The famous author and essayist Ta-Nehisi Coates is writing a new Superman film that will be produced by JJ Abrams, Shadow and Act reports. The project has no release date or director attached yet, and there is still no information on whether Henry Cavill will reprise his role. Shadow and Act suggests that the search for a new actor to play Kal-El / Clark Kent / Superman has not yet begun.
Coates is perhaps best known for his books Between the world and me and The beautiful fight, but he also has experience in comics, writing popular passages in both Black Panther and captain America. Coates is also working on several other developing films and television projects, including a television series for HBO and an adaptation for a feature film by New Yorker Atlanta teacher article, to be directed by Ryan Coogler and starring Michael B. Jordan.
It is not known at this point whether this new Superman will be the main version of the DC and Warner Media character going forward or more of an experimental side project like Clown and Batman, but reshaping the role opens up all kinds of exciting possibilities. Jordan himself met with Abrams about a new version of the character, who, given his work in Black Panther, it could bode well for the new Man of Steel.
In any case, it seems that JJ Abrams’ time as a production guru for Warner Media (sealed at $ 250 million) is moving in some interesting directions: a Justice League Dark series, a new Superman and a generally different future after years of Zack Snyder’s severity.