If they did a 1990s reboot, who'd you cast?
Brendan Fraser, Billy Zane, John Cusack?
shareI always imagined a '90s era Courteney Cox or Tea Leoni as Lois Lane.
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I don't think Brendan Fraser would have been a good Superman. I don't know those other 2 actors you mentioned. Frankly though I also would love John Malkovich as Lex Luthor. But I'd want it to be the corrupt billionaire philanthropist Lex Luthor from John Byrne's 1986 Man of Steel series.
shareSUMMER 1995
Unknown Actor - Superman/Kal-El - Age: 30
Courtney Cox - Lois Lane - Age: 31 (ended up playing a similar character in Scream the following year)
John Malkovich - Lex Luthor - Age: 42
Robert Redford - Jor-El - Age: 59
Jeff Bridges - Jonathan Kent - Age: 46 (no aging makeup during Clark's teenage years)
Lynda Carter - Martha Kent - Age: 44 (no aging makeup during Clark's teenage years, yes when he grows up)
Robert Duvall - Perry White - Age: 64 (played similar character in The Paper the previous year)
Chris Tucker - Jimmy Olsen - Age 24
Michael Keaton - Batman Cameo (even though Val Kilmer had taken over this is my timeline lol, Keaton never left the role)
Steven Seagal
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shareJerry O'Connell as the guy wearing the red cape along with Sabrina Lloyd as Lois Lane
shareYou mean the cast that was going to be in Cage/Burton's Superman Lives in 1998? Or like a mid 90s remake of Superman The Movie (maybe combined with Superman II in one film like MOS) complete with crystal fortress/Krypton, sliver hair JorEl, wacky Lex, John Williams score ..(basically Superman Returns but 10y earlier with a different director)
If the later id go with:
Superman - an unknown 6ft 4 Christopher Reeve lookalike
Lois - Sandra Bullock
Lex - John Malkovich
Perry - Martin Crane
Jimmy - Will Wheaton
Zod - Jeremy Irons
Non - The Rock
Ursa - Famke Janssen
Jor El - John Travolta
Lara - Julia Ormond
Jonathan Kent - Kurt Russell
Martha - Mary Mcdonnell
Director - Roland Emmerich
Not bad. I guess you meant John Mahoney for Perry White?
Well as far as story goes, I mean more as a full fledged reboot of the film franchise in a different continuity than the Reeve films. You know, I forgot about Billy Campbell (The Rocketeer). He'd been decent plus he's actually 6, 4. So with that in mind, I think my final choices would be:
Lois Lane - Jennifer Jason Leigh
Lex Luthor - John Malkovich
General Zod - Gary Oldman
Brainiac - Alan Rickman
Darkseid - Clancy Brown
Perry White - John Goodman
Jimmy Olsen - Christian Slater
Jonathan & Martha Kent - James Cromwell & Sally Field
Jor El & Lara - Ralph Fiennes & Emma Thompson
Lana Lang - Julianne Moore
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I think I'd have either Steven Spielberg or James Cameron as the director.
Yes I meant Mahoney lol
Alt casting that was considering:
Courtney Cox - Lois
Martin Sheen - Perry
Rickman - Zod
Hopkins/Neeson/Costner - JorEl
Dennis Quaid/Redford/Bridges - Jonathan
Mine wouldn't be a sequel but a reboot too but with some elements of the Reeve films (but not as much as Returns) stuff like the crystal fortress/krypton (but on a much more massive scale), similar bright suit/same S design (but more detailed than spandex), filmed in colourful New York (but not showing recognisable land marks like Statue of Liberty, twin towers etc), elements of the Williams score (but not as the main score - basically itd have to be earned and then would played over the end credits after the new Superman did the smile/end flyby over earth), and the same 'Superman' crystal font logo on the posters