For 19 years – between 1987’s Superman IV: The Quest For Peace and 2006’s Superman Returns – there were no big screen Superman movies.
Though it certainly wasn’t for lack of trying on the part of Warner Brothers, DC Comics, and various producers and directors.
And as Law said in the Colbert interview, Kevin Spacey was attached to play Lex Luthor, as he ultimately did in Superman Returns, as far back as then.
Jude Law, in an appearance on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert , told the story of the time when he was offered the chance to play Superman, during the process of the mid-2000s reboot, and why he ultimately rejected the project. Why didn’t Law agree to play Superman?