Based on the comments Brandon Routh told Empire recently, it looks like the sequel to Superman Returns will be Zod free.

When describing the sequel, Routh had this to say:

“It’s going to be a lot more in that genre. In the first one, the obstacle was Superman’s love for Lois and his son, and Luthor using that against him. I just know that in the next film there will be a lot of action and I’m gonna get to fight something, or someone. An enemy with real physical power might be worked in there, definitely.”

and when pressed about Zod appearing in the film:

“I don’t know,” laughs Routh. “I don’t know how much we want to reprise characters that have appeared in the series before, since we’ve reset and used the first film to pay homage to all that’s come before. Now I think Bryan (Singer) might want to go somewhere new with it, which I think will be exciting.”

All I can say is, I hope he’s right. Singer’s references to “going Wrath of Khan” on Superman Returns 2 late last year led some to believe that Zod would be appearing in the film, but my hope is that what Mr. Singer means by the “Khan” reference is that this next Superman sequel will actually be good. :)

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