 While the project was under Brett Ratner (qv)s supervision,  actors Josh Hartnett (qv), Paul Walker (I) (qv),  Matthew Bomer (qv), Brendan Fraser (qv), Ashton Kutcher (qv),  David Boreanaz (qv), Ian Somerhalder (qv), Henry Cavill (qv),  Jerry OConnell (qv) and Hayden Christensen (qv) were considered  for the part of Superman. Brett Ratner (qv) left the project  primarily because he and Warner Bros. executives could not agree on  whom to cast as Superman.