Lois Lane is here, baby!

[James Logan]

...and, unfortunately, she seems to be carrying a kid around her shoulders, maybe confirming reports that in the film, Lois already has a son before Clark comes back from Krypton.

http://www.supermanhomepage.com/images/superman-lives/kate-newspaper.jpg

http://www.supermanhomepage.com/images/superman-lives/kate_marsden.jpg

I honestly love how Bosworth looks. She looks sweet, sexy, just plain gorgeous and perfect. But I don't want the kid that's around her shoulders to be Lois's. It just doesn't fit.

[XCoRyX]

wow im totally out of the superman loophole hah, i thought brandon routh was casted as superman...didn't even know marsden was officially named superman. shame on me?

bosworth doesn't look bad at all for the role.

[BorderEevilIII]

When looking past the BLONDE hair you normally know her as but her new hair color for the role I am channeling actress Lois Chiles best known in Moonraker.....

http://www.cinematrix.hu/fajlok/galeriak/muveszek/bondgirls/13lois_chiles_tn.jpg

[CyclicNightmare]

Bangs would be a nice way to hide that giant forehead. Yeesh.

[James Logan]

Originally posted by BorderEevilIII

http://www.cinematrix.hu/fajlok/galeriak/muveszek/bondgirls/13lois_chiles_tn.jpg

Indeed. Chiles looks like a perfect Lois, so it's terrific that Bosworth has that look.

And XCoRyX, Routh is Superman, don't worry. Marsden's playing Perry White's son, Lois Lane's fiancé as the movie starts and, according to certain reports, possibly her husband and/or father of her five-year old child. And if those reports are true, I won't be happy.

[Layer Change]

Kate's a cutie, so hopefully she looks better in the actual movie than in these pics. Maybe it was a windy day and it swept her hair back. :D

[jaw2929]

Originally posted by CyclicNightmare
Bangs would be a nice way to hide that giant forehead. Yeesh.

Exactly, she looks fucking HIDEOUSLY disgusting! She must be related to Christina Ricci! :p

[Thrizzle]

Wow, check out that klingon forehead. YIKES.

[Patrick Bateman]

Well she looks pretty much what I was expecting her to look like as Lois Lane.

I like Bosworth as an actress. She did a good job in Wonderland, and I'm confident she will do an equally good job in Superman Returns.

Never found Bosworth to be drop dead gorgeous.
But I dont believe Lois Lane has ever meant to be seen in that light either. Unlike other comic book babes (Wonder Woman, Emma Frost, Elektra, Jean Grey, Mary Jane, Black Cat, Catwoman).

[therealjohng]

She looks like a burn victim with bad plastic surgery.

[Nachokoolaid]

Wow, I think that's the hottest I've ever seen Bosworth look. She looks very motherly and like she has some inner warmth or something. I'm liking it.

[Strider]

Gorgeous? Sexy? Hot? No, I'll have to respectfully disagree with those comments on Kate Bosworth's looks. I think she looks absolutely frightening. I hope she doesn't look this bad in the film. Perhaps she was just having a bad hair, bad makeup, bad costume, bad lipstick, bad smile kind of day. ;)

Strider

[optimus]

Originally posted by James Logan
Indeed. Chiles looks like a perfect Lois, so it's terrific that Bosworth has that look.

Lois Lane's fiancé as the movie starts and, according to certain reports, possibly her husband and/or father of her five-year old child. And if those reports are true, I won't be happy.

I do know that she has a child in the movie but don't know who the father is. This movie is supposed to tie in between 2 and 3 correct?

[Patrick Bateman]

Originally posted by optimus
I do know that she has a child in the movie but don't know who the father is. This movie is supposed to tie in between 2 and 3 correct?

Thats what I thought. But I've been hearing that it will be said Jonathan Kent died while Superman was on his 4-5 year voyage to see if he really was the sole survivor of Krypton. Which completely contridicts what took place in Superman: The Movie, since Jonathan Kent died while Clark was still in Smallville.

Singer said that Superman 1 & 2 will be kept in a "vague" history. So I'm not sure how much this will configure into being essentially Superman 3 anymore.

[James Logan]

Yeah, what Bateman said.

I don't know. To me it feels like Singer is trying to make it an hommage and sequel to the Donner films, but still tweak and change what he wants to tweak and change. Which is really just trying to have your cake and eat it too, and that rarely works.

As for who'd be the father of Lois's child...It's supposed to be Perry White's son, played by James Marsden. I hate that idea.

First of all, you give Lois Lane a kid? Fuck, man, that stops making her Lois Lane. Lois Lane isn't a mother, in character, she's a strong, risk-taking, independant woman.

