Orlando Bloom: Next Superman Star

Mon, 09 April 2007 at 10:39 am

Can you imagine Orlando Bloom slipping into a pair tights for the next Superman film?

No? Well, imagine harder!

Orlando, 30, was spotted discussing roles in the upcoming Superman at the Tower Bar restaurant in Hollywood with Superman Returns producers Mindy and Jon Peters and the movie’s director, Bryan Singer.

Orlando playing the new love interest for Lois Lane would be perfect! (Ex-girlfriend Kate Bosworth portrayed Lois Lane in Superman Returns.)

Credit: Page Six; Photos: Getty
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# 1

tina @ 04/09/2007 at 10:49 am

i thought brandon already signed on for the next movie.

# 2

L @ 04/09/2007 at 10:53 am

terrible idea!
Superman (Brandon Routh) and Richard White (the adorable James Marsden) are enough love interests for Lois Lane, its already too complicated. They can’t cast him as the villan, cause I think the movie would sink.

# 3

Just Jared @ 04/09/2007 at 10:57 am

He did. Orlando wouldn’t play Superman. My guess is is he’d probably be cast as some chick’s love interest.

# 4

Chrissy @ 04/09/2007 at 11:03 am

Uhm…talk about awkward?

# 5

mrs grated cheese @ 04/09/2007 at 11:04 am

Bbbbuuuutttt…. he’s a leading man. Why would he want a bit part in a commercial franchise for?

# 6

Just Jared @ 04/09/2007 at 11:06 am

More $$$$$$$?

# 7

[Fug Face [x]] @ 04/09/2007 at 11:09 am

Orlando - Horrible Superman - To skinny To short

Orlando should replace Kate Bosworth [Lois] she’s the worst. Lol

# 8

annie @ 04/09/2007 at 11:11 am

Hopefully he’s at the point where he’ll realize that it’s just not a good career move. Superman Returns brought in a fair bit of coin, but it’s not that great of a movie, and while I like what Brian Singer did to the X-Men franchise, I don’t see this sequel being anything great enough to give Orlando the credibility he wants/needs.

# 9

[Fug Face [x]] @ 04/09/2007 at 11:11 am

commercial franchise made his career, why not?

# 10

Anon. @ 04/09/2007 at 11:29 am

Maybe they approached him and he just was being polite. I thought Brian Singer’s Superman was terrible. And I am a HUGE Superman fan.
Now that Orli is rolling in $$$ and has POTC and LOTR under his belt, he’s try to do some acting. I saw him in Ned Kelly with Heath Ledger and he was really very good. I could see him doing a villain part just for laughs in Superman. Is Kate going to do another Superman? I don’t think any of them should! Especially Brian Singer! LOL!

# 11

MarieMJS @ 04/09/2007 at 11:31 am

holycrap NOOOO! I can just pray it’s all a mistake, I DONT want Orlando Bloom in the Superman franchise, please no… Brandon Routh has signed for the next movie, that would be for another role, but NOOOOO please no go away…

My thoughts are that Bryan Singer may have met him for his new project, that will be done just before the superman sequel, its a WW2 movie produced by Tom Cruise. Hopefully O_O!!!

# 12

stopping by for a second @ 04/09/2007 at 11:47 am

I read on the MSN gossip he was seen out with Jennifer Aniston

# 13

Amy @ 04/09/2007 at 11:55 am

I could see Orlando as Mxyzptlk

# 14

huh @ 04/09/2007 at 12:02 pm

What’s your source for this?

# 15

Amy @ 04/09/2007 at 12:12 pm

The new Superman movies are a waste of space and film, so whatever they cast him as I don’t care.

# 16

Margaret @ 04/09/2007 at 12:31 pm

stopping by for a second - he was at the TOWER BAR with Aniston last week and some business types. Let’s start a rumor that Jen plays Lois Lane to his Superman. lol

# 17

[Fug Face [x]] @ 04/09/2007 at 12:38 pm

womp womp

# 18

Me No Likey @ 04/09/2007 at 1:07 pm

Why are they even making another one? Superman Returns was lousy. Orlando recently said he wants to do smaller films and no more costume films so I don’t think this is likely. Orlando knows Singer so maybe this was just a friends get together.

# 19

ricky @ 04/09/2007 at 1:36 pm

This story is false. He’s not going to be the next superman. My guess is that his ex planted the story for some badly needed publicity.

