新《超人》選角啓動 導演力推新人

The search is on for the next Superman, and a new report sheds a bit more light on the qualifications required to bring the Man of Steel back to the big screen.

Deadline reports that Warner Bros., producer Christopher Nolan, and director Zack Snyder are casting a "wide net" for an actor to play Superman in the upcoming reboot of the movie franchise. The report echoes many of the previous qualifications rumored for potential candidates, including the studio's willingness to go after an unknown or lesser-known actor, and an age range of 28-to-32.

華納影業聯合制片人克里斯托弗-羅蘭與導演扎克-施奈德，正式啓動了爲即將開拍的《超人》電影遴選男主角的工作，之前媒體所盛傳的幾位“超人”候選人均榜上有名，同時電影公司還透露了也不排除可能，會重新發掘一位年齡在28到32歲間“默默無聞”的男演員。

The report also indicates that the studio is targeting a June 2011 start for production on the film due to the 2009 judgment that saw much of the rights to Superman revert back to creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Schuster in 2013. The studio is also required to put a new film into production in 2011 in order to avoid owing profits to the Siegel and Schuster families.

The report goes on to name-check many of the potential Superman actors that have been rumored over the last few months, including Armie Hammer ("The Social Network") and Joe Manganiello ("True Blood"). The report also adds "Vampire Diaries" actor Ian Somerhalder as a potential candidate, but reiterates that the schedule for the project will likely cut out television actors.

"Mad Men" actor Jon Hamm was originally listed as a potential candidate in Deadline's report, but his name was removed in a subsequent edit of the story. Whether that means he's more or less likely to be in the mix is anybody's guess.

消息同時指出，由於作者傑裏-西格爾與喬-舒斯特2013年時將收回漫畫的電影改編權，所以華納方面希望劇組能在2011年6月時開機，與此同時在明年還有將由一部《超人》電影進入準備階段，以保證在改編權到期之前充分的利用這一題材。演員方面，《社交網絡》的艾米-漢莫與《真愛如血》的喬-曼根尼羅均出現在新一任“超人”的競爭者名單之中。而之前有報道稱《廣告狂人》的喬-哈姆也有望在大銀幕上扮演者位家喻戶曉的漫畫人物。