Henry Cavill has confirmed that he will continue to play Superman, officially ending speculation that he wasn’t on the best terms with Warner Bros. and had hung up the cape for good. The 39-year old actor and PC enthusiast shared the news through his Instagram account today, telling fans that what they saw at the end of Black Adam (which apparently features a cameo of him back as the iconic superhero) was just a “taste of what’s to come.” His Superman is poised to return in the sequel to Black Adam, where he’ll be going up against Dwayne Johnson’s anti-hero, but Man of Steel 2 isn’t coming anytime soon, according to Deadline’s sources.
“I wanted to wait [until] the weekend before posting this,” Cavill said in the video, “because I wanted to give you a chance to watch Black Adam.”
From a Deadline report:
This is no way a surprise — we told you this was in the works back in May 2020 despite some at Warner Bros. throwing furniture at the time, upset that Deadline went with the news so early.
Deadline hears that Cavill is still in final talks, and that there’s no Man of Steel 2 yet as there’s no director or writer, but this is the way the universe is moving. Warner Bros. had no comment when reached.
The actor teamed with Instagram and dozens of creators in a one-of-a-kind team-up to announce today’s news. It’s the first time, I understand, Instagram has teamed with an actor on an announcement. A variation of it was done prior with Beyoncé on her Renaissance album release.
Discussion (6 replies)
Join Discussion →IMO, very smart move for Cavill because we all see where his role and the entire franchise (hell, any lead male protagonist) for The Witcher will end up.
I think caville was glad to have the outrage because that meant DC will have to pay up more in negotiations and he is an actor that can afford to say no thanks. His family comes from money.
He plays a good man of steel. Though he's no Christopher Reeves.
that's a tough call, I think Cavill is right up there (no pun intended) with Reeves.
Rumors say the snyderverse is gone so we'll see a different take on the man of steel. Which probably means no "Injustice" adaptation, but I guess that after seeing how the animation version did, its probably for the best.
Agree- I think Cavill played it better while in the cape, but Reeves was better as Kent. But both are iconic in the role.
Although looking back now, all I can see is The Witcher...
I'm not really fond of the goofy Clark played by Reeves and Brandon Routh, IMO the best Clark goes to Tom Welling followed by Henry Cavill