Brandon Routh

The CW’s joint ‘Arrow’ and ‘The Flash’ panel from yesterday’s TCA press tour brought with it plenty of scoop on either superhero, but also news that their small-screen DC-verse would expand with a ‘Vixen’ animated series, and potentially another spinoff for the network. Speculation has flown in every direction, but is Brandon Routh’s Ray Palmer character the one super-sizing his own spinoff for “The Atom”?

Once, he was the biggest superhero in the world, figuratively. Now, he's going to be the smallest. Literally. Brandon Routh, who was the Man of Steel in Superman Returns, will reportedly have a recurring role on the CW's hit series Arrow next season as Ray Palmer, known to comics fans as the Atom.

Over the past four years or so, fans have been treated to a host of screen test images, costume designs and various pieces of concept art from Warner Bros. and Tim Burton's canceled $50 million cinematic experiment known as Superman Lives... Read More ...

As we continue our in-depth look at super-hero movies, Chris Sims and David Uzumeri take on the Superman film franchise. Chris Sims: Welcome back to our painfully in-depth review of 2006's Superman Returns! When we last left off, Superman had just finished metaphorically sexing up Lois Lane in mid-air over the Daily Planet, while her fiancee and son waited downstairs...

As we continue our in-depth look at super-hero movies, Chris Sims and David Uzumeri take on the Superman film franchise. Chris Sims: We can't put it off any longer, everyone. Today, David and I start in on the final movie in our in-depth examination of the Superman film franchise, 2006's Superman Returns...

While praise for Bryan Singer's Superman Returns is far from unanimous, what's generally agreed is that Brandon Routh was well cast as the last son of Krypton -- so much so that many were disappointed when he wasn't cast in director Zack Snyder's Man of Steel, even though it's a complete reboot of the Superman film franchise...

Sure, we've been hearing quite a bit about Marvel and DC's upcoming slate of comic-based movies like "Green Lantern" and "Thor" stateside, but in Italy, the upcoming major motion pic based on long-running indie "Dylan Dog" is all the rage. At least, we're assuming it is -- do any of you speak Italian...

ComicsAlliance hit the red carpet at Comic-Con to ask stars like Brandon Routh ("Superman Returns," "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World"), Robert Englund (a.k.a. Freddy Krueger), Sam Huntington ("Fanboys," "Dead of Night"), and Ted Raimi ("Angel of Death") about their craziest Comic-Con experiences, from slumming with unemployed Skeletors to decapitating