{"id":18070,"date":"2020-01-17T17:48:42","date_gmt":"2020-01-18T01:48:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=18070"},"modified":"2020-01-28T13:26:24","modified_gmt":"2020-01-28T21:26:24","slug":"rumor-brandon-routh-will-reprise-his-kingdom-come-superman-role-in-an-upcoming-mini-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=18070","title":{"rendered":"[Rumor] Brandon Routh will reprise his Kingdom Come Superman role in an upcoming Mini-series"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/brandon-routh-superman-farewell-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18071\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/brandon-routh-superman-farewell-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/brandon-routh-superman-farewell-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/brandon-routh-superman-farewell-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/brandon-routh-superman-farewell-1000x500.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/brandon-routh-superman-farewell.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Followers of my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B7cS4uXl9Jh\/\">Instagram <\/a>already know how much I love Superman,  so it should be clear that I wouldn&#8217;t share this news if I didn&#8217;t believe it had some merit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have heard this twice now in too close a fashion for it to be a false lead, so I\u2019m willing to put this out there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Due to an overwhelmingly positive response to his brief appearance in the 2019\/20 <strong>CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS<\/strong> crossover event on the CW over the last couple months; actor Brandon Routh, Producer Greg Berlanti &amp; a small collection of creatives originally involved in 2006\u2019s \u201c<strong>Superman Returns<\/strong>\u201d have met with WarnerBros over the last few days to discuss the potential of a Post-Crisis <strong>SUPERMAN <\/strong>limited series for <strong>The CW <\/strong>or the more likely option, <strong>HBOmax<\/strong>. The outing would see <strong>Routh <\/strong>return as the titular character and reunite him with \u201cestablished characters in Superman lore\u201d. This would be developed alongside the recently announced straight to series <strong>SUPERMAN &amp; LOIS<\/strong>, also Produced by Greg Berlanti. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the details of such a project are scarce, but it will follow the events of the <strong>Crisis On Infinite Earths<\/strong> crossover as this <strong>Superman <\/strong>was seen in the final moments of the event returning to his Earth (dubbed <strong>Earth-93<\/strong>). But the big twist is that as of right now we don&#8217;t know the effects the <strong>Crisis <\/strong>had on his Earth. Prior to the final moments of the show and the grand rebirth of the <strong>Multiverse<\/strong>, <strong>Lois <\/strong>and <strong>Jimmy <\/strong>were confirmed dead following an attack on the<strong> Daily Planet<\/strong> by <strong>The Joker<\/strong> (a detail pulled straight from the iconic <strong>Kingdom Come<\/strong> graphic novel), but that may all have changed post Crisis. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-instagram wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B7cS4uXl9Jh\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Up, Up, and Away!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":18071,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6,17],"tags":[1498,1325,1152,668,1497,1293],"class_list":["post-18070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-film-tv","category-tcn-originals","tag-brandon-routh","tag-crisis-on-infinite-earths","tag-hbo-max","tag-superman","tag-supermanreturns","tag-the-cw"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - 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