MAN OF STEEL

[TheBaxter]

no, he is not circumcised.

Unless he was circumcised as an infant on Krypton.

i'm sure somebody will check out that scene of him getting out of the krypton egg from the original film and let us know the answer.

[max314]

Snyder is all style and no substance. But with Nolan's story, it's quite possible Snyder's sense of style will complement the script quite well.

I'm quietly hopeful this could turn out well.

[DennisMM]

this doesn't make sense. if superman's body can repel bullets, then wouldn't his beard repel razors? he'd never be able to shave it! unless the razor blade was made of kryptonite, that is.

I believe that n the Golden and Silver Age comics, his beard and hair didn't grow when he had his powers. Post-Crisis on Infinite Earths (1986), he reflected his heat vision off a fragment from his "birth pod" ship to get a shave. I can't remember them explaining hair cuts.

[TheButcher]

From Hero Complex:
‘Man of Steel’: Henry Cavill found ‘essential’ insight in ‘Red Son’

Just how heavy is Superman’s cape? Ask Henry Cavill, the British actor who has the weight of history, expectations and a blockbuster budget all sitting on his broad shoulders.

Cavill will portray “the last son” of the planet Krypton in “Man of Steel,” the 2013 release that Warner Bros. hopes will launch a franchise to fill the void left by Harry Potter’s graduation from Hogwarts and Christopher Nolan’s pending departure from Gotham City.

The film has been shooting in Vancouver but Cavill made a quick trip to Los Angeles recently to promote the film “Immortals” and he sat down with our Geoff Boucher for a lengthy interview that led to a Los Angeles Times cover story on that mythology film and the actor’s own life odyssey.

There was plenty that didn’t make it into the story — most of it about “Man of Steel” — and you’ll find it in the Q&A below, including Cavill’s interest in “Red Son” and Mark Millar’s alternate “history” that imagines what would have happened if baby Superman’s rocket had landed in the Soviet Union.

[TheButcher]

From The Playlist:
Effects Supremo Joe Letteri Says Zack Snyder Is Placing Emphasis On In-Camera Effects In 'Man of Steel'

[TheButcher]

'West Wing' Star Richard Schiff Is Dr. Hamilton In Zack Snyder's 'Man Of Steel'

[TheButcher]

From BC:
Superman Spoilers From Man Of Steel Call Sheet

[ironic name]

From BC:
Superman Spoilers From Man Of Steel Call Sheet

wow, it seems that with the lack of red underpants and superman's suit being a guyveresque kryptonian crystalline suit that grows from his chest - I think I'm making this movie by osmosis.
if brainiac winds up looking like this: http://www.deviantart.com/download/2530 ... 46msa4.jpg I'm suing.

[TheButcher]

Zack Snyder Making MAN OF STEEL “Edgy” Like THE DARK KNIGHT

From MTV: Should Superman Go Dark? We Ask Kevin Smith, Jeph Loeb And Other Comic Creators

Thomas Tull, founder, chairman, and CEO of Legendary Pictures, spoke to a group of students at Hamilton college on April 17 and the college web site posted an article on the appearance, a piece of which says:

Legendary's roster of upcoming films includes a wide variety of properties, including Watchmen (from the renowned graphic novel), Akira (a remake of the popular Japanese anime film), a Superman sequel (in Which Tull hopes to invoke more of the image of "an angry god"), Clash of the Titans, Where the Wild Things Are and a film of Paradise Lost (Tull is particularly interested in the "[story] arc of Lucifer"). Tull is also sponsoring the Legendary Film Treatment Challenge, an upcoming opportunity to submit film treatments to Legendary Pictures for consideration.

So it sounds as if the sequel is still planned (unlike the rumored plans for Justice League) and moving along. There's still no word on a script or a start date for production, but I find this encouraging. It'll happen (eventually)!

