Henry Cavill is back as Superman. Following a cameo in the post-credits scene of Black Adam, The Witcher actor confirmed his return to the role, via an Instagram video. “I wanted to make it official that I am back as Superman and the image you see in this post and what you saw in Black Adam are a very small taste of what's to come,” he said, outlining his future in the DC Extended Universe. The update comes after reports from last week, which claimed that Warner Bros. was planning a sequel to 2013's Man of Steel, and was looking for writers to realise the project.
The 39-year-old “whole point” of the film.
Black Adam Warner Bros.' continued efforts at detaching itself from the director's vision.
“That is such a difficult conversation because it's dividing so many people. The way I look at it is that there was a lot of thought put into why that theme got chosen. It wasn't just a random thought. So it's very difficult,” Balfe said. “Thought went into it and why and there's a relevance to it and I think that you'll find that there's... I just didn't realize it was going to be such [a reaction].”
Fans were also quick to notice a change in hairstyle — both in the post-credits scene and the image featured in Cavill's Instagram post. Instead of the slick, swooped-back hairstyle we saw in the Snydeverse, going forward, we might be getting a traditional look, with Superman fashioning his signature spit curl, akin to the comic books.
These updates come in the wake of an internal shakeup for the Reports from last week indicate that he denied Johnson's plans to bring Cavill back to the mega-budget franchise. However, the disapproval drove Johnson to meet up with Warner Bros. Pictures heads Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy, who approved his request.
Back in August, executive-turned-producer Dan Lin was reportedly in Netflix.