This week’s pop culture stew contains super men, super cars, and a super old game that kids are rediscovering. To add spice to the mix, I’m throwing in a pinch of “TikTok is the unlikely focus of an international power struggle.”

Henry Cavill out as Superman

Despite appearing as Superman in a cameo in Black Adam and announcing that he was returning to the role for another movie, actor Henry Cavill will not be starring in the next Superman movie. James Gunn, co-Head of Warner Bros. DC Comics Film and TV Unit, announced that a new Man of Steel flick is on the slate for release at some point in the future, but it will not star Cavill. According to Gunn, the still-untitled Superman movie takes place earlier in the hero’s life, so, presumably, it needs a younger actor to don the tights.

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Cavill confirmed that he would not be returning to the DC franchise on his Instagram, offering the following reassuring words to fans: “My turn to wear the cape has passed, but what Superman stands for never will. It’s been a fun ride with you all, onwards and upwards.”

This frees DC up to right the wrongs of the past and finally cast Nicolas Cage as Superman. I know he’s old, but dude is good enough actor to pull it off.

TikTok brings memes, dances, and international tension

While the majority of its young users were blithely sharing dance videos, memes, and playing chess, the US government took a major step against social media platform…