Superman movie gets new director and a lot of questions

Fans of Superman have something to look forward to, and that’s a new Superman movie, but the premise, and director have some wondering if it’s a smart move. Either way, WB is putting a rush on the property in an attempt to start production before 2011 so they don’t lose the rights to the franchise.

The first big announcement is Dawn of the Dead director Zack Snyder will be directing the reboot/sequel movie with Christopher Nolan helping with the project. You’ll remember Snyder as the director of 300 and Watchmen, and while both had varying degrees of success, he wasn’t WB’s first choice. Apparently, Black Swan director Darren Aronofsky was the first choice. I think Snyder is an interesting choice, and while Aronofsky has the bigger name, this could very easily make or break the director.

I’m sure there were plenty of reasons to choose Snyder to helm such a big movie, but reports are saying the main reason is due to the script being rushed, and not completed, and WB wanting to go through with the movie and not wait for someone to redo the script. Apparently they are counting on Snyder to rework the script and shoot the movie, which could be interesting. The movie is set to revolve around Clark Kent traveling the world as a journalist, trying to decide whether to become Superman or not and will feature General Zod as the villain.

There aren’t many clues as to who Snyder could be looking at to wear the cape, but rumors are swirling, and it seems Superman Returns star Brandon Routh is not one of them, despite doing a respectable job in the previous movie. WB show Smallville is ending it’s series this year, maybe they’ll get Tom Welling, which would be kind of fitting, considering the end of Smallville is said to have Welling’s Clark Kent pickup the Superman costume.

So what do you think of Snyder as director? Who would you cast as the big, blue boy scout?

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