Abalandeli mhlawumbi banoyolo iindaba zamva nje ukuba uHenry Cavill ubuyela kwindima ye-Superman kwiifilimu ze-DC zexesha elizayo, kodwa i-Studio Work Bros. Ayikholelwa kwithemba lefilimu enye malunga nalo mlinganiswa. Ngokutsho kwamarhe, i-studio ikholelwa ukuba i-cavill ayizihlangabezana naye kwi-clark clark. Khumbula, iKavill idlale le ndima kwi "Indoda yentsimbi" (2013), "Batman nxamnye neSuperman: Ekuqaleni kokusesikweni" (2016) kunye "no-2016). Ubutyebi bobuqhoyezi, bebhekisa kwimithombo yayo, babhala:
Ifilimu eyodwa malunga neSuperman okwangoku ayifanelanga impumelelo. Mhlawumbi kamva le meko iya kutshintsha, kodwa ukuza kuthi ga ngoku lo mlinganiswa uya kuba kwi-DC Blockbusters kwindima yesibini.
"Indoda yentsimbi" iqokelele irejista yemali eqinileyo ye- $ 668 yezigidi, ngelixa i-ofisi ye-batman yaseBatman yayiyi- $ 873 yezigidi zeedola. Nangona kunjalo, umzi we-bowner Ibaliwe kwingeniso enomdla ngakumbi, kuba ukuveliswa kwemveliso nganye kwezi filimu kuxabisa malunga ne-250 yezigidi zeedola. Kodwa esona situdiyo esikhulu senziwe emva kokukhululwa kwe "League yobulungisa". Ijikelezwe sisiphithiphithi kunye nengxabano, le projekthi iphawula le ngxaki apho kuthanda khona ifilimu ye-DC.
I-cavill ye-cavill idlale i-superman kwi "League yokusesikweni", nangona wayene-kateo "shazam!" (2019). Ukusukela ngoko, kuye kwaphuphuma i-warner bros. Ayisakwazi ukubala kwiCavil, ngaphandle kwenzondelelo engafunekiyo yomlingisi ngokwayo. Ngokukodwa, watyibilika ulwazi endaweni yefilimu entsha malunga neSuperman, i-studio ifuna ukususa i-solnik ekhokelwa yi-supergel. Ngenxa yoko, amaqela eze kwinketho yokulalanisa: I-cavill iya kuqhubeka nokudlala i-Superman, kodwa iya kuba ngumlinganiswa kuphela kwesicwangciso sesibini.