Brandon Routh of Superman Returns just informed fans that he will be working on the next Superman movie installment, Superman: Man of Steel, early 2009 with Bryan Singer as the director. He mentioned this during a press conference promoting his new project, a horror series called Fear Itself, which will air its pilot episode on June 5. According to Routh, Bryan has been keeping him up to date about the pre-production plans, and a script will be finalized later in 2008. Brandon Routh hopes that he’ll be taking on more villains in the next installment and that he’s been maintaining a workout routine to stay in shape.