From the Superman Homepage: Zack Snyder, “Superman Seems Too Earnest”

USA Today has published an article from Comic-Con International asking the question, "Are Superheroes done for?". Included in the article are the following comments by Zack Snyder, director of the "Watchmen" movie.

Of course, as this summer and this comic-book convention have unfolded, it has become clear that no one is Superman anymore. Perhaps, says Watchmen director Zack Snyder, Superman is gone for good.
"They asked me to direct a Superman movie, and I said no," Snyder says. "He's a tricky one nowadays, isn't he? He's the king daddy of all comic-book heroes, but I'm just not sure how you sell that kind of earnestness to a sophisticated audience anymore."

From USA Today 7/28/2008:
Comic-Con wrap-up: Are superheroes done for?

SAN DIEGO — Jackie Earle Haley steps inside of the Night Owl's spaceship, walking gingerly past the pilot's seats toward the control panel, touching the blinking gauges and dials.

"It's still a little hard to believe," the balding, bespectacled actor says, "that I'm playing a superhero."

But if this year's Comic-Con convention, which wrapped up Sunday, has demonstrated anything, it's that comic-book and superhero movies are not what they used to be.

If anything, they're the opposite.

Gone are the lantern-jawed heroes whose raison d'être was to save mankind from villains threatening to wipe out the populace.

Instead, the anti-hero rules. He drinks heavily. He has problems performing in bed. He's as likely to kill an innocent as an evildoer. Often, he doesn't care that much for people.

And he's getting hired by the truckloads by Hollywood. After a summer that has seen antithetical superheroes rack up nearly $1 billion, studios can't get enough crime-fighter movies into production, even ones with some unlikely protagonists.

There are more than 42 comic-book and superhero movies in production, and the heroes range from the obvious (Robert Downey Jr. and Tobey Maguire reprising their roles as Iron Man and Spider-Man) to the head-scratching (Seth Rogen as the Green Hornet?).

Even Haley, who returned to big-screen prominence as a pederast in Little Children, concedes he never saw himself as the crusading type.

"When I first started acting, the last thing I thought of was being a superhero," he says as he walks through the spaceship used in Watchmen, the ultimate anti-hero film, due March 6. The 9,000-pound spaceship was rolled onto the floor of the convention and became the most popular display of the five-day pop-culture festival.

"I'm probably the last guy you'd think of playing a superhero," Haley says, signing autographs and taking pictures with fans, some of them dressed as his character, the shadowy hero Rorschach. "I'm no Superman."

Superman seems too earnest

Of course, as this summer and this comic-book convention have unfolded, it has become clear that no one is Superman anymore. Perhaps, says Watchmen director Zack Snyder, Superman is gone for good.

"They asked me to direct a Superman movie, and I said no," Snyder says. "He's a tricky one nowadays, isn't he? He's the king daddy of all comic-book heroes, but I'm just not sure how you sell that kind of earnestness to a sophisticated audience anymore."

So studios are selling everything else, including bitter themes and obscure heroes.

Consider the summer slate. Few read the comic book Wanted, but Universal turned the violent, R-rated adaptation of the assassins' story into a $100 million blockbuster. The Dark Knight bordered on R-rated violence and became the biggest opener of all time. Iron Man cast a former drug abuser in the lead role and received praise from all corners.

"We're casting people not for their names but for their acting ability, even if they're not the obvious choice," says Kevin Feige, president of Marvel Studios. "Sometimes, the least obvious is the best choice."

Hancock: Scraping bottom?

More obscurity is on the way. Despite a middling box-office performance of $33 million the first time out in 2004, Punisher: War Zone re-emerges Dec. 5, with Ray Stevenson as the killing machine. Ray Park, best known as the villain Darth Maul, gets his own comic-book movie in Iron Fist, coming later this year. Recognize Gabriel Macht? Bone up, because he's in the title role of The Spirit, a comic-book adaptation out Christmas Day.

Depending on who's doing the talking, the unlikely heroes are either a sign of comic-book movies' endless well of material — or the running dry of it.

