Henry Cavill performed Superman in "Batman v. Superman: Daybreak of Justice" in 2016.
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Within the newest shakeup from Warner Bros., Henry Cavill won't reprise his function as Superman in spite of everything.
The 39-year-old actor penned a letter to followers and posted it to Instagram on Wednesday evening.
“I've simply had a gathering with James Gunn and Peter Safran, and it’s unhappy information, everybody. I'll, in spite of everything, not be returning as Superman,” he started.
“After being advised by the studio to announce my return again in October, previous to their rent, this information isn’t the best, however that’s life,” Cavill added. “The altering of the guard is one thing that occurs. I respect that. James and Peter have a universe to construct. I want them and all concerned with the brand new universe the very best of luck, and the happiest of fortunes.”
Cavill made his debut as Superman in 2013 in Zack Snyder’s “Man of Metal.” He reprised the function in 2016’s “Batman v. Superman: Daybreak of Justice” and 2017’s “Justice League.”
Gunn echoed Cavill’s announcement in a collection of Wednesday tweets that additionally revealed he and Safran are writing a brand new movie about Superman.
“Peter & I've a DC slate able to go, which we couldn’t be extra over-the-moon about; we’ll be capable to share some thrilling details about our first tasks firstly of the brand new 12 months,” he mentioned.
“Amongst these on the slate is Superman. Within the preliminary phases, our story will probably be specializing in an earlier a part of Superman’s life, so the character won't be performed by Henry Cavill. However we simply had an excellent assembly with Henry, and we’re huge followers and we talked about quite a few thrilling prospects to work collectively sooner or later,” Gunn promised.
Gunn and Safran had been introduced as co-chairmen and CEOs for the movie, TV and animation division of DC Studios, a newly fashioned Warner Bros. sector that changed DC Movies in October.
They every have intensive expertise with the superhero style, having introduced a few of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and DC Universe’s hottest characters to life in hit movies and collection corresponding to Marvel’s blockbuster “Guardians of the Galaxy”; DC’s highest grossing film, “Aquaman”; in addition to “Shazam!,” “The Suicide Squad” and HBO Max‘s live-action collection, “Peacemaker.”
Just some weeks in the past, Dwayne Johnson admitted that he “fought for years” with studio executives to deliver Cavill again as Superman. However for now, he’s hanging up his cape.
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