| LITTLE known US actor Brandon Routh has been chosen to don the cloak of the "man of steel" in a Hollywood revival of Superman that will be filmed in Australia. The 25-year-old was signed to star in the reincarnation of Superman, due to hit screens in 2006, following an exhaustive search for an actor to fill the role made famous by Christopher Reeve, who died earlier this month. Hollywood's latest heartthrob superhero was picked after a hunt for a lead actor that spanned the United States, Britain, Canada and Australia. The Warner Bros movie will be directed by Bryan Singer, who also made the hit comicbook hero X-Men movies, and will begin shooting in Australia early next year, a studio source said. The superhero will be reborn in the movie that will tell of his arrival as a baby after his father, Jor-El from the planet Krypton, sends his son to Earth to escape an advancing army of baddies. |