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In a recent interview, DC Comics President Paul Levitz implied that meetings are still taking place with Superman Returns star Brandon Routh, in spite of rumors that there were plans to reboot the franchise completely. In fact, Levitz seemed to imply that the folks over at DC loved the job Routh did as the Man of Steel.

But wait...it gets better. With recent revelations about the status of Batman 3 the inevitable follow-up question about it came to Levitz, to which he responded:

Everyone is waiting for Nolan to sign on for another Batman, once that happens, the release date for Superman and all other future projects will follow.

?! So it seems that the fate of the next Superman film depends on how things flow for the next Batman film.

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The truth of the matter is that the way Mr. Levitz made it seem is that they love Brandon as Clark Kent and that he’s just a great guy, which I agree. I mean remember we at Latino Review told EVERYONE he was going to be the next Superman.

At that point my instincts kicked in and I continued with the questions. “What about Batman 3? You guys must be going crazy over the success of that film.” Paul pulls the cocktail shrimp from his mouth just enough to see him smile. I asked when were they going to get this Superman reboot done and he gave me a look like he was about to tell me the answers to the mysteries of the world. “Everyone is waiting for Nolan to sign on for another Batman, once that happens, the release date for Superman and all other future projects will follow.”

As of now just a few moments ago another inside source confirmed that yes they are waiting for Chris Nolan to sign the deal with the next Batman, and that they want him to commit to a July 2011 release.