J.J. Abrams Producing 'Black Superman' Reboot

I think you'd be off your rocker thinking your gonna race swap Superman and imagine the outrage.

Could be like the former Superman & Lois writer demanding race swapping and then leaving.

Will this end up like former Flash director Rick Famuyiwa?

I think these days it is a publicity thing, or a virtue signalling thing, or just somebody drinkin' the Kool-Aid, but I don't want to rule out the possibility of alternative castings entirely. Sometimes I think there is thought behind it, or because it just makes sense. Michael Clarke Duncan as The Kingpin, for instance. They needed a HUGE guy for that role, and one who could act. MCD was a great actor and a massive dude. So the casting makes sense.

What I am saying is that, generally or in the abstract, I think this might work. But it would require thought and a motive to tell a brilliant story. It should respect the source material, and either the change must work within the source, or they might update the script itself. West Side Story is a good example of the latter. They changed the dialogue, so it doesn't matter that they also changed the setting and the ethnicity of half the characters.

But also I see your point. And when not general or abstract, most of the time this happens, it's a stunt or an attempt to be woke. Putting that sort of thing over a plot or character is always going to weaken the film (or book or play or whatever), even if only a little bit.