"I love what's happening," says Frank Miller, a longtime comic author and director of The Spirit, who has tried for years to get less mainstream comics onto the big screen. "It's about time our day has come. It just takes studios a while to see what kind of true art lies in comic books."

Kevin Smith, who owns comic-book stores, writes his own comics and weaves comic-book elements into his films, says that the well is endless, at least for now.

"It took Westerns about 30 years to run dry," he says. "I'd say we have at least that long, because there are so many stories and mythologies to choose from. And, unlike Westerns, they say something about modern-day life."

But John Moore, director of the video-game adaptation Max Payne, wonders if superhero films are at the beginning — and end — of their golden age.

"Look at Hancock," he says of the breezy summer hit with Will Smith as a drunken superhero tired of saving mankind. "You've got a hero whose power is there, but his heart isn't into it. That's not a superhero movie. I think it's clear we're starting to scrape the bottom of the barrel."

Regardless, the public appetite appears to be there now. Comic-Con's attendance was estimated at 130,000, the largest on record.

"I don't know how long this will last, but I think comic-book movies are doing what a lot of other movies have been afraid to do," Haley says. "Get dark. Make outcasts your heroes. Take a critical look at the state of the world we live in."

No film does that like Watchmen, based on the graphic novel of the mid-1980s. It examines a band of crime fighters with real-world problems, disdain for the public and issues with unbridled power.

"I don't know if we're going to deconstruct the entire superhero mythology," director Snyder says. "But we're going to kick it in the stomach."

Which seems to fit everyday fans just fine.

"Keep them coming," says Stephanie Otter, 36, a Pittsburgh native and comic-book fan wearing a "Little Miss Bossy" T-shirt. "I'm tired of superheroes just for the guys. I want something different than Iron Man or Spider-Man."

Women jump into the fray

Otter represents another shift in the comic-book movie universe: an influx of women. Over the years, female attendance at Comic-Con has grown, this year reaching a record of nearly 40%, perhaps reflecting increasing involvement of women in the filmmaking.

"It was getting depressing," says Rose McGowan, who will play the title comic-book vixen in Red Sonja, due in 2010. "I was getting scripts to play the straight man to the straight man. But lately, we're seeing more scripts that allow us to kick (butt). Comic books have always been good about it, and now movies seem to be catching on."

Deborah Del Prete, producer of Frank Miller's Spirit, has been coming to Comic-Con since she was 8 years old. Usually, she was asked if she was looking for Wonder Woman comics.

"Now they ask me what I'm working on," she says. "We're seeing a partnership in making these movies we never saw before. I say it's about time people recognize women enjoy comics and comic-book movies as much as any other fan."

Mila Kunis, who plays an assassin in the video game adaptation Max Payne, says Hollywood is finally mirroring the times.

"If you ask me, they're a little slow in catching up with the rest of the world," she says. "I'm really glad for movies like Wanted and Underworld, because it's casting us as mainstream heroes.

"But come on. It wasn't that long ago when we thought a woman was going to be the Democratic nominee for president. We should have been at this place a long time ago."

[TheButcher]

From MTV:
Zack Snyder, Robert Kirkman Talk Superman, Zombies

"It’s going really good, actually. I’m just cutting right now," Snyder said. "I’m really excited about it. It’s fun to work on. It’s gigantic and crazy."

[TheButcher]

Christopher Nolan Says 'Man Of Steel' Is Zack Snyder's Movie, Plus More Pics & New TV Spot From 'The Dark Knight Rises'

"It's Zack's movie so it'd be a bit rude of me to turn up and say I've got a few ideas now," Nolan explained. "My big point of responsibility was helping shepherd David's script. When I'm finished with this I'll be there for whatever Zack wants from me, but it's very much his movie."

