I don’t have any issues with a Black Superman.
There is a Black Superman in the comics, I just hope they aren’t doing this to just pretend to be WOKE. I mean they did Ray Fisher pretty dirty and he is an established character in the DC Universe.
Not sure why they are using the Kal-El backstory AGAIN when they could just use the Calvin Ellis of the comics, but DC is sort of all over the place now.
When Warners announced in February that celebrated author Ta-Nehisi Coates is writing the screenplay and Abrams is producing, it did not address the matter of helming. But insiders say Warners and DC are committed to hiring a Black director to tackle what will be the first cinematic incarnation of Superman featuring a Black actor.
The Superman film appears to be moving onto its own track and won’t be part of the universe, as of now. Sources tell THR that Coates is crafting a Kal-El in the vein of the original Superman comics and will have the protagonist hail from Krypton and come to Earth. While the story is currently being crafted and many details could change, one option under consideration is for the film to be a 20th century period piece.
We will have to see how it goes.
Twitter had a lot of thoughts.