Now that Zack Snyder has been locked down as the director of the Superman reboot, we can proceed to the most important part of preproduction: feverish speculation over who’ll get the title role. (Oh, superhero casting derbies, how we missed you!) Armie Hammer already told Vulture that Snyder was looking for a Supes in his 30s, and right on cue, True Blood werewolf Joe Manganiello (who plays Alcide on the show) revealed to fans at a convention in Orlando that he’d been talking to Snyder about the gig. Perhaps conscious of the fact that he just pulled a Lerman, the 6’5” actor then took to his Twitter to walk back the rumor he’d started: “Just to be clear … as of today, I am not ‘negotiating’ to play SuperMan.” Still, as long as proper capitalization isn’t a prerequisite, he’s surely a contender. [True-Blood.net]