[TheButcher]

First Look at Jor-El and Faora’s Costumes From Man of Steel

[minstrel]

Superman is going to look awfully underdressed without his red briefs. He'll be leaving the house to save the world and Ma Kent will be yelling, "Put your pants on, Clark, if you're going outside!"

[TonyWilson]

Fervently hoping for a trailer soon.

[Ribbons]

Some kind of teaser will probably turn up with The Dark Knight Rises... whether there's any footage or just a new Superman logo is still anyone's guess.

[TheButcher]

Some kind of teaser will probably turn up with The Dark Knight Rises... whether there's any footage or just a new Superman logo is still anyone's guess.

Comic-Con 2012: Who's in, who's out - Fox, Par, Relativity skip Hall H; Universal up in the air

With Comic-Con a month away, Hollywood is firming up plans to haul its geek-friendly film fare to San Diego - though Paramount and 20th Century Fox have joined Relativity Media, DreamWorks and DreamWorks Animation in skipping the Hall H panels this year, with Universal still up in the air.

Warner Bros. has reserved a three-hour block Saturday and is likely to anchor its presentation with "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey," out in December.

Plans include first-look footage from next summer's "Man of Steel," not a surprise given helmer Zack Snyder's love for the Comic-Con crowd when he presented "300" and "Watchmen" in previous years. On the other hand, the studio has never taken one of Christopher Nolan's Batman pics to the Con, and there are no indications that this year will be any exception.

Sources tell Variety that Legendary Pictures plans to join distrib partner Warners with a preview of Guillermo del Toro's tentpole "Pacific Rim," though the studio would not confirm those plans.

[TheButcher]

‘Man of Steel’: Zack Snyder says film has ‘date with destiny’

When the Warner Bros. film “Man of Steel” opens one year from today it will be flying in formation with history, which is a source of considerable excitement for director Zack Snyder.

“The thing that’s really special and hasn’t really been acknowledged is that ‘Man of Steel’ comes out on the 75th anniversary of ‘Action Comics’ No. 1,” the filmmaker said just before a stage appearance at the recent Hero Complex Film Festival. ”That’s the very first appearance of Superman. I haven’t seen people talk about that yet.”

Well, that diamond anniversary will probably be mentioned a few times by DC Comics and Warner Bros. between now and June 14, 2013, when Snyder’s movie arrives with Henry Cavill (“Immortals,” “The Tudors”) wearing the cape, Amy Adams (“The Fighter,” “Enchanted”) as Lois Lane and Michael Shannon (“Revolutionary Road,” “Boardwalk Empire”) as the ruthless General Zod. The cast also includes Russell Crowe, Diane Lane, Kevin Costner and Laurence Fishburne.

Of the seven actors just mentioned, the 29-year-old Cavill is the only one without an Oscar or Oscar nomination on his résumé — a hint of the resources going into the project that is now in post-production. The movie is Warner’s bid to reenergize Superman as a feature film property (especially now that Christopher Nolan is in the Batcave packing his boxes) and the studio will begin the public side of that process next month with a panel and footage preview at Comic-Con International in San Diego.

That footage will show the brawniest of all Superman actors to date (a Snyder priority was matching up his star visually with the way he’s depicted in more contemporary comics) and the first foreign-born Superman (a Brit, he hails from the tiny isle of Jersey off the coast of Normandy, France). Although hasn’t the hero always been the ultimate immigrant?

In June 1938, the refugee from another planet landed at newsstands that were full of headlines about the mighty Joe Louis knocking out Max Schmeling, the German fighter who many feared would be taking the heavyweight championship home to Adolf Hitler (who was about to start a very different fight in Czechoslovakia). With all the newsprint gray, the bright yellow-and-red cover of the inaugural “Action” issue seized young eyes — as did the blue-and-red figure who looked like a circus strongman or Hercules in long-johns.

The issue is prized like no other for comic fans; there were 200,000 printed back in 1938 but, by most estimates, fewer than 100 copies are still in existence. An auction gavel came down in December 2011 and one nearly pristine copy was sold for $2.16 million. And what was the newsstand price on that issue when it arrived? Just one thin dime.