Second of all, with Perry White's son? So wait, Perry is the grandfather of Lois's kid, and her father-in-law, and her boss, and the boss of Clark Kent / Superman who's probably coming back to completely wreck Lois's relationship or marriage with the son of his and her boss. Bryan, you fucker, this is SUPERMAN, not THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES!

Third of all, since when does Perry White have a grown-up, adult kid? Oh, yeah, right, since it allows Bryan Singer to give James Marsden a part for not giving Cyclops a bigger role in X2.

Fourth of all, Superman is gone for four or five years, and Clark Kent is gone for four or five years, and around the time one comes back, the other does too? I mean, I can understand people not adding one and one up when Clark just disappears for the fifteen minutes it takes Supes to kick some bad guy's ass, but four years? People would notice.

Fifth of all, Supes wants to see if he's the sole survivor of Krypton? Right, right. Does that have any relevance to the story whatsoever or, as I've said I thought before, is just a way to do WORLD WITHOUT A SUPERMAN without killing him off, and also to give the feeling this follows SUPERMAN 2 by maybe mentioning Terence Stamp's bad guy once or twice as "hey, you never know, I didn't know they existed"?

I'm worried. I'm very, very, very worried.

[sightless]

bosworth doesn' t seem right fo this role

[Amelie]

I don't know. I love Kate Bosworth, but Lois Lane? I am hoping she can pull it off.

[therealjohng]

They should've cast Selma Blair. Thee perfect Lois Lane.

[The Heart Collector]

I thought these were pictures of Michael Dorn from the latest Star Trek shoot.


Her forehead is HUGE.

[CyclicNightmare]

http://thesuperficial.com/archives/kb10.jpg
http://thesuperficial.com/archives/kb12.jpg
http://thesuperficial.com/archives/kb14.jpg

[CyclicNightmare]

More here: http://www.katebosworthweb.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=193

[James Logan]

http://www.katebosworthweb.com/gallery/albums/films/superman/promo/behind-superman034.jpg

http://www.katebosworthweb.com/gallery/albums/films/superman/promo/behind-superman013.jpg

If you guys are telling me that this woman doesn't look like a perfect, sweet, gorgeous Lois Lane, then you're nuts. :) And what's the flak about the forehead? Is it just a way to compensate for never being able to get a girl like that or something? :D

And therealjohng, I don't know about Selma Blair. She's older, so it'd be tougher to fit her in a franchise. She doesn't look as perfect, if you ask me, although she looks close. And if you really want my opinion...I don't think she'd have what it takes. Up until HELLBOY, the only films I remember her being in are THE SWEETEST THING, CRUEL INTENTIONS, and LEGALLY BLONDE, and in none of those did she display even a hint of the class and strength a Lois Lane is supposed to have. And A DIRTY SHAME banks on her just having huuuuuge fake titties. I haven't seen IN GOOD COMPANY yet, maybe that's better, but I can't really personally say that Selma's ever impressed me.

Bosworth, though, looks great, she's young enough to go through several movies in a franchise, and in THE RULES OF ATTRACTION, WONDERLAND and BEYOND TO SEA, to me she's shown not only a willingness to go for more "adult" parts and movies, but also real acting potential. And she has that slightly blueblood feel to her that fits Lois perfectly.

Back to the pictures, though, check this out...

http://www.katebosworthweb.com/gallery/albums/films/superman/promo/behind-superman020.jpg

http://www.katebosworthweb.com/gallery/albums/films/superman/promo/behind-superman025.jpg

...Really looks like it's Lois's kid, unfortunately. That, or an extra had to go poop and asked Kate to hold their baby for them please. And I really don't like this Lois-having-a-kid-with-an-other-man-thing-especially-if-the-other-man-is-Perry-White's-son. What the fuck is this, THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES? And there's no way they can get out of it without being ridiculous either.

"No, Clark, it's...YOUR...son!"

"Lois, it's not...your son."
"But...I gave birth to him!"
"Yes, but it was really just an evil plan of Brainiac's to implant one of his minions in your uterus under human foetal form. But now, I must destroy the little bastard, before he unleashes his true form and kills us all!"

"Oh, Clark, you're back! Oh, how I've missed you! Fly me to the moon! No, no, wait...first, let me dump the son of the boss, and cast away the son I had with him. They're not good enough for me anymore, they were all right as a backup plan, but hey, you're back, so let's go off together!"

"Oh no! Luthor killed Lois's kid!"

"Hey, guys? Check this out." *opens closet full of blue and red tights* "Superman's my stepdad."

I mean, seriously. Either way, we're fucked.

