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Alice Eve, Rosamund Pike and Diane Kruger are apparently all being considered for the role, whatever it may be. Before the news that Lois Lane wouldn't appear, speculation was running high as to who would be cast, with Rachel McAdams being one of the front-runners (But if I were casting the role? Rashida Jones, all the way)
I really don't quite know what to make of this news. Is it just Lois who's out? Or are they giving a miss to the whole Daily Planet crew? Because having Clark Kent walking around the Daily Planet without Lois would definitely feel awkward. Will the story even be set in Metropolis at all? That's a pretty major part of the whole mythology, and to lose it may make some people (okay, insane Interwebs fanboys) cry that they have strayed too far.
On the one hand, I can see why they made this call. If there's one aspect that we have covered pretty much fully in the Superman films it is the whole relationship with Lois and the Daily Planet setting. That and Lex Luthor and land schemes. Sidebar: isn't it insane that in Superman The Movie Lex steals nuclear missiles for a real estate swindle? I mean, he could sell the fricking missiles and make an assload of money and not have to irradiate his real estate.
Anyway, perhaps this opens up great possibilities for the film. Maybe it puts Superman in some other setting? Perhaps a New Gods storyline? A major criticism of Superman Returns was that, with all the improvements in visual and special effects, they still had him going up against Lex Luthor. It would really have to pull out all the stops to have Superman go up against Darkseid, that's for sure. But with Christopher Nolan behind things, I had assumed they would be taking a similar approach to the Batman films, namely creating a realistic world to ground the fantastic elements.
Who knows? But the possibility is intriguing.
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Rashida Jone?!? I'm a big fan of the lady. She seems like a real cool person in interviews and such. That said, everything I've seen her act (Boston Public, The Office, Parks & Recreation) she has either bored or irritated me. That said, maybe that irritating factor would make her the ideal. Certainly felt that about Kidder at times and it fits for a reporter.
As for the Luthor real-estate/nuclear missile scheme, even if we talking 1980's real-estate prices, I'm not sure he wouldn't get more money owning and selling all the coastal real-estate of California. Probably be a pretty close trade. That said from a hassle side, probably still be easier just to sell the damn missile and get the money.
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