Substance Dii from the BSR! Forum brought this little bit of Superman rumor to the table earlier today, so I thought I’d do some poking around about it.
Geek Tyrant is the one who initially broke the story/rumor that Chris Nolan’s little brother Jonathan may be the unannounced director of the Superman reboot.
According to our sources, Christopher Nolan’s brother Jonathan is currently the unannounced director of the Superman reboot film. Word on the lot is that he is attached to direct the film, and has been on the studio lot working on pre-development stuff.
Of course, this actually makes a lot of sense, because even though this would be the first film Jonathan Nolan has ever directed -and Superman is a big one to come in on- the studio is probably comforted by the fact that Christopher Nolan will be there “mentoring” him throughout as reported earlier this year.
The Geek Tyrant story also mentions that the studio has already started auditioning actors for the film, and it sounds like NBC’s Chuck star, Zachary Levi (below) auditioned for “a role” – but he looks awfully Clark Kent-ish to me. There’s nothing to be said about him being a front-runner or anything like that.
Of course, WB has not come forward and confirmed any of this, so for now this stays a rumor – but it will be interesting to see if they have anything to announce at the upcoming Comic-Con. . .