On a sidenote, I'd like to underline, though, how gorgeous and charming Bosworth looks in those last two pics too. To me at least, she just looks fan-fucking-tastic.

[Spidey]

Are they still using the Superman theme of John Williams ? I really hope so. Hopefully they won't fuck it up like Marco Beltrami did with the terminator theme.

[Patrick Bateman]

Gotta agree with Logan's reservations about this movie.

Although Singer's Superman Returns might actually turn out to be pretty good, I have a sinking feeling that this will unfortunately turn out to be a missed opportunity. Seems like everyone that had been supporting Singer's vision, are currently right now really trying to like this movie. Which is unfortunate. Since it's obviously an early sign of poor execution.
If this is the best Singer's X2 guys can come up with, I for one am unimpressed.

As for Selma Blair. I think she could have potentially made a good Lois Lane. But I believe her being cast as Lois would have made alot more sense if Caviezel would had landed the role. She's a few years younger than Caviezel, and that would have made sense since in Superman: The Movie we see a young Lois pointing out to her parents about the boy who's as fast as the train itself.

Currently, Kevin Spacey as Lex Luthor is what I'm personally looking forward to the most. I really hope everyone involved does a great job in makiing a good-or-decent movie. But in the end, I firmly believe that Spacey will undoubtedly steal the fucking show. IMO, when he appears on camera, it will be extremely hard to pay attention to anyone else.
Possibly including even Brandon Routh in a Superman costume. :eek:

[donna542004]

I don't know what you guys are talking about. She looks really cute in that dark hair. I like her better than that California blonde look.

Donna A.

[Raul Duke]

James Marsden is Superman? whaa? what happend to that other guy?

[Tuukka]

Looks like Lois Lane to me.

http://www.aintitcool.com/images/sr-loislane.jpg

...Sometimes the overly critical internet posters amuse me. I mean seriously, we ALL know that 95% of the guys on these boards are never going to have a change to get themselves a girl as good looking as Bosworth. Forehead or not.

http://man.unice.net/blog/images/kate%20bosworth.jpg

http://www.getlippy.com/graphics/lippy/STA_IMAGE_katebosworth.jpg

http://home.hetnet.nl/~lennyvanrooyen/images/kate11.jpg


...Are you guys bitter or what?

[optimus]

Originally posted by Spidey
Are they still using the Superman theme of John Williams ? I really hope so. Hopefully they won't fuck it up like Marco Beltrami did with the terminator theme.

Last I heard, they were going to tie in some of his music, but not use John's music throughout the entire film. It's like what they did to the sequels to the original.

Originally posted by Raul Duke
James Marsden is Superman? whaa? what happend to that other guy?

No, Brandon Routh is still Superman. Marsden is Perry Whites son, who happens to be the new love interest for Lois.
Beh...

[optimus]

Originally posted by Patrick Bateman
Thats what I thought. But I've been hearing that it will be said Jonathan Kent died while Superman was on his 4-5 year voyage to see if he really was the sole survivor of Krypton. Which completely contridicts what took place in Superman: The Movie, since Jonathan Kent died while Clark was still in Smallville.


So that whole sequence where Pa Kent grabs his arm and says, "Oh no.", falls to the ground was what, a dream?! Are they pulling a DALLAS on us?

My head hurts...

[gspawn]

BOSWORTH. IS. HIDEOUS.
She looks like she was born bearing the marks of a lifetime of plastic surgery, and her combination of anorexia and a Christina Ricci forehead doesn't help. (although, to be fair, the "original" Lois- Margot Kidder- wasn't much better in the eating department)

And I'm absolutely not "jealous" or anything like that. Don't try to pull something like that. People trying to defend stars always try the "jealousy" note. "Britney doesn't have implants- you're just jealous that you can't sing". It's a childish argument. I'm happily engaged, thank you very much. And most of the guys here are a lot more mature than hating a chick because they can't have her- look at JoBlo. When you can't have a chick, you only want her more.

As with the choice for Kent, this is looking more like an episode of the OC than Superman. These actors look too young and too unnaturally enhanced for these parts.

And "She looks very motherly"? That's creepy, dude. Lois Lane isn't supposed to look motherly unless you wanna go totally Freudian on this one- and I think a lot of people are. Which scares me.

As for Selma Blair? HELL NO! She's wrong in a wholly different sense. She's still too young, and Selma is keyed for more psychologically intensive flicks. Completely inappropriate for this part, unless Lois were to suddenly morph into a Spiderman-esque superheroine. Then she'd be fine.

