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Russell Crowe says Warner Bros. originally planned “a number of Superman movies” before Batman v Superman

June 1, 2016 by Gary Collinson

During an interview with Digital Spy to promote his new movie The Nice Guys, Russell Crowe has revealed that Warner Bros. originally intending on making a number of sequels to Man of Steel before The Dark Knight came along and scuppered those plans.

“Originally — I could be completely wrong — I think there was a number of Superman movies,” said Crowe when asked if there was any talk of him reprising the role of Jor-El for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. “But I think they made the decision to jump past those and go to the idea of Batman and Superman in the same film. So, no, I didn’t have any discussions about that at all.”

As yet, there’s been no official word on a Man of Steel sequel (although we have had plenty of rumours), so at the moment it’s unclear what the future holds for Henry Cavill’s Superman beyond the two-part Justice League.

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Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice sees Zack Snyder directing a cast that includes returning Man of Steel stars Henry Cavill (Superman), Amy Adams (Lois Lane), Diane Lane (Martha Kent), Laurence Fishburne (Perry White), Harry Lennix (General Swanwick), Kevin Costner (Jonathan Kent) and Christina Wren (Carrie Farris) alongside Ben Affleck (Argo) as Batman, Gal Gadot (Fast & Furious 6) as Wonder Woman, Jason Momoa (Game of Thrones) as Aquaman, Ray Fisher as Cyborg, Ezra Miller (The Perks of Being a Wallflower) as The Flash, Jesse Eisenberg (Now You See Me) as Lex Luthor, Jeremy Irons (The Borgias) as Alfred Pennyworth, Holly Hunter (The Piano) as Senator Finch, Tao Okamoto (The Wolverine) as Mercy Graves, Lauren Cohan (The Walking Dead) as Martha Wayne, Jeffrey Dean Morgan (Watchmen) as Thomas Wayne, Scoot McNairy (Argo) as Wallace Keefe and Callan Mulvey (300: Rise of an Empire) as Anatoli Knyazev.

Via ComicBook.com

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Originally published June 1, 2016. Updated April 15, 2018.

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Batman, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, DC, DC Extended Universe, Man of Steel, Russell Crowe, Superman

About Gary Collinson

Gary Collinson is a film, TV and digital content producer and writer who is the Editor-in-Chief of the pop culture website Flickering Myth and producer of the gothic horror feature 'The Baby in the Basket' and suspense thriller 'Death Among the Pines'.

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