It fell in the middle of the night for France via the actor’s Instagram account: Henry Cavill will unfortunately not make his big comeback in the role of Superman in the new DCU that James Gunn and Peter Safran are redesigning. The British actor explains in his message that he had a meeting with the two men and decided not to keep him for the role of the man of steel for the needs of this new universe that they are restructuring. Henry Cavill does not hide his sadness (“It’s a sad news”), he who had been called back by Dwayne Johnson at the last minute to appear in the post-credits scene of Black Adam, the film which was to change the hierarchy of powers in within the DCU. But that was before the film was a box office disappointment, with less than $400 million generated worldwide in 7 weeks of release (as much as Black Panther Wakanda Forever in just one month on American soil) . This is all the more true since there is also a dark story where Dwayne Johnson would have liked to hide the bad figures of his film from the big shots of Warner Bros Discovery.
In his Instagram post, Henry Cavill says he respects the choice of Gunn and Safran, recalling that Superman is not dead and that he will return in the guise of another actor. According to other rumors, James Gunn would intend to rejuvenate the character and therefore to leave on another comedian. With the end of the Snyder-verse, the films going all over the place and of course, unexpected cancellations (Batgirl), the DCU has never been so complicated for a general public who is not necessary to the fact of all behind-the-scenes details. It is no coincidence that Black Adam, as powerful as he was in terms of marketing, did not succeed in bringing more people to the cinema. It was the best thing to do, very sincerely. In any case, sacred emotional lift…
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