There's absolutely nothing going on around this project that does anything for me at all except for making me not want to go. Except for Spacey, of course, but the man's a god. If you're not going to get Hackman, Spacey is pretty much the best choice in Hollywood (and you can't deny that the casting call came out of his spot in Austin Powers as Doctor Evil- if you were casting Superman and you happened to remember this flick, the choice would have been made for you instantly).

..and yes, I said TOO YOUNG. All the top actors in the original film looked easily 30+. You can't go half the original cast's age in the sequel.

[Tuukka]

Originally posted by gspawn
BOSWORTH. IS. HIDEOUS.
She looks like she was born bearing the marks of a lifetime of plastic surgery, and her combination of anorexia and a Christina Ricci forehead doesn't help. (although, to be fair, the "original" Lois- Margot Kidder- wasn't much better in the eating department)

And I'm absolutely not "jealous" or anything like that. Don't try to pull something like that. People trying to defend stars always try the "jealousy" note. "Britney doesn't have implants- you're just jealous that you can't sing". It's a childish argument. I'm happily engaged, thank you very much. And most of the guys here are a lot more mature than hating a chick because they can't have her- look at JoBlo. When you can't have a chick, you only want her more.

RE:

Eh... The fact is that if people always critizise celebrities with harder criteria. If people who consider Bosworth "hideous" would have her working on the same workplace or studying in the same classroom, she would automatically became at least pretty, if not beautiful, in their eyes.

Sure, it's always a question of personal taste as well, but I'm talking in general level here.

I've seen it happen in practice many times. Men say that a celebrity woman is unattractive, but when they actually meet her they are awe-struck by her presence and can't get a word out of their mouth. I work on TV here in Finland, and I often hang out with local celebrities. And this is something I see happening VERY often.

On the other hand it's common that a girl is commonly considered as the most beautiful girl of her school. And her school is a small school on a small town. When she comes here to capital she realizes that when she tries to get modeling gigs she can't get them because she is just conventionally pretty.

And when she goes to a hip trend bar, she realizes that she is considered just average, because in fact her looks pale in comparison to all the stunning beauties that have come to the capital to work on modeling, acting, music and other forms of entertainment business.

The looks of normal girls are always held to much higher value by people who know them. On the other hand the looks of celebrities are commonly critizised much harder because people don't know them.

So ironically these celebrities would automatically be considered as much more beautiful if they were just normal girls.

If you would post a picture of your girlfriend in here, people wouldn't critizise her as hard as they critizise Bosworth. Why? Not because your girl would be better looking. But simply because your girl is a normal girl, and she is automatically held to a criteria of normal girls as opposed to criteria of celebrity girls.

In the same vain if your girlfriend would look like Bosworth, people in here who have critizised Bosworth's looks would congratulate you for finding such an beautiful and hot girlfriend.

If you don't believe me, then I don't think I can add anything more. Clearly our experiences about this would be so different that it would be impossible to do anything but agree to disagree.

[James Logan]

Originally posted by Tuukka
RE:

Eh... The fact is that if people always critizise celebrities with harder criteria. If people who consider Bosworth "hideous" would have her working on the same workplace or studying in the same classroom, she would automatically became at least pretty, if not beautiful, in their eyes.

If you don't believe me, then I don't think I can add anything more. Clearly our experiences about this would be so different that it would be impossible to do anything but agree to disagree.

I gotta ditto Tuukk's points here. Any straight man who'll look me in the eye and tell me that if he met a girl with Kate Bosworth's physique in the street or at work or at the gym or in a bar and wouldn't think she's stunning is either a liar or completely nuts. You guys just pick your category. :)

[Nachokoolaid]

Originally posted by James Logan
I gotta ditto Tuukk's points here. Any straight man who'll look me in the eye and tell me that if he met a girl with Kate Bosworth's physique in the street or at work or at the gym or in a bar and wouldn't think she's stunning is either a liar or completely nuts. You guys just pick your category. :)

I agree with this as well. I for one, think that Bosworth looks good in those pics. Her forehead is prominent, but not so much that it's unattractive or anything. Plus, if the worst thing you can say is that she has a big forhead, then she's alright. At least she's not like, missing an appendage, or nose or something. That would be sightly.

Man, it would stink to be missing a nose or appendage. In terms of getting a date, you wouldn't have a leg to stand on.

This movie is looking better I think. I was a little worried about Routh and Bosworth, but these fears are alleviated as much as a picture can do so. I just can't wait to see Kal Penn!!! Ok, seriously, I can't wait to see Spacey.

[wheresdonnie?]

Originally posted by therealjohng
They should've cast Selma Blair. Thee perfect Lois Lane.

Yeah, that would have worked. Not sure about Bosworth, but hey, Singer knows what he's doing.