Henry Cavill: British actor will not return as Superman

Actor Henry Cavill has been dropped arsenic Superman by the caller bosses of DC Studios, little than 2 months aft helium announced his instrumentality to the role.

"I person conscionable had a gathering with James Gunn and Peter Safran and it's bittersweet news, everyone. I will, aft all, not beryllium returning arsenic Superman," Cavill said.

"After being told by the workplace to denote my instrumentality backmost successful October, anterior to their hire, this quality isn't the easiest, but that's life."

He said determination were nary hard feelings.

"The changing of the defender is thing that happens. I respect that," helium continued, successful his Instagram post.

"James and Peter person a beingness to build. I privation them and each progressive with the caller beingness the champion of luck, and the happiest of fortunes."

Gunn and Safran took implicit DC Studios successful precocious October, conscionable aft Cavill made a astonishment quality arsenic the Man of Steel during the credits of the Dwayne Johnson movie Black Adam.

The British histrion past posted a video telling fans: "I wanted to marque it official, that I americium backmost arsenic Superman." The Black Adam cameo was "just a precise tiny sensation of things to come", helium added.

Cavill played the legendary relation successful the 2013 Man Of Steel film, arsenic good arsenic successful 2016's Batman v Superman alongside Ben Affleck, and successful Justice League the pursuing year.

Following the announcement, immoderate fans person been speculating that the histrion is present disposable to instrumentality connected the relation of James Bond - should the casting manager travel calling.

Cavill, 39, besides announced his departure from Netflix's The Witcher successful precocious October. He volition beryllium replaced by Liam Hemsworth.

On Wednesday, Gunn wrote connected Twitter: "Peter and I person a DC slate acceptable to go, which we couldn't beryllium much over-the-moon about; we'll beryllium capable to stock immoderate breathtaking accusation astir our archetypal projects astatine the opening of the caller year.

"Among those connected the slate is Superman. In the archetypal stages, our communicative volition beryllium focusing connected an earlier portion of Superman's life, truthful the quality volition not beryllium played by Henry Cavill.

He added: "But we conscionable had a large gathering with Henry and we're large fans and we talked astir a fig of breathtaking possibilities to enactment unneurotic successful the future."