael B. Jordan put a Kryptonite pin in any rumors that he might suit up as Warner Bros.’ next Superman. “I’m flattered that people have me in that conversation,” Jordan told The Hollywood Reporter. “It’s definitely a compliment, but I’m just watching on this one.”

With that, a whole new guessing game has kicked off centered on who will play the Man of Steel. And arguably more pressing: Who will direct? Sources say J.J. Abrams, who is producing the film, is not among the many possibilities being considered. When Warners announced in February that celebrated author Ta-Nehisi Coates is writing the screenplay and Abrams is producing, it did not address the matter of helming. But insiders say Warners and DC are committed to hiring a Black director to tackle what will be the first cinematic incarnation of Superman featuring a Black actor, with one source adding that putting Abrams at the helm would be “tone-deaf.”

[NurdlyPeon]

Yes Shaq already did this... Steel. It was based on the four story lines that emerged after the death of Superman.

Shaq's movie can be found right here

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120207/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

[MrLucky1966]

How about a miniseries about the Jackson Five played by, The Osmonds! B-)