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.