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EXCLUSIVE: I’m told that there is heightened interest in Kevin Costner for a key role in the Superman reboot that is being directed by Zack Snyder for Warner Bros and Legendary Pictures. Henry Cavill was recently set in the Man of Steel role. I’m not exactly sure what role Costner is likely to play, but he has certainly been in good guy mode lately. Beyond his performance in the John Wells-directed The Company Men, Costner surfaced as an unlikely hero in aiding the cleanup in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. British Petroleum purchased over 30 centrifuge machines which separate oil from water, technology that was developed with a reported $24 million in funding by the actor over 15 years.
The Superman film is being produced by Chris Nolan, Charles Roven, Emma Thomas, and Deborah Snyder. The screenplay is being written by David S. Goyer based on a story by Goyer and Nolan. Thomas Tull and Lloyd Phillips are serving as executive producers. The new Superman is targeted for release in December 2012.
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Gotta be Jonathan Kent, right?
Or, Perry White..!?
Maybe Costner is being brought in to replace Snyder as director?!?
I would guess Clark Kent’s adoptive human father Johnathan Kent.
Perfect for Jonathan Kent!
I would love to see Kevin make a big come back! Love Bull Durham!!!
He’s also a good fit for Perry White. Either him or Pa Kent, for sure.
I’m tired of this man.
You posted this just to say that? What else? Come on, enlighten us.
He doesn’t have to, I will. The guy makes the word ‘Bland’ more bland. Like stale is to bread and a cough is to full blown influenza.
He was a good looking puppy and that worked while the sun shone on him. He is getting a taste of what happens to the female equivalent in Hollywood. If nothing else special is stored in the upstairs cabinet, then bingo, chewing gum factory.
Not sure why my posts often appear one minute and then disappear over night, much like this guys career. I passed a comment, thought it was valid and then, ‘poof’ – gone. Must be getting up someone’s trouser leg.
I tended to think that the word ‘TIRED’ fitted precisely to bland Kevin Costner – or affectionately known in the business as, ‘Kentucky fried Chicken’ minus the spice. Regardless, again, in my wayward eyes I see a ‘once-upon-a-time’ good looking guy with very little else going for him, getting the same flick-em-away treatment as the often good looking, yet cerebrally strained women we see flaunting their stuff out there but who only has half the required package and then, as the years unfold, crisis time and…..’do tell’, what….nothing else left in the pantry worth worrying about.
Yep, that’s KC and as the lack of queues rushing to buy tell us, not so ‘finger lickin’ good’!
This is a no-brainer if true. He’ll be Jonathon Kent of course. Massive props to Team Nolan for landing an A lister for a small role. Like Batman, it looks like they are bringing together a strong ensemble cast.
A-lister? Welcome, visitor from 1988! Much has changed in the following decades. We have a black President now. 3-D televisions are in homes. The actor you knew as Kevin Costner has so effectively fallen off the face of the Earth, that youths under 15 don’t even know his name. 5 minutes of screen time in any film would be a Godsend to him, even if it’s only another Superman rehash.
Whoa, easy there. Yes, Costner has fallen since his glory days in the 80s, but the past few years he has turned out some solid performances in solidly-performing movies: “The Guardian,” “Mr. Brooks” (which he single-handedly ushered into being), “Rumor Has it It,” even “Swing Vote” did OK in relation to its budget.
Sure, those films are a far cry from “Dances with Wolves” and “Field of Dreams” and “Bull Durham,” but the guy is not exactly chumming desperately for any scrap of screen time he can get. And c’mon, look at the three films I just mentioned. Little respek for the man, plz.
“chumming desperately for any scrap of screen time he can get”
Yep. That about sums this situation up. LOL.
Costner wasn’t even A-list when he made DANCING WITH WOLVES.
I love Hollywood peep’s obsessions with lists — oh, so Costner wasn’t “A list” in 1990?
Put him on whatever “list” you want — how about the list of someone who personally developed an unsold script (with out of pocket money), directed and starred and partially financed it (out of pocket), and the resulting $20M movie went on to gross $180M in the US and over $400M worldwide.
Or how about Academy Award winner for best director? You wanna put him on that list? Academy Award winner for Best Picture? Why don’t you put him on that list?
Oh no, let’s talk about who was A list or B list blah blah or whatever actor or starlet was “hot” in 1990 and who we’ve since COMPLETELY forgotten about.
