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The Man of Steel Female Jimmy Olsen Theory Appears to Be Dead

by Isabella Kapur | 3:01 pm, June 5th, 2013

It appears that actor Rebecca Buller may not be playing Jenny Olsen, as we thought, but an assistant by the name of Jenny Jurwich, based on evidence from a higher quality image of a Man of Steel shot.  Zooming in on Buller’s ID badge in this Man of Steel shot reveals that the character of Jenny, previously suspected to be a gender bent version of Daily Planet employee Jimmy Olsen, is not an Olsen.  Click through for the close up image.

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Remember When We Said Man of Steel‘s Jimmy Olsen Might Be a Woman? We Have New Info On That.

by Rebecca Pahle | 12:30 pm, May 16th, 2013

Earlier this year speculation arose that Man of Steel might be genderswapping Jimmy Olsen. There’s no Jimmy in the movie, the theory goes, but there is a Jenny Olsen, and she’s seen in the trailer running away from an explosion with Perry White, which would seem to suggest that she has something to do with the Daily Planet. After that initial rush of “OMG they might genderswap Jimmy Olsen, that would be so cool!,” the whole thing kind of died down.

Until now. If this new detail we’ve seen is true, you can count that rumor as…

[possible spoilers behind the cut, unmarked]

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David S. Goyer Comments On Female Jimmy Olsen In Man Of Steel

by Jill Pantozzi | 4:35 pm, March 26th, 2013

“I can’t comment on that.” – Man of Steel writer David S. Goyer speaking with I Am Rogue on the ongoing rumor of Jimmy Olsen actually being Jenny Olsen in the film.

You may remember director Zack Snyder recently saying how pleased he was so few Man of Steel secrets had gotten out. As to casting Laurence Fishburne, Goyer said, “I Thought it was an awesome choice. I think that it is silly that people are like, ‘You can’t have a black guy named White.’ But I’m like, well what about Barry White? I thought that was stupid. You just want to get the best actor.”

(via ScreenRant)

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Superman’s Jimmy Olsen May Be A Woman In Man of Steel Thanks To Zack Snyder

by Jill Pantozzi | 2:00 pm, January 22nd, 2013

There’s a new rumor, that if true, may be one of the coolest things to happen in a superhero adaptation. In Man of Steel, Jimmy Olsen may actually be a woman. 

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Consider the Following

In Which We Say: Fair Enough

by Susana Polo | 9:40 am, September 29th, 2011

Exactly two weeks ago I said precisely the following:

So what’s next, DC? Is the Penguin going to be skinny now, too? Perry White? Harvey Bullock?

Don’t. Make. Me. Laugh.

I didn’t think they’d actually do it. Maybe the mystery lady “subtly” appearing in every #1 of the new 52 is a personal trainer? Also we wanted to share Jimmy Olsen as played by Justin Bieber, below.

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Things We Saw Today

Things We Saw Today: Every Day Is April Fool’s Day For Superman

by Jamie Frevele | 5:30 pm, April 2nd, 2011

See more of Superman pranking Jimmy Olsen at Scans_Daily.

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