Jim Caviezel's New Job

September 12, 2004 12:27 PM

You know you've had one hell of a year when you get promoted from Jesus to Superman.
posted by PrinceValium (19 comments total)

AICN vs. Mark Millar.
posted by hughbot at 12:35 PM on September 12, 2004

Promoted?

I actually had a dream the other night about a new Superman movie. John Stamos was Superman, ex-Rebecca Romijn-Stamos was Lois Lane, and they had kids that looked like little teddy bears.
posted by tomplus2 at 12:36 PM on September 12, 2004

why can't they use an actor that actually resembles clark kent, the way they did with chris reeves...? why do we have to suffer scruffy, unattractive, un-super men being cast in roles they're literally not fit for...?

i'm pretty much still scarred by all the miscasting that went into the batman & x-men franchises.
posted by t r a c y at 12:58 PM on September 12, 2004

Don't worry, the new superman role has already been recast so many times (and the script and concept changed so many times) that it's more than likely that Jesus won't be superman (nice marketing idea, though).
posted by bingo at 1:11 PM on September 12, 2004

tracy: Isn't that what they said about Michael Keaton as Batman? He rocked it out pretty hard...

That said, I haven't seen Passion, so I can't really judge.
posted by kaibutsu at 1:36 PM on September 12, 2004

And those who passed by him derided him, wagging there heads "Aha! You who would destroy the temple and build it in three days, save yourself, and come down from the cross!" So also the chief priests mocked him to one another with the scribes, saying "He saved others; he cannot save himself. Let Clark, the Superman of Metropolis, come down from the cross that we may see and believe."

Nah, it won't work.
posted by elwoodwiles at 2:02 PM on September 12, 2004

Well... I mean this is certainly cool from a marketing standpoint. Caviezel already has a built in audience who believes in a man who can walk on water... it's not much of a stretch for them to believe in a man who flies...
posted by wfrgms at 2:25 PM on September 12, 2004

I misunderstood. I am so disappointed.
posted by Kwantsar at 2:30 PM on September 12, 2004

I agree with you, tracy. Why do these people mess with our icons? When they first started talking about casting Nicholas Cage as Superman, I took to my bed for a week. No one should play Superman who is not an actual cartoon character (the guy who plays Superman in the new Jerry Seinfeld spots for American Express is excellent). In Caviezel's defense, I would say that at least he doesn't look like a total degenerate, and may clean up to resemble a somewhat scrawney Man of Steel. But anyone who takes the part may become a victim of the "Superman Curse." As we all know, TV's Steve Reeves shot himself; and Christopher Reeve... well, you know (*choke*). Caviezel has two letter "e"s in his name, like Reeve and Reeves (a third e partially neutralizes the curse, leading to paraplegia, rather than death). He must beware!
posted by Faze at 2:33 PM on September 12, 2004

I'm still waiting for the two franchises to be combined in "JESUS V. SUPERMAN." I bet the scene where Jesus turns bread into Kryptonite will rock!
posted by ChrisTN at 2:42 PM on September 12, 2004

It's not that far fetched. Jesus is pretty mild mannered, and he's in the News business. They were both written by a couple of Jewish guys, they both have a daddy in outer space and sexual tension with a female coworker. Their childhood cribs are both located in a barn. Accounts as to specific details of their origins differ. They've both been killed and brought back to life. They both can resurrect the dead. (Though Superman's fly-around-the-earth technique is cooler) And Homer prays to both.
posted by condour75 at 2:53 PM on September 12, 2004

I stopped caring about this project when Kevin Smith got the boot. Not that I'd keep myself from seeing it when it comes out, but I'm not gonna fret or get excited about it until it's got a trailer out
posted by Busithoth at 2:58 PM on September 12, 2004

Michael Keaton was just terrible as Batman.
And I liked the movies.
posted by signal at 3:19 PM on September 12, 2004

Isn't that what they said about Michael Keaton as Batman? He rocked it out pretty hard...

Mileage varies. I thought he did not rock it out pretty hard, but was instead a Big Giant Lame-O.

He's a schmoe. I mean, the man is someone's boring old dad, at best. At worst, he's Mr. Mom. And for all you boys and girls out there, Mr. Mom doesn't become a badass when he puts on fetish gear. He just gets sad and creepy-looking. Or, perhaps, turns into Captain Nambla.

It was like watching Fred Rogers as Batman. Ugh.
posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 3:22 PM on September 12, 2004

Of course. we all know Michael Keaton got his start on Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood so it kind of makes sense.
posted by sexymofo at 4:56 PM on September 12, 2004

Olsen!
I can see your house from here!
posted by mr.marx at 5:39 PM on September 12, 2004

Apparently Cavaziel's agent denied his client was going to be Superman three times...before the cock crowed, even.

I don't know about you, but I'm convinced.
posted by filmgoerjuan at 6:44 PM on September 12, 2004

Faze: No, that was George Reeve who played Superman on TV and later shot himself. Steve Reeves played Hercules in a bunch of movies and apparenty died of lymphoma several years ago.
posted by Captain_Tenille at 12:51 AM on September 13, 2004

Neitzsche is rolling in his grave.
posted by phong3d at 7:05 AM on September 13, 2004