Who gives a crap what “lists” he was one, the man made a movie which, like it or not, was one of the biggest success stories in the modern era of movies and was a global phenomenon with audiences and critics alike…but people still want to talk about who’s hot and who’s on what list. Yawn.
I will tend to agree with you…Costner seems to be a genuine kind of guy who puts his money behind what he believes in…and has most likely forgotten more about movie making than any of these haters will ever learn. Good for him if his star is rising again…America loves a comeback.
You are so right. He could be the bulge in Superman’s tights and he STILL wouldn’t shake anyone’s knees, let alone much else.
He could be a stand in for some Kryptonite however, he certainly drains my strength just watching him act…and that’s not a good thing!
My guess would be for Lex Luthor. I can see that happening.
I agree that Costner is playing Lex Luthor. He was great in “A Perfect World”.
I really hope they pass on using Lex Luther as the villain in the first film to differentiate it from “Superman Returns.”
Maybe use him as a minor character or reference in the third act to set up the next film.
Jor-el?
Costner gets a lot of hate. But the guy has gone out on a limb to make some films he really believed in, films that have a lot of feeling. “Open Range” took an old story and, by taking his time to let us know the characters, really made the final confrontation contain a lot of emotional power beyond the “bang pow” adrenaline rush. Would love to see him in Superman.
Kevin would be great as Jonathan, not so much as Jor-El
I agree completely. Never much liked DANCES WITH WOLVES but I really liked OPEN RANGE. Excellent movie. What’s more, Costner is far more charismatic now in his mid-50s than he was in his early 30s. The man is ready for a comeback.
Probably jonathon kent or jorel.
Kevin Costner for Superman, nope, I do not get the feel here.
Kevin Costner for other movies, fine.
Man, that sucks that you don’t “feel” this one. Why wouldn’t a person who has personally worked on the story with Goyer and Nolan “feel” this one like they are? Oh, wait…
Nah, I disagree with the choice of Pa Kent, to me, he’s definitely got the Lex Luthor vibe. He played the villain in movies like “Mr. Brooks” and “3000 Miles To Graceland” and he was real evil and psychotic in both of those movies. I’d say he’s the next Lex Luthor for sure. Kevin would look great with a bald head!
Well I do want to see lex. Bht ya he should only be a supporting villain. And do the evil businessman lex on big screen finally.
I love him.
I hope it’s not Pa Kent. I don’t want to see yet another origin story, though Costner would be a good fit for the role if it is. He doesn’t have the gravitas of a Jor-El either. He could be a good Perry White or character new to the franchise though.
Nobody is asking for an origin story, but we are getting one anyway, because Robinov is determined to lose as much money as can on this film.
Whatever happened to to the sequel to the brilliant “the postman”?
Seeinga s he already played the midwestern farmer in Field of Dreams, I could buy him as Jonathan Kent. Plus he has a certain Americana feel that Glenn Ford, Eddie Jones, Mike Farell ( who voiced Pa Kent in Superman: The Animated Series), and John Schnieder all brought to the roll.
Put him back on a horse and you’ve got me at hello! Giddy-up!
Don’t knock him. Costner’s got to cash in somehow.
Dad, evil villain, paper exec…doesn’t matter, just another pay day.
Didn’t he get washed up in “Waterworld”?
Superman,”Dancing with a boy in a cape & tights”.
Thing to watch: How young the actress who plays Costner’s love interest turns out to be. If she’s over 35, count me surprised. Gotta be half his age-it’s the law in Hollywood for aging Lothario’s.
REALLY?
When was Waterworld? 1995? How old are you?
He’d be perfect as Brainiac. And no, that’s not a slight to his acting.
I’m a huge Costner fan and I know, a rarity, but he’s a great actor and I don’t care what he’s in, I’m in! I saw him in person a couple years back with his band, he is the most charismatic person I’ve ever come into contact with!
Just because he could play Pa Kent doesn’t mean it will be an origin film. They may show flashbacks (ala Superman Returns) or he may be alive. Johnathan Kent doesn’t die in every telling of the story.
However, he does do a mean British accent so he could end up being ZOD!!!…………….what? No? you mean the Brits DON’T speak like they are from kentucky?
Much like Cavill looks uncannily like Tom Welling, so Costner bears a striking resemblance to John Schneider. So the rumors are true? This is going to be a remake of Smallville.
Uh no. Costner is natural treasure (see; Dances w/ Wolves, Robin Hood Prince of Thieves). Cavill though “pretty” looks like he could break your face if you pissed him off. Welling would just pout.