It has been a long time since we last saw Henry Cavill playing Superman on the screen. For a long time, we were curious why DC never used the Henry Cavill version of Superman, and for a while, DC wanted to invite black actors to play Superman. In fact, according to the latest reports, DC wanted to replace Henry Cavill much earlier than we thought.
Although Henry Cavill is so popular in Hollywood, in the DC universe, Henry Cavill's experience of playing Superman is a roller coaster-like difficulty. In Superman and Batman v Superman movies, both films received polarized reviews because Zach Schneider wanted to tell the story of DC superheroes in a dark way. During the development of Justice League, Henry Cavill had to wear a beard because he wanted to shoot the Mission: Impossible movie.
Warner Bros. and director Jos Whedon continue to advance Cavill’s role as Superman in the “Justice League” remake, using digital technology to remove his beard and make his image more promising. Unexpectedly, their approach has been criticized by many viewers. We knew what happened later, and we basically didn’t see Da Chao again since then, except for the edited version of Director "Justice League". Although we all think that it was the failure of Justice League that made DC give up Cavill's Superman, they actually wanted to replace him long ago.
A recent report from Rolling Stone magazine analyzed the timeline of the struggle between Zach Schneider's version of Justice League and DC. According to people familiar with the matter, the negotiations to replace Henry Cavill as Superman were actually much earlier than reported. In fact, according to this report, after Ben Affleck joined, that is, in "Batman vs. Superman", DC had to consider finding new stars to replace his role.
At the end of 2018, the DC wanted to replace Henry Cavill's report first appeared when the actor and Warner Bros. had broken down on his negotiations on the future of the series, namely, the conflict in the schedule of future projects, and their lack of interest in making another Superman movie. Still, since then, we see Henry Dainty Cavill still be optimistic about the return to the Superman series, he feels he hasn't finished the role yet and has made some ideas about what he wants to do next for the role.
No matter what, DC and Henry Cavill have some contradictions about the creation of Superman. Nevertheless, whether Henry Cavill will return is a mystery. Warner Bros. is currently considering developing a new movie, the movie "Black Descendant". But with Warner Bros. having new executives, they think Henry Cavill's journey should continue. Especially, if Henry Cavill really returns, the most promising one is Dwayne Johnson's "Black Adam".
Because he and Dwayne Johnson are the same producer, and Dwayne Johnson has also repeatedly hinted that he really wants Henry Cavill's joining. Anyway, Henry Cavill is a very popular male star. Even though DC initially questioned him as Superman, I believe that with so many years of support from fans and the replacement of senior executives of Warner Bros., he still has great hope of returning.
