Brandon Routh did a pretty bang-up job saving the world last time, so…he’s getting at least one more chance to do it again. The Superman Returns star told E! Online Thursday that he’ll be teaming up again with director Bryan Singer for a sequel due out sometime in 2009. "Well, they’ve publicized that Bryan had finished his deal, which was the lynchpin, I think, in the whole talk about a sequel, so everything looks to be heading that way," Routh said at the DVD and video game launch party for the film that turned the former soap opera actor into a brand name. "I’m certainly excited to do another one. I don’t think we’ll start for awhile since we have a 2009 release, but I’m excited about the potential.” In preparing for the role the first time around, Routh said that he wanted to make sure his 21st-century Superman was both a character of his own creation and an homage to the actors who have suited up before him. "I certainly looked at Christopher Reeve’s performance because he was my Superman, and I knew Superman from him and from watching him many, many times," the 27-year-old Iowa native said. "So definitely I took that energy and the spirit that he has from the character, because it was important that there be a familiar feeling for fans, for audiences to make that transition from watching him to watching this new person. "I definitely was aware of that. But I just knew within myself what it was I wanted to do—how I wanted to move, how I wanted to fly, speak, all of those things." Singer inked a deal with Warner Bros. late last month to produce and direct a sequel.
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I wonder why it is taking so long to release the next one?
