Superman Holds A Posey

The ranks of Bryan Singer's eagerly-awaited, franchise-resurrecting Superman Returns have swelled yet further, with the news that Parker Posey (Best In Show) is to join the cast. Parker will be playing Kitty Koslowski, a "villainous henchwoman" of Lex Luthor's. For our money, she would have done a fine job of playing Lois Lane to Brandon Routh's Clark Kent (well, had she been a bit younger, or Routh a bit older), but with that role filled by Kate Bosworth, Parker has joined the baddies instead. Clearly she's holding a grudge. We don't know very much about the character at the moment, as she isn't a major character from the comics, nor does her name crop up in any of the previous films - though we wonder if she might bear any resemblance to Valerie Perrine's Miss Teschmacher, the swimsuit-wearing moll with a side-interest in philosophy from the first two films. But with Harold and Kumar's Kal Penn also playing Luthor's right-hand man, it seems that the Man of Steel will have more than just a bald Kevin Spacey to contend with. Let's just hope for Superman's sake that Posey, following her turn as a comic-book movie villain in last year's Blade : Trinity, won't be quite such a "cock-juggling thundercunt" this time