# 20

Anon. @ 04/09/2007 at 1:42 pm

I think the Tom Cruise WWII project sounds feasible and I think Orli meeting with JA, who is loaded wth $$$, has her own production company, and loves smaller, indie type movies, this definitely sounds like a serious business meeting. I like Orli. I think he has talent. I don’t think he’s done a lot of good work, tho.

# 21

Mikki @ 04/09/2007 at 2:13 pm

It sounds like Orlando is just talking to different people about his options. Also, he’s friends with most of the people in Hollywood, so it makes sense that he would be seen out with different directors and actors. I’m a huge fan, and will support any project he decides on. I hope he does more Indie movies. Haven is one of my favorite movies.

# 22

Anon @ 04/09/2007 at 2:59 pm

huh asked: What’s your source for this?

NY Post Page 6 Gossip - so it’s likely crap. Anyway, Singer has other movies in the pipeline besides Superman (which isn’t even coming out for over 2 years), so it could be something else. Or - oh no! - maybe it was JUST LUNCH. I just don’t see Orlando doing Superman.

# 23

xenu @ 04/09/2007 at 3:25 pm

The Superman sequel has supposedly been put on hold because Singer has a few other projects in the pipeline. Personally, I think it won’t get made at all because Superman Returns was a big fat joke. Orlando would be insane to even consider it.

# 24

[Fug Face [x]] @ 04/09/2007 at 3:34 pm

superman returns wasn’t as bad as people make it out to be, it just had an extremely boring storyline, not to mention kate bosworth was horrible horrible horrible!

more action plus super villans, the sequel will be fine.

# 25

Jules @ 04/09/2007 at 6:50 pm

Yay! they are making another Superman!

# 26

Brandon @ 04/09/2007 at 7:24 pm

I could definitely see it now — Orlando Bloom as Brainiac! Perfect choice for a villian!

# 27

Rome @ 04/09/2007 at 9:29 pm

Superman Returns was an incredible film, but I doubt OB was in talks for the sequwl.

The last comment about the film being delayed was reported as a rumor, but was quickly determined as absolutely false by WB. I just tend to think the Superman franchise detractors, while certainly loud and persistent (and repetetive), are actually very small in number. In real life, for every one person I know of that didn’t care for the movie, I know at least five others that absolutely LOVED it.

# 28

'tis I @ 04/09/2007 at 9:48 pm

If he is going to be in the next superman movie I hardly doubt that he will play superman himself. I mean, isn’t superman supposed to be the American Hero, and well, Orlando’s British…so umm, mabey he’s this villan who kidnaps Lois Lane and he’s only saying yes so he can get his revenge on Kate for being a cow to him (honestly, is that woman braindead?? I would have clung to him like a barnacle clings to a rock, like clingfilm clings to my sandwiches and so-on)

# 29

david @ 04/10/2007 at 12:55 am

The PR department at Warner Bros are in dreamland. If you are going to start a casting rumour, don’t make one that’s so unbelieveable. No freaking way in hell is Orlando going to play a C-listed “love interest” that’s second-billing behind his ex-girlfriend. Try again, WB!

# 30

Tober @ 04/10/2007 at 1:14 pm

maybe he’ll be jimmy olsens’ love interest???

J/K

I think his pretty boy looks would be good for someone else in the DC univers… and while I agree that he most likely would not get away with being a bad guy I would love to see him try and be dark and manacing.

After all Heath Ledger is taking the pretty boy routine and going to the dark side in the upcomming batman flick.

Thinking of other characters that he could play… in the DCU I think OB would also make a good Hal Jordan / Green Lantern… in the specific Superman mythos there is that star labs security guy the golden shield…

I think that the love tri-angle thingy has been done to much for them to try an re-tread the same old paths in the sequal… I mean she (LOIS) has superman’s kid and then with his return I think that there will definately be some pull to bring them together aS A family unit. I think that Superman / Clark being the kind of “mild mannered” moralistic person that the Kents raised him to be would really push for some sort of family stability.

and then there’s the new Superboy to consider… lots of things that can be done there in regards to Bloom coming into the project… I mean someone needs to help him learn to control his powers and maybe they go to star labs and meet an unscupulois scientist there…

LOTS of IFS.

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