Crimson cape? Check. Enlarged ‘S’ emblazoned across engorged chest? Double check. Likelihood of being mistaken for a bird and/or a plane? You bet. Meet the new Superman.
THE Man of Steel from Kansas via Krypton has returned in the aptly titled Man of Steel, the latest incarnation of America’s favorite cultural icon helmed by the consummate comic book adaptor Zack Snyder of Sucker Punch, Watchmen, and 300 fame. Expect a lot of slow-motion, sepia-toned, hyper-real comic-book-aesthetic ass-kicking.
Warner Bros. has released the first image of spandex clad Brit Henry Cavill emerging from – or holding together – the remains of a pretty sturdy looking bank vault. The image comes complete with a discernibly darker mood than previous iterations of the budgie-smuggling superhero, keeping the film in line with a slew of recent re-released comic book adaptations (think Spiderman sans Tobey Maguire, or the upcoming and final installment in Christopher Nolan’s trilogy The Dark Knight Rises).
The film also features three-time Oscar nominee (Confessions of a Shopaholic? Cruel Intentions 2?) Amy Adams as love interest Lois Lane, and Morpheus Laurence Fishburne as her editor-in-chief, Perry White. Other notable mentions include Kevin Costner and Diane Lane as Kent’s adoptive parents, Martha and Johnathan, Michael Shannon as the villainous General Zod and the pride of our romp-stomping phone-throwing nation, Russell Crowe as Superman’s father Jor-El. The film is slated for a June 14 2013 release. That’s almost as far away as Krypton.
