Man Of Steel: Gender-swapped Jimmy Olsen confirmed?

Bye bye Jimmy. Hello Jenny.

According to reports, Jimmy Olsen, the budding young reporter/photographer of Clark Kent’s local rag The Daily Planet, has undergone a gender-swap for upcoming reboot ‘Man Of Steel’.

The realignment of the classic character was seemingly confirmed after a film still, listing actress Rebecca Buller as “Jenny Olsen”, was noticed in the pages of an official ‘Man Of Steel’ tie-in book.

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Back in January, Comicbookmovie.com reported that Buller was credited as the mysterious “Jenny Olsen” on IMDB’s ‘Man Of Steel’ cast list. The actress was also spied by eagle-eyed fans in a trailer - running alongside Lawrence Fishburne, who plays The Daily Planet’s editor Perry White.

The rumour sparked an online backlash, with fans of the ‘Superman’ series angry at the potential tampering with the long-established character.

Jimmy, who was played in 2006’s ‘Superman Returns’ by Sam Huntingdon, has appeared as a steady supporting figure in the DC comic book series as far back as 1938.

A source previously told Comicbookmovie.com that Jenny (if she existed) would actually be Jimmy’s sister, and not a gender-swapped version of the character. Still, there’s no sign of Jimmy himself on any cast list.

Warner Brothers is yet to comment if the realignment rumour is true.

‘Man Of Steel’, directed by Zack Snyder and Starring Henry Cavill, is out in the UK 14 June 2013.