Henry Cavill the show credit for bolstering his career: "It's done the most for me to date. [...] Now that there's an audience somewhere in America that's aware of who I am, I have more sell-ability, because of The Tudors." "Entertainment Weekly" named him the "Most Dashing Duke" and praised his work on "The Tudors" for displaying "charm, depth and a killer bod". Cavill had been set to play Superman in McG's 2004 film, "Superman: Flyby". However, McG pulled out of the project and direction was taken over by director Bryan Singer, who recast Brandon Routh as the lead in "Superman Returns".
Superhero film on the "Harbinger Wars" arc from the comic books. In 2015, Italian filmmaker directed a superhero film, titled "They Call Me Jeeg" starring Claudio Santamaria. Its original title is "Lo chiamavano Jeeg Robot", from the Italian name of the anime and manga series "Steel Jeeg". It was released in Italy on February 25, 2016. In 2016, the eighth installment in the "X-Men" series "Deadpool" was released in February, which went on to become the highest-grossing R-rated film of all time when unadjusted for inflation, and the highest-grossing film of the series. The ninth installment, "" was also released. Warner Bros.