Unknown gets &#39;Superman&#39; role
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A little-known actor has been cast as the new Superman, for a new adventure to be released in 2006. Brandon Routh, who has appeared in Will &amp; Grace and Cold Case has won the role after a massive search for a new actor to play the Man of Steel.
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Nick D&#39;Agosto has landed  a major recurring role on NBC&#39;s hit sci-fi drama &quot;Heroes&quot; for  next season.
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DES MOINES, Iowa - A little-known actor has been cast as Superman in a big-budget film slated for 2006, Variety magazine reported.
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LOS ANGELES  - Superman has found his  Lois Lane and his Lex Luthor.
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Chalk one up for Latino Review. The site posted a scoop earlier this week claiming that little-known actor Brandon Routh (right) had landed the starring role in Bryan Singer&#39;s &quot;Superman.
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Ben Affleck said he drew on personal   experience to play 1950s television Superman star George Reeves   in a new film which uses his mysterious death to examine the   highs and lows of Hollywood fame.
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Double Oscar winner Kevin Spacey has been signed up to play the villainous Lex Luther in the new Warner Bros version of 'Superman', the trade magazine 'Variety' reported.
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Imagine Leonardo DiCaprio as the young Darth Vader, Haley Joel Osment as Harry Potter, or Nicolas Cage as Superman (that one really almost happened). No, sometimes Hollywood needs a fresh face up on screen, like Marlon Brando in &quot;A Streetcar Named Desire,&quot; Harrison Ford in &quot;Star Wars&quot; &amp;#151; or Brandon Routh in &quot;Superman Returns.&quot;
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US actor Brandon Routh is cast as the man of steel in the new Superman film, due for release in 2006.
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Actor Christopher Reeve, left, who plays Superman, and co-star, comedian Richard Pryor arrive for the black-tie supper and dance celebrating the New York premiere of &quot;Superman III&quot; at the Pierre Hotel, in this June 15, 1983 file photo.
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Producers of the fifth Man of Steel movie Superman Returns: Unbelievable launched a search 12 months ago to replace the original hero Christopher Reeve.
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As an actor playing Superman, Christopher Reeve could never really fly. But, somehow, after a spinal chord injury left him unable to breathe or move a limb on his own, Reeve - the man - learned to soar.
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Brandon Routh, a   25-year-old actor of minor note and credits, was officially named Friday   as the big screen's next Man of Steel.
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Christopher Reeve, the actor whose work on soaps and on stage was eclipsed when he played the Man of Steel in the motion picture &quot;Superman,&quot; and its sequels, died of heart failure Oct. 10 in a Mount Kisco, NY, hospital.
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Superman&#039;s parents say Brandon Routh is still the kind and earnest son they raised in Norwalk. That may be true, but things are changing for the star of &quot;Superman Returns.&quot;
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Warner Bros. has confirmed that they have chosen  the next Man of Steel to play the title role in the upcoming Superman movie. His name is Brandon Routh, an actor from Iowa who has appeared in the soap opera "One Life to Live," MTV's "Undressed,...
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Fans of Christopher Reeve have taken to the Web to express their sorrow over the actor&#39;s death Sunday. Reeve, 52, was best known for performing the role of comic book legend Superman in a series of movies--and for his battle against paralysis.