
Abrams and the director McG called Superman: Flyby. That time, Superman was played by Brandon Routh, who had, some years earlier, himself failed to get the Superman role in a planned-but-never-happened collaboration between J.J. Hoechlin might not have gotten the role in 2013’s Man of Steel, but Henry Cavill did… which came years after he had been passed over the role of Superman in 2006’s Superman Returns. “I just decided, ‘You know what? If this is what they’re wanting and hoping that I do in this scene, I’m going to do what my gut’s telling me. And I remember looking at the pages and going, ‘my gut instinct is telling me something completely different than what I think they’re looking for,’” he told Den of Geek in 2021.

“I remember getting those sides, and because of who the character was, I went into looking at those scenes with an idea of what it was either supposed to be or should feel like. (Well, with the exception of certain cameos from The Flash, but that’s another story.)įor example: Tyler Hoechlin, who plays Superman in the CW’s Superman and Lois auditioned for Snyder's Man of Steel, later saying that he didn’t feel he was right for what producers were looking for.

Nonetheless, each of the Supermen that have been seen in the outfit in the 21st century only got the role after not getting the role for an earlier project. This very odd coincidence comes about, in part, because of the many Superman projects that have hit the screens in the last couple of decades. He started from very humble beginnings and is a unique individual who is naturally gifted and highly skilled and has and continues to work alongside some of the most respected and recognized names in the business.
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Louis.Screen tests are underway to discover who’ll play the Man of Steel in James Gunn’s upcoming movie Superman: Legacy, and while considering the actors who may or may not play the next cinematic Superman, there’s one qualifying question that might need to be brought up: Have they ever tried to get the role before? As unlikely as it may seem, all three of the last on-screen Men of Steel got the role after earlier failing at that very task. Reynolds is an American Actor, Writer, Producer and Recording Artist. The restored list is a partnership with the American Booksellers Association, the trade group for independent stores, an online retailer which shares revenue with independent sellers, and The Novel Neighbor bookstore in St. The top seller on Wednesday’s list was Elin Hilderbrand’s latest beach read, “The Five-Star Weekend” followed by Bonnie Garmus’ popular debut novel “Lessons in Chemistry” and Ali Hazelwood’s comic romance “Love, Theoretically.” Others included range from such perennials as “To Kill a Mockingbird” and “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” to Paul McCartney’s photography book “1964,” David Sedaris’ “Happy-Go-Lucky” and “Blood Meridian,” the acclaimed novel by Cormac McCarthy, who died earlier this month.Īlong with sales rankings, VanDenburgh says, USA Today will include feature stories on independent sellers from around the country and recommendations from independent store owners. booksellers including bookstore chains, independent bookstores, mass merchandisers and online retailers.” Unlike The New York Times and other lists, USA Today does not have separate categories for hardcovers, paperbacks, audio books and e-books, instead combining them all, no matter the genre or release date.

The list, which began in 1993 and includes the top 150 books, is “based exclusively on sales analysis from U.S. The publishing industry has long valued the USA Today rankings as a comprehensive, data-focused way of measuring the consumer market. Reynolds is an American Actor, Writer, Producer and Recording Artist. The list otherwise will be managed by the paper’s books editor, Barbara VanDenburgh. According to Erik Bursch, senior vice president for product and engineering, the logging of sales figures - entered manually by Cadden - has been automated. Gannett had not run the list since Mary Cadden, the longtime compiler, was among hundreds laid off late last year.

“We couldn’t be more thrilled because this content is important to our vast audience and uniquely supports the communities we serve,” Kristin Roberts, Gannett Media’s chief content officer, said in a statement. NEW YORK (AP) - USA Today’s weekly list of bestselling books, a publishing fixture that had been on hiatus since December, returned Wednesday.
