Last night I got messages from more than a few people claiming that Kate Bosworth was confirmed for the role of Lois Lane in Singer’s Superman. I was skeptical, since none of them provided anything in the way of sources or confirmation and it isn’t the first time she’s been rumored for the role. Well, I guess as a source you can’t get very much better than the BBC and it looks like today they’ve confirmed it. Kate Bosworth will be playing Lois Lane. Let’s hope she’s not blonde.

I like Kate well enough, though she’s done little to prove her mettle. Her best film thus far is probably Blue Crush, which probably sounds bad, but then I assume if you think that you’ve never seen it. Blue Crush is better than the name, trailers, posters, and subject matter would indicate. It’s a decent movie and Bosworth fills in her surfer girl role fairly well. Of course that hardly qualifies her to cover Lois Lane territory.

She’s also been in really terrible movies like Beyond the Sea, and the infamous Rules of Attraction, and even a film with the guy who rumor once had cast as Jimmy Olsen, Topher Grace. Kate Bosworth is pretty, and at the very least solid as an actress, but to me she still seems horribly wrong for Lois Lane. She has a round, soft face. I can’t see her as a hard-edged reporter. She’s better as a doe-eyed Sandra Dee, or a soft, easily romanced surfer girl. Not plucky Miss Lane. At least she’ll look good in short business skirts.

I think Singer is really going to regret the day he failed to work something out with Evangaline Lilly. We’ll see.