Comics are only made of paper (or, now, pixels) but that collector was investing in the best fossil record of something even more valuable: A perfect idea. That’s what writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster may have had on their hands when they came up with a red “S”-symbol and put it over the heart of a man who could leap tall buildings in a single bound.

The idea ricocheted around the globe. It still does, according to Grant Morrison, the Scottish writer who is working on “Action Comics” these days. ”Our greatest ever idea as a human species, if you ask me,” said Morrison, whom the New York Times recently dubbed the ”vulnerable Virgil in the underworld of geek culture,” of the character.

There have been more than 900 issues of “Action” published and the hero has been in every one of them (it’s not the only Superman title, either, the series simply called “Superman” surpassed 700 issues last year). But in a big jolt, DC started “Action” (and every other series) with a new No. 1.

The “new” “Action Comics” No. 1 presented a Morrison tale of a younger Kal-El, who showed up for crime-fighting with the old familiar cape but with work boots and blue jeans. It was still Superman, who remains recognizable even if he never stays the same — like a beach that holds its shape even as the sand is in constant flux. It’s the great genius of Siegel and Shuster, Morrison says, to find a costume that can fit anyone and any story as long “as it looks to the sky.”

Siegel and Shuster’s creation didn’t get any love when they first shopped the character around as a comic strip — it was too strange and too sci-fi. The first fan may have been Sheldon Mayer who was working for the McClure Syndicate — he recognized the allure of Clark Kent’s secret identity.

“I was crazy about Superman for the same reason I liked ‘The Scarlet Pimpernel,’ ‘Zorro’ and ‘The Desert Song,’” Mayer said years later. “The mystery man and his alter ego are two distinct characters to be played off against each other. The Scarlet Pimpernel’s alter ego was scared of the sight of blood, a hopeless dandy: no one would have suspected he was a hero. The same goes for Superman.”

Mayer’s endorsement was part of a series of events that got the strip rescued from the “slush file” and on the cover of a new venture called “Action.”

That’s all it took and the hero quickly went up, up and away with a syndicated newspaper strip starting in 1939, a radio series in 1940 and a silver-screen serial in 1941.

Siegel and Shuster, two former classmates from Glenville High School in Cleveland, watched that trajectory with mixed emotions because (like the hero’s parents on Krypton) they knew they weren’t going to be along for this ride.

In March 1938, Siegel and Shuster cashed a $412 check from Detective Comics Inc., giving up the rights to a hero that is rivaled only by Mickey Mouse when it comes to the world’s most instantly recognizable fictional characters. Shuster died in 1992 at age 78, Siegel died four years later at 81 and, needless to say, they were haunted by that transaction into their twilight years.

Their heirs continue a long legal quest to be part of Superman’s future but an April appellate ruling appeared to be a setback for their cause and, adding insult to injury, it arrived the same day an auction house sold the original cashed check from 1938 for $160,000.

Snyder has been too busy building his new Metropolis to dwell too much on this history. That might be wise considering that the most recent Metropolis movie, 2006′s “Superman Returns,” proved how difficult it can be to fly forward while simultaneously looking back.

“Superman Returns” was director Bryan Singer’s valentine to filmmaker Richard Donner’s version of the hero, which took flight in the 1978 smash. That film mesmerized a young Singer, and his movie was steeped in tie-ins to the past (he used a vintage John Williams score, added a cameo by the late Marlon Brando as Jor-El, etc.). The $250-million movie was remote and tentative — like a museum visitor who heeds the instruction to look but, please, don’t touch.

In an interview early last year, Snyder made it clear that if he makes mistakes they will be new ones.

