Henry Cavill as Superman in "Man of Steel." (Warner Bros. Pictures)
On the heels of yesterday’s news that Laurence Fishburne will play Daily Planet newsman Perry White, today we have our first glimpse of Henry Cavill as Superman in “Man of Steel.”
In the picture from Warner Bros, the suit looks like it has an armor-like sheen instead of a flat spandex quality, but Cavill still has the boots, cape and trademark “S” on his chest.
The Zack Snyder-directed film, slated for June 14, 2013, also stars Amy Adams as Lois Lane, and Diane Lane and Kevin Costner as Clark Kent’s adoptive parents Martha and Jonathan Kent. Superman’s Kryptonian parents Jor-El and Lara Lor-Van will be played by Russell Crowe and Julia Ormond.
Superman’s villains include Michael Shannon as the evil General Zod and Antje Traue as Zod’s partner, Faora. Rounding out the cast are Harry Lennix as U.S. military man General Swanwick, as well as Christopher Meloni as Colonel Hardy.
Superman by Jim Lee (DC Comics)
Snyder has said he will take the hero into new places on screen. “Superman is the one constant in the universe,” Snyder told Hero Complex in March. “You know that if you do Superman right — or at least if you do him with respect — you know you end up with something great. … [but] in some ways [beyond] that is virgin territory. No one knows what that is. In some ways Superman is the most recognizable superhero on the planet but also the most unknown. Just what he can be? People have preconceived ideas about him but probably all of them are wrong.”
– Noelene Clark
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Weird . . . he looks like Mitt Romney.
Let's hope they learned from the misguided political correctness that torpedoed the previous reboot of Superman. He's an American hero, created by Jewish men to fight the Nazis, deal with it.
Actually, the original Superman was a depression era New-Deal Democrat fighting against mobsters, fighting for the poor and such, it wasn't until war broke out that the whole "American Way" thing came about…
If Harry Potter HAD to be British (which I understand) then SUPERMAN MUST be AMERICAN and NOT British- which Warner obviously does NOT understand. This is a travesty. They did not want to train an American to SOUND British, but here they will have to train a Brit to SOUND American–and BE AMERICAN. Sorry, that does an injustice to a great American ICON.
LOVE IT!
where is the curl? what is up with the texture of the suit? why is his hair all puffy? come on, there is 70 years of reference art to refer to. why mess with perfection? please do not make Supes 'cutting edge'.
Zod? Again. are he and Lex the only ones that exist in the super-verse?
Ah, whatever happened to … cloth?
Is that Mel Kiper JR as Superman???
I like that the material doesn't look Earth-made. He is an alien, after all . . .
Wow,
Looks like Zack is headed to M-Night land. Ouch.. 300 was so great, Zack.. Zack.. Zack…. Get it back.
the hair!!…what is up with that hair??
and oh please tell me that's not burgundy on the boots…it's too dark to make out…but I dread it maybe burgundy.