You're Invited to a SUPERMAN RETURNS Anniversary Event

Ten years ago tomorrow, Brandon Routh brought Superman back to the big screen after a lengthy absence in the critically and audience-acclaimed SUPERMAN RETURNS. Although Brandon has gone on to other projects since then, we have not forgotten his legacy. And with that... READ MORE

VIDEOS: 'Super' PARTNERS Clip, Talk Shows

This past week has been undoubtedly busy for Brandon as he visited two talk shows in-studio: G4's ATTACK OF THE SHOW and CBS' THE TALK. In addition to this, CBS has released a new clip from an upcoming episode of PARTNERS in which Brandon's character "Wyatt" puts on a pair of glasses, giving us a nice homage to SUPERMAN RETURNS.

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Brandon Routh, PARTNERS Easing Gay Acceptance

This morning, trade publication Variety published an important article on how Brandon's character Wyatt on the upcoming CBS comedy PARTNERS (Facebook | Twitter) and other gay characters in the upcoming TV season are helping to pave the way towards the inevitable acceptance of the LGBT (Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender) community. You may recall he previously played gay characters on COLD CASE and WILL & GRACE.

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"Return to Krypton" Deleted Sequence Explained

Superman Homepage received a copy of the Superman Anthology blu-ray set which includes the highly anticipated deleted opening sequence of SUPERMAN RETURNS, "Return to Krypton."
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Superman Anthology Website Launches

On June 7, Warner Bros will release Superman: The Motion Picture Anthology Blu-ray DVD set consisting of all four Chris Reeve films and SUPERMAN RETURNS.

The 8-disc set will feature bonus footage including the original opening to SUPERMAN RETURNS which fans have dubbed "Return to Krypton."

Visit www.supermananthology.com || Pre-order on Amazon here.

Happy Holidays!

Hi, Readers!

Iris here wishing you all an awesome holiday season!

As a token of my appreciation for being a reader all these years, here is a picture of Brandon on the set of SUPERMAN RETURNS taking direction from Bryan Singer on crashing-landing onto the surface of New Krypton.

Rumored Plot Details for "Superman Returns" Sequel

IESB has released some details from Bryan Singer's alleged SUPERMAN RETURNS sequel rumored to be titled MAN OF STEEL that would have been made had the studio given it a greenlight instead of rebooting the franchise. It was widely stated that the sequel would contain more action sequences than the first installment.

TMS started just a few years after the incidents that we saw in Superman Returns. Kal-El is doing what Superman does best, Lois Lane is raising her kid Jason, who of course is Superman's child and the world is getting use to having Superman back.

Now there are storyline threads that go back to Superman Returns, one is the on going plot of Superman's original reason of going back to Krypton. He has always wondered if he truly is the last Son of Krypton.
Remember new Krypton that Lex created with crystals he stole from the Fortress of Solitude and Kryptonite that Supes launched into to space that nearly killed him?

So new Krypton continues to grow in space and has become an almost perfect sphere. It is now the size of a small moon.

Read much more at IESB.

Massive News Round-Up

Comic-Con '09 - Brandon will be on-hand Thursday the 23rd to show footage from "Dead of Night" as well as sign autographs alongside Sam Huntington. An exclusive poster will be given away at the signing. If you've got any pictures of Brandon or "DON" from the event, please email me.

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World - A new video blog featuring Brandon as Todd Ingram has surfaced. The vlog showcases a fight between Brandon and Michael Cera.

Superman - Brandon's contract to play Superman has expired. The earliest Superman could return is 2012.

Life is Hot in Cracktown - Screenings at the BIG Cinemas South Dekalb Stadium 12 in Atlanta, GA (buy tickets) on July 17, Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal (buy tickets) on July 20 and New York International Latino Festival in NYC on July 30. For more details, visit the Facebook page.

Courtney Ford on Showtime's "Dexter" - Courtney Ford has landed a regular role on Dexter, the highly-rated Showtime drama about a serial killer/forensics expert. Season 4 premieres September 27. Check it out!

Superman Unleashed?

Several folks have hacked into Legendary Pictures' website which allegedly lists the working title for the SR sequel.

"Ramping up the action of its esteemed predecessor, the sequel to 'Superman Returns' promises to raise the stakes and take the audience to heights of action that no other superhero movie can achieve."

Read more at /film.

DC Comics President on "Superman"

LatinoReview spoke with DC Comics president Paul Levitz about the state of DC Comics superhero movies coming to theatres and meeting with Brandon.

“Last week Brandon Routh has come around the offices in New York and Los Angeles as of late to talk about Superman and what we want to do”

Campaign Mention in "Variety"

BR.C members should be proud of their efforts for the "Bring Routh Back" campaign as news of it has made waves in Variety. Both BR.C and BlueTights were mentioned in the article.

"On August 26th of this year, a small group of Superman/Brandon Routh fans at Brandon Routh.com and BlueTights Network, one of the most renowned Superman sites in the world, started the campaign to express our dissatisfaction of WB's alleged 'new strategy' and to demand them to recast Brandon Routh as Superman in the future film again. Clairecheaux, one of the most respected members of the forum, has named this as the: "BRB! - Bring Routh Back!" campaign."

Read more campaign details in the forum.

Superman Reboots

Updated August 28: BR.C forum members have started a petition to bring Brandon back as Superman (assuming he has not been asked back). View it here.
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WB president Jeff Robinov spoke to the Wall Street Journal about rebooting the Superman franchise and reintroducing Superman to the public.

"Warner Bros. also put on hold plans for another movie starring multiple superheroes -- known as "Batman vs. Superman" -- after the $215 million "Superman Returns," which had disappointing box-office returns, didn't please executives. "'Superman' didn't quite work as a film in the way that we wanted it to," says Mr. Robinov. "It didn't position the character the way he needed to be positioned." "Had 'Superman' worked in 2006, we would have had a movie for Christmas of this year or 2009," he adds. "But now the plan is just to reintroduce Superman without regard to a Batman and Superman movie at all."

In my opinion, even though we may not see the returns of Bryan Singer, Kate Bosworth, and Kevin Spacey, the chance of Brandon returning to don the red cape is favorable as the search for Superman was difficult. The next month or so should end any speculation about his involvement.

Brandon on "Lie to Me" and Superman

Brandon recently spoke with Press-Telegram, a Long Beach publication, about his role in the independent drama Lie to Me which premieres at the Newport Beach Film Festival on Saturday and the status of the "Superman Returns" sequel.

On "Lie to Me":

"It's an interesting date movie, maybe even an interesting first date. It puts it all out on the table and raises a lot of interesting subjects for people - things that are really important and what people my age are going through. Mainly, am I ready to commit to one person?"

On the SR sequel:

"Bryan was very open to communicating about the character and was very collaborative with me. We talked endlessly about the character and what he's going through. On set, we were on the same playing field. He's a genius and it's exciting to see him work. I think (`Superman Returns') is a beautiful film. I'm really, really proud of it and very excited to continue."

LTM director John Stewart Muller has provided br.c a PDF file from "944 Magazine" in which Brandon discusses LTM. View it in the gallery.