“We’re making a movie that finally goes with the approach that there’s been no other Superman movies,” Snyder said. “If you look at ‘Batman Begins,’ there’s that structure: there’s the canon that we know about and respect, but on the other hand there’s this approach that pre-supposes that there haven’t been any other movies. In every aspect of design and of story, the whole thing is very much from that perspective of ‘Respect the canon but don’t be a slave to the movies.’”

There’s been so many versions of the hero — Christopher Reeve and George Reeves , the Fleischer cartoons and “Smallville,” Kirk Alyn in serials and Bob Holiday on Broadway, etc. — you wonder if even Superman can carry the weight of all that mythology.

Seventy-four years ago it was different — it was uncluttered. There was one superhero in the world and, in his first 12-page story, he was stopping the execution of a woman framed for murder (and crashing through the door of the governor’s mansion to do it), cracking the jaw of a wife-beater and gleefully spooking a kidnapper with a rooftop view of the city (which was Gotham before there was a Gotham).

In an interview early last year, Snyder made it clear that if he makes mistakes they will be new ones.

“We’re making a movie that finally goes with the approach that there’s been no other Superman movies,” Snyder said. “If you look at ‘Batman Begins,’ there’s that structure: there’s the canon that we know about and respect, but on the other hand there’s this approach that pre-supposes that there haven’t been any other movies. In every aspect of design and of story, the whole thing is very much from that perspective of ‘Respect the canon but don’t be a slave to the movies.’”

There’s been so many versions of the hero — Christopher Reeve and George Reeves , the Fleischer cartoons and “Smallville,” Kirk Alyn in serials and Bob Holiday on Broadway, etc. — you wonder if even Superman can carry the weight of all that mythology.

Seventy-four years ago it was different — it was uncluttered. There was one superhero in the world and, in his first 12-page story, he was stopping the execution of a woman framed for murder (and crashing through the door of the governor’s mansion to do it), cracking the jaw of a wife-beater and gleefully spooking a kidnapper with a rooftop view of the city (which was Gotham before there was a Gotham).

[TheButcher]

Hans Zimmer scoring 'Man of Steel' - Nolan's go-to music man back for WB's Superman reboot

Hans Zimmer, who worked on all three films in Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy, is set to reteam with the filmmaker once again, as Warner Bros. and director Zack Snyder have tapped him to score their Superman pic "Man of Steel."

Legendary Pictures and Atlas Entertainment produced the superhero tentpole with Syncopy, Cruel & Unusual Films and DC Entertainment. Nolan and producing partner Emma Thomas produced the film with Atlas topper Charles Roven and Cruel & Unusual principal Deborah Snyder. Legendary's Thomas Tull exec produced with Lloyd Phillips.

In addition to "Batman Begins," "The Dark Knight" and this summer's "The Dark Knight Rises," Zimmer worked with Nolan on "Inception," for which he received an Oscar nomination. He has been nominated for nine Oscars and previously won for Disney's "The Lion King."

John Williams was nominated for an Oscar for creating the iconic theme to Richard Donner's original "Superman" in 1978.

"Man of Steel" will mark the first Snyder-directed pic on which the helmer hasn't worked with composer Tyler Bates, who scored "Dawn of the Dead," "300," "Watchmen" and "Sucker Punch."

"Man of Steel," which hits theaters on June 14, 2013, stars Henry Cavill as the titular superhero, while the rest of the cast includes Russell Crowe, Amy Adams, Michael Shannon, Kevin Costner, Diane Lane, Laurence Fishburne, Antje Traue and Christopher Meloni.

Zimmer is repped by WME.

[TheButcher]

'Dark Knight's' Hans Zimmer to Score Superman Reboot 'Man of Steel'
This will mark the composer's fourth collaboration with producer Christopher Nolan, on the heels of the director's three Batman movies.

After donning the Bat symbol, composer Hans Zimmer is putting a big "S" on his chest.

Zimmer, who shares scoring duties with James Newton Howard on Christopher Nolan’s Batman Begins and The Dark Knight and is working solo on The Dark Knight Rises, has been tapped to compose the score for Man of Steel.

