Dream Casting is an imaginative look at the casting process of potential Hollywood projects based on comics and other media. This isn't just about what is being made; this is about what should be made, and who we think should be the stars.

New Super-Man has turned out to be one of the most interesting comics to come of out DC's 2016 Rebirth relaunch. The title's writer Gene Luen Yang had previously written graphic novels like American Born Chinese, Boxers & Saints, and The Shadow Hero, all of which deal with China and Chinese-American identity. Interestingly, he also had a recent run as the writer of Superman.

In New Super-Man, Yang teams with artists Viktor Bogdanovic and Billy Tan to tell the story a new hero with a familiar name, who lives far away from Metropolis. Kenan Kong is a young man in Shanghai, and isn't particularly heroic until a shadowy organization gives him the powers of Superman. He joins China's own Justice League, alongside versions of Wonder Woman, Batman, and later The Flash. But the group they work for may not have their best interests — or China's — at heart. A conflict with the group known as the Freedom Fighters of China brings to light some surprising truths about Kenan's family, and about the people who gave him his powers.

A New Super-Man movie could appeal to American audiences while also doing big business in the massive Chinese market, now the second-biggest in the world. I figured it will be done in English, like the comic, so I didn't hesitate to cast American, British, and Australian actors, as long as they're of Chinese descent.