Fan CastingSUPERMAN RETURNS (2006)

After five years away searching for the remnants of Krypton, Superman returns to Earth — and finds a world that doesn’t believe in him anymore. Metropolis has moved on. Lois Lane has a son. Lex Luthor has been released from prison and has acquired deeds to a chain of uninhabited islands, backed by questionable science and shady government contacts. Superman resumes his life as Clark Kent, quietly working at the Daily Planet. He saves lives again, but things have changed. The world’s heroes are now militarized, skeptical, and politicized. But when Lex Luthor hatches a plan to raise a new continent from the ocean — using stolen Kryptonian crystals — Superman is forced to confront the mistakes of the past, rediscover his purpose, and face the possibility that he may never truly belong. In the end, he gives the world not just a great rescue — but hope again.