DISCLAIMER: THIS IS ALL RUMOR/SPECULATION. NO FACTUAL INFO UNTIL THE MOVIE STARTS ROLLING FILM. ALL POSTED INFORMATION IS TO FEED THE CESSPOOL, PROGRAM THE GHOST IN THE SHELL.
What we know:
99.99% odds that Chris Nolan’s brother Jonathan will direct it. I think because J will have a better sense of how to depict an American icon. New frontrunners to direct, including Darren Aronofsky, Zack Snyder, Matt Reeves, etc.CONFIRMED: Zack Snyder is directing. Now people want to know who’s playing Superman.- Set for theatrical premiere Christmas 2012, a few months after premiere of Batman Begins 3.
Likelihood of Lex Luthor and/or Braniac as the main villain(s).Confirmed: Villain is General Zod.- No Brandon Routh or any returning cast members from Superman Returns. UPDATE: I’m thinking Routh might get a second chance now. Doesn’t make sense marketing-wise not to re-hire him. Warner Bros. always plays things close to the vest. If you’ve already conditioned all the fans into thinking Routh is Superman, it’ll be too much effort to re-market a new guy. Odds are, Routh is returning as Superman.
- Henry Cavill is the new Superman – Who is this guy? Doesn’t look like an epic hero type. Alas, must wait and see if Snyder can deliver.
- Diane Lane is confirmed to be playing Ma Kent.
- Kevin Costner is confirmed to be playing Pa Kent
- Snyder hints that the new title will be simply “Man of Steel”, taking the Nolan approach similar to naming “The Dark Knight”. He also says there will be no references to any of the previous Superman films before. Confirmed: the official title is “Man of Steel”.
- Amy Adams is confirmed to be playing Lois Lane
- Michael Shannon has been cast as General Zod
- Connie Nielson has been offered the role of Lara El; Russell Crowe has been offered the role of Jor El;
- Rumor Neil Patrick Harris is Jimmy Olsen
Jan. 23, 2012 – I’m waiting for a second source to confirm this, but it seems Man of Steel will try to get their trailer out with Dark Knight Rises or Rock of Ages. So Warner Bros. is really trying to make Superman “rock and roll” cool. A whole year of marketing? Yowza.
Dec. 10, 2011 – New “leaked” photos of Michael Shannon as Zod in what appears to be a similar Kryptonian suit that Cavill wears. He also has Bart Simpson bangs thing going for him. I’m convinced now he’s Kal El’s uncle, Jor El’s brother. Knowing how the movie industry is, Thor was a set-up for it. Jor El’s a “peaceful” general, or is allies with the Earthlings, and sent his Jesus messiah son to protect it. And that would make the Zod character a power-hungry wants-to-rule-a-planet-of-his-own sibling rival to Jor-El. It’s kinda like watching Optimus call Megatron “brother” in utter Bayhem with a feeling of convoluted nausea. But, alas, I can be proven wrong.
Boys and girls, lest you not know, there are actually only a handful of movie studios, and they all have to work like organized crime with movie theatres to keep spoon-feeding you what you want. Just like America is literally only like 5 gigando companies/industries. You can either look at it as the world being incredibly small (therefore, predictable) or that these companies are huge entities and that you can’t do anything because you’re little people. Or, you can look at it as an organic system, and that in order to feed these power-hungry egos, they must rely on someone to feed them their allegiance. Can you imagine, if people cold-stopped watching movies, meaning no YouTube, no Blurays/DVDs, no movie theaters, nada, zilch? America would literally collapse because it’s propaganda machine died. If Superman was depicted as a loser, why would “foreigners” want to idolize him… idolize the mighty, enviable America? Think about it.
Zod might as well be Ming the Merciful. “Kneeeeel before your emperor, Zod-ching Zhang!” SMDH. Hey, what do I know about iconography and symbolism?
Aug. 11, 2011 – I think General Zod is going to be revealed as Kal-El’s brother. Jor-El is going to be a bad guy. It don’t get more cliched (yet, epic) than that. Ripped from Smallville, Russell Crowe sent his sons to Earth to take it over. He didn’t count on Kal-El being raised to be a traitor. My main justification is because Michael Shannon bares too much of a similar resemblance to Cavill, AND since Zack Snyder is a lazy sonbitch of a filmmaker, will try to rip off Gladiator’s father/son dynamic, but with Zod and Kal-El in place of Maximus and Commodus. Tsk-tsk-tsk.
