Superman: Man of Steel (June 14, 2013)

[Qalbert]

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118038628?refCatId=13

EXCLUSIVE: Whether paying homage to Marlon Brando's cameo in "Superman" or just wanting a splashy marquee name, Christopher Nolan had all along been seeking an A-list thesp for Jor-El, Superman's biological father, since agreeing to godfather the franchise reboot "Man of Steel" for Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures.
He's got his man, and it's Russell Crowe.

The mercurial Aussie is in negotiations to take the role in "Man of Steel," which Zack Snyder is on board to direct with Brit thesp Henry Cavill set to play Superman. Warner Bros. had no comment on Crowe's casting.

Amy Adams, Kevin Costner, Diane Lane and Michael Shannon have already joined the cast. David Goyer penned the script and developed the story with Nolan who, as is his way, has kept plot details under wraps.

Charles Roven will produce along with Emma Thomas, Nolan and Deborah Snyder. Thomas Tull and Lloyd Phillips are producing for Legendary Pictures.

With production set to start next month, Jor-El was one of the last roles to cast, though they also are looking for a big name to play Superman's biological mother.

Brando was 54 when he appeared in Richard Donner's 1978 classic; Crowe is 47. Other names that had gone out for the role included Sean Penn and Clive Owen, Crowe was the final choice.

Crowe is currently filming "The Man With the Iron Fists" for Universal.

[FNH]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-DblXaqQMk

[6souls]

[Hirronimus]

That video is like watching my own work. (I work in general contracting) Thanks for sharing anyway.

[6souls]

Zack Snyder's Superman Man of Steel has been pushed back to Summer 2013, according to Comingsoon. Warner Bros, Pictures has changed the release date to June 14, 2013 instead of 2012 as was previously reported.

At this time there are no other films scheduled for release on that date, and there will not likely be any others now. I am upset that I have to wait, but would rather have an amazing movie instead of something rushed.

The film was written by David Goyer and Jonathan Nolan. The cast includes Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Diane Lane, Kevin Costner, Michael Shannon, Antje Traue, Russell Crowe, Julia Ormond, Christopher Meloni and Harry Lennix. This cast is amazing so let's hope there are no further changes.

http://geektyrant.com/news/2011/7/21...mmer-2013.html
http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=80088

[Salodin]

Wow...guess we can let the thread die for a year and a half now...

[6souls]

Laurence Fishburne has joined the cast of Zack Snyder's Man of Steel. EW reports that he will play Lois Lane and Clark Kent's boss, Daily Planet editor-in-chief Perry White. Jackie Cooper immortalized the character opposite Christopher Reeve's Superman and Frank Langella played the role in Bryan Singer's Superman Returns.

http://geektyrant.com/news/2011/8/2/...-of-steel.html
http://insidemovies.ew.com/2011/08/0...eel-exclusive/

[Nekonaruto]

Irony? I do not know.

[kuronosan]

... Okay, enough of this diversity shit. Sam as Nick Fury wasn't bad because of Ultimate Fury.

Now Perry is being changed from awesome to "black" awesome. Next thing you know, J. Jonah Jameson in 2014 will be played by Nick Cannon.

[Null]

When I read this earlier i wanted to say something along the same lines but just skipped over it and facepalmed. Guess they had to do it cause they couldn't get Will Smith in the role of superman.

[Qalbert]

loosely related, Ultimate Spidey spoilers involved, http://splitsider.com/2011/08/donald...ial-spider-man

[Blackice]

http://gizmodo.com/5827684/first-loo...s-new-superman

[Baelorn]

Looks pretty good to me.

[Blackice]

Thanks for yanking the picture for me, @work right now and can't really do that at the moment.

[Insanecyclone]

Looks all grim dark and moody for kids.

[Elvis]

He's got a good face for Superman. I don't like the pic though. His hair looks too receding (if that's a correct expression).

Looks better here, but still a bit meh with the hairline being back farther.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...w-superman.jpg

[Kaslo]

Looks pretty good to me.

So is just me or does it look like his suit is made of the same material as the Amazing Spider-Man suit?

[Katlan]

Suit looks thicker then what I'm used to seeing (or at least remembering). Yeah it has the basketball texture look, but I like it better here then on spiderman. I really like the cape though. It's much longer and thicker / fuller and looks sorta Roman'esc

[Selamis]

I think the suit looks better than the garbage that we had in Superman Returns, but based on that pic, I'm not digging the hair being slicked back (or appearing to be at least.) Hopefully it's just that scene and not like it for the whole movie.

[TummieGaruda]

Looks pretty good to me.

Can't unsee Diedrich Bader

Photo is too dark