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Warner Bros. Is Searching for a Black Director and Black Actor to Lead the Next Superman Movie
Collider ^ | 05 05 2021 | Adam Chitwood

Posted on 05/05/2021 7:31:53 PM PDT by yesthatjallen

The next Superman movie will look wildly different from anything that’s come before. We learned in February that Warner Bros. had hired acclaimed author and journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates to write the screenplay for a new Superman movie with J.J. Abrams producing. Rumors also swirled at the time that this planned film would introduce a new Superman – a Black Superman.

That is indeed what Warner Bros. is planning, as a new report over at THR takes a look inside what’s on deck for this DC reboot. The plan is to introduce the world to a Black Superman, and Warner Bros. is also committed to hiring a Black filmmaker to direct the movie – meaning Abrams will only be producing, not directing this venture. It’s still early days on the project as Coates’ screenplay isn’t even due until December, but Warner Bros. is currently eager to get a director attached so shepherd the project in this nascent stage.

THR throws out Steven Caple Jr. (Creed II), J.D. Dillard (Sleight), Regina King (One Night in Miami), and Shaka King (Judas and the Black Messiah) as possibilities while also noting Warner Bros. could shoot for a more established filmmaker like Ryan Coogler or Barry Jenkins. However, Coogler currently has his hands full with Black Panther 2 and won’t be finished with that film until after it releases in Summer 2022, so he may not be the likeliest of possibilities. King could have an edge as his Warner Bros. film Judas and the Black Messiah just scored two Oscar wins and a Best Picture nomination, but again the report stresses that it’s “phenomenally early” so it’s anyone’s guess at this point.

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To: yesthatjallen

They might as well add a bankruptcy attorney to their search.


21 posted on 05/05/2021 8:03:11 PM PDT by BobL (TheDonald.win is now Patriots.win)
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To: Dr. Sivana

Do you recognize any of those audience members? I see Johnny Carson, James ‘Scotty’ Doohan, Lucille Ball, John Denver with the glasses further on back. Sonny Bono looking back next to Batman.


22 posted on 05/05/2021 8:03:18 PM PDT by White Lives Matter
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To: yesthatjallen
Isn't it cultural exploitation to take a Caucasian super hero created by a Jewish guy and change his skin shade to push a cultural agenda?
23 posted on 05/05/2021 8:03:48 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (May their path be strewn with Legos, may they step on them with bare feet until they repent. )
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To: yesthatjallen

Because everyone knows that woke films make the most money. The 10% of the population that actually might go to see a second rate preachy film usually are too lazy to leave the comfort of their television set... But when it makes it to HBO it should become an instant classic.


24 posted on 05/05/2021 8:05:38 PM PDT by fireman15
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To: yesthatjallen
In other news...

Warner Bros. announces corporate conversion to tax shelter


25 posted on 05/05/2021 8:07:53 PM PDT by nicollo (I said no!)
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To: White Lives Matter
I noticed Lex Luthor, Batman, and a young Jimmy Carter in the foreground.

Here's the full cover (with back), Wolfman Jack stands out immediately. There's Donny and Marie, and Juan Epstein. Is that Jesse Jackson?!


26 posted on 05/05/2021 8:08:50 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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To: yesthatjallen

Get the chick from the chick Ghostbusters
.

Be as good.


27 posted on 05/05/2021 8:09:16 PM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
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To: yesthatjallen

Make the next Black Panther white.


28 posted on 05/05/2021 8:10:14 PM PDT by gawatchman
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To: Dr. Sivana

That’s wild. I didn’t know it had all those celebrities on there.


29 posted on 05/05/2021 8:12:31 PM PDT by White Lives Matter
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To: yesthatjallen

Probably will be black and bi sexual or gay given just about every movie and tv series I’ve seen come out of Hollywood, Netflix and Amazon lately.


30 posted on 05/05/2021 8:13:51 PM PDT by GOP Poet (Super cool you can change your tag line EVERYTIME you post!! :D. (Small things make me happy))
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To: yesthatjallen

Jar Jar Abrahms master of the lens flare.


31 posted on 05/05/2021 8:15:18 PM PDT by HonkyTonkMan ( )
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To: yesthatjallen

They’re going to update the story line. Krypton will be Fentanyl. The “Fortress of Solitude” will be the “Crib of Crack Crystals”. just saying...love to hear the soundtrack...


32 posted on 05/05/2021 8:15:56 PM PDT by sageburn
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To: Dr. Sivana

Lucille Ball on the back lower right as well as it looks like the character Clark Kent also next to her. There are so many recognizable faces I see in that audience. I was too young to really remember any of these names though. Very cool.


33 posted on 05/05/2021 8:16:48 PM PDT by GOP Poet (Super cool you can change your tag line EVERYTIME you post!! :D. (Small things make me happy))
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To: sageburn

Who’s gonna be the bizarros ?


34 posted on 05/05/2021 8:20:18 PM PDT by bankwalker (groupthink kills ...)
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To: yesthatjallen

It’s going to be a problem finding a black actor ‘cause God knows you never see any on TV, movies or ads. It’ll be a daunting task.


35 posted on 05/05/2021 8:22:50 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (I prefer the challenges of life to the guaranteed existence - Prof. Dean Alfange)
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To: yesthatjallen

Who is the new Shaft? Matt Damon? Tom Cruise?


36 posted on 05/05/2021 8:24:45 PM PDT by joshua c (Dump the LEFT. Cable tv, Big tech, national name brands)
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To: yesthatjallen

Director: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colman_Domingo


37 posted on 05/05/2021 8:27:25 PM PDT by Irenic ( )
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To: yesthatjallen

Comic book movies are now the only “films” that keep Hollywood profitable. They make most of their money in Asia. It will be interesting to see who will finance this movie and how it sells.


38 posted on 05/05/2021 8:30:58 PM PDT by allendale
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To: yesthatjallen

Just call it Wokeman. There’s nothing super about this.


39 posted on 05/05/2021 8:32:12 PM PDT by NohSpinZone (First thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers)
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To: yesthatjallen

This will be a shoe-in for 10 Academy Awards, to include the big 3...Actor, Director and Picture.

No matter how friggin’ lame it ends up being.


40 posted on 05/05/2021 8:39:24 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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