The Warner Bros. reboot of Superman is being produced by Nolan. Zack Snyder is directing.

This will be Zimmer’s fifth collaboration with Nolan, including an Oscar nomination for Inception. Other recent credits include Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted and the Sherlock Holmes movies.

Zimmer's boarding shows just how much influence Nolan has over the project; Snyder has worked with composer Tyler Bates on all of his movies dating back to his feature directorial debut, Dawn of the Dead, and including 300, Watchmen and Sucker Punch.

[TheButcher]

From CBM:
SCOOP: War On Krypton To Be Featured Heavily In MAN OF STEEL
Not a lot is known about which direction Zack Snyder is going to take Man Of Steel when it is released next June, but according to insiders a good portion of the film will take place on a war ravaged Krypton.
Zack Snyder's Man Of Steel takes flight next June, And not a lot is know about the film as of yet. According our sources a good portion of the film will take place on a war torn Krypton. With this new info that means we can expect to see a lot of Russell Crowe as Superman's biological father Jor-El. There are no details on exactly how much time will be spent on the planet or on the war its self, we are also told to be on the look out for other happenings there as well.

Earlier this month it was reported that Man Of Steel will be at San Diego Comic Con as well. The insider told me that not only will they be there but also confirmed that a trailer will be shown as well. The length of the trailer is unknown, but there will be footage at Comic Con for sure. Also, there will be a few additional scenes included with the trailer. Whether or not this will be the trailer that will be featured in theaters was not disclosed.

Man Of Steel stars Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Kevin Costner, Diane Lane, Michael Shannon, Antje Traue, Ayelet Zurer, Russell Crowe, Laurence Fishburne with Christopher Meloni, Harry Lennix, and will be released on June 14, 2013.

[TheButcher]

From Hero Complex: ‘Man of Steel’: The Superman we ‘need and deserve’?

Clark Kent writes for the Daily Planet but his new biographer, Larry Tye, filed his own front-page stories for the Boston Globe and Louisville Courier-Journal. Tye, author of “Satchel: The Life and Times of an American Legend,” is fresh from Comic-Con International where he was promoting “Superman: The High-Flying History of America’s Most Enduring Hero,” the 432-page hardcover from Random House that is being billed as the first “full-fledged biography” of the character that is called both Kal-El and Kent. We talked to Tye about the ramping interest in “Man of Steel,” the Warner Bros. film that will put a new version of the hero on the screen just in time for his 75th anniversary next summer.

From Hero Complex:
Comic-Con: Superman still ‘jewel in the DC crown’

Is “Man of Steel” laying the groundwork for a Justice League movie? Director Zack Snyder may have been hinting at that during the Warner Bros. panel at Comic-Con International on Saturday.

“Superman is the jewel in the DC crown,” Snyder told the Hall H audience of about 6,500. “And really what we’re trying to do is get his house in order, and then who knows what’s possible.”

Snyder and actor Henry Cavill answered audience questions after screening footage from the film, slated for a June 2013 release.
The footage began with glimpses of Clark Kent’s hometown and his childhood while a voice narrated, “What if a child dreamed of being something other than what society intended? What if a child aspired to something greater?”

The clip continued to explore the theme of Kent trying to find his place in a world unready to accept him; early on, his apparent rescue of children in a submerged school bus is seemingly met with suspicion. Later, Superman was shown in handcuffs, flanked by military.

The Clark Kent in the footage seems a far cry from Christopher Reeve‘s earnest, guileless and goofy character in Richard Donner’s 1978 film. Snyder said he wanted to make Superman more accessible.

“Superman’s always this kind of big, blue Boy Scout up on a throne, that nobody can really touch him,” Snyder said.

Cavill said he aimed to change that.

“You guys who know everything about him,” Cavill told the audience. “You’re there through thick and thin. It’s for everyone else out there as well who hasn’t quite experienced what Superman can be, hasn’t gone through comics books