Swift lined up to play Supergirl

The 'Love Story' singer Taylor Swift – whose music albums have sold a combined four million copies, making her the best-selling musician of 2009 in the United States – is reportedly the hot favourite of movie bosses desperate to bring Supergirl back to the big screen, despite the original 1984 movie being a critical and box office flop.

A source said: "Hollywood is short of female heroes and the time is right for a new Supergirl.