Aug. 4, 2011Here it is, the first official “leak” of what the new Superman’s costume looks like:
Yikes. My personal opinion, they overkilled it. Why have Cavill put on all that muscle then put rubber on top of that? Takes away the charm or naivete of design. But, I’m aware that it is a product of the time and wouldn’t sell otherwise. But, man, Zack Snyder really gets the Jim Lee aura Superman going doesn’t he?
Mar. 18, 2011My latest concept fan art:
Jan. 21, 2010 After Warner Bros. officially announced the villains for Dark Knight Rises, my inclination as to whom the new Superman will be is pointing to Tom Welling. Rumors existed before, but now knowing how “difficult” it is to cast such an iconic character in Americana, I think Warner Bros. is going to play it safe as Welling has already been Superman to a generation of fans already. Pure speculation.
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Speculation (mainly from what is already rumored online and what my inclinations are):
- Since Nolan likes to “play things close to the vest”, he’ll recycle his same workflow and methodology (pure motivation is the money). Superman will be grounded but presenting just enough fantasy elements to suspend your disbelief. Expect to see things already done before with Supes, playing it safe. Same blue and red tights, same square jaw figure, cape, strong and fast.
- Story-wise, it might take place on Krypton, or Earth is going to be transformed into Krypton. If Braniac is involved, then he’s going to be doing some Riddler mind-game stuff. He might be using Krytonite to transform the Earth (yeah, similar to island forming plot of Superman Returns, but what the hey) into a low-gravity, volcanic hell, which would give an excuse for Clark Kent being able to fly on Earth. And then Warner Bros. can utilize their new collapsing-towers visual effects they just showcased in Inception. Superman has to save the Earth like Silver Surfer does.
- Some “experts” are thinking Nolan will want a classic looking Superman; one who doesn’t look cut, or like an underwear model. The logic possibly being that the man is a super being with super powers, so it doesn’t matter what he looks like physically. Rumors swirling that Tom Hardy, the burly, yet slick mercenary from Inception could be a contender. I wouldn’t be surprised if he was cast, just like when I learned Robert Downey, Jr. was cast as Tony Stark. Sometimes, the actor’s skill is more important than his looks.
What I would do:
- Nolan seems to like to have practical reasons for elements in a story, just like he and Goyer made Batman’s training and suit originate from the ninja-like League of Shadows. So I wouldn’t doubt it if Superman’s “tights” was actually his second skin and his cape was his wings. Something like that, something that makes him look like an angel, or deity. Otherwise, it not practical for a big guy to be wearing a second layer of clothing underneath a three-piece suit and not look it. Anyone seen The Rock’s skit on SNL?
- How else does Clark Kent disguise himself from obviously being called out as Superman? Wearing a pair of glasses doesn’t really change anything does it? The citizens of Metropolis must be dumb if they can’t tell the hulking man with glasses shopping for nacho dip doesn’t match the build and likeness of the boy in blue. Solution: because Superman is 2nd fastest to Flash (correct me if I’m out of the loop), no one ever captured or witnessed what he looked like, so identity always remains concealed.
- As I posted way back when, I’d like to see Russell Crowe as General Lex Luthor. It’ll just be havoc when he’s calling tanks and jets to shoot down Superman all throughout the rubble of Metropolis. Of course, this was when I was eyeing Tom Cruise to be a government-experiment-gone-wrong Superman. It would have been a maniac, Nazi-like Superman, but I digress. I also suggested Matthew Fox, famous from TV’s Lost, as an older, gray-haired Superman stuck in a youthful new culture that he can’t get with. It’d be like when John Wayne was trying to school hippies on what it meant to be a man, but instead the young and sexy Lois and metrosexual Jimmy Olsen would call the pops names and not kick it with him. Something like that.
- Captain Marvel is a hunky Asian. China’s very own Superman. Gimmick genius!!! What-what!
How I envsion a live-action remake, Nolan-style
My Superman Live Action Skin concept. (Left to right) Clark Kent in dull color tones not to draw attention; Clark sheds his "human" skin camo to reveal his real alien blue and red skin, has scar carved into chest from Krypton war training; Superman has dragonfly like wings
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