Is Brandon Routh going to be Superman again?

Brandon Routh would love to revisit the role of Superman

In an interview with Comic Book, Brandon Routh has revealed that he would be extremely open to playing Superman again though, to be fair, he wouldn't jump to play just any version of the character.

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Is Brandon Routh playing the same Superman as Christopher Reeves?

Singer cast Brandon Routh as Superman in part because of the young actor's uncanny resemblance to Reeve, who died in 2004 after a tragic accident left him a paraplegic who heroically crusaded for spinal cord and stem cell research. Why Brandon Routh did not continue as Superman? In an interview with The Geek House Show, Routh stated that the combination of lackluster ticket sales and the unavailability of the creative team ended all hopes for a sequel (via Cinema Blend). In a relatively short period of time, Brandon Routh went from the cusp of mega-stardom to a lead actor with no films.

Why did Superman Returns flop?

For that reason, perhaps Superman Returns' box office underperformance can be attributed to its failure to excite core superhero fans, who were almost universally disappointed by the lack of new characters, any hint of wider Superman or DC mythology (the “shared cinematic universe” of today was still a pipe dream in Who played Superman best?

1) Christopher Reeve

He perfectly balanced the social awkwardness of Clark Kent and the steeliness of Superman with huge aplomb. Even Superman's alien qualities came through in Reeve himself, who felt like the product of a different period: a classic movie star slightly outside his own era.

Who played Superman after Christopher Reeve?

Brandon Routh returned to the role of Superman on a 2019 episode of The CW's "Batwoman" — 13 years after he first portrayed the superhero in 2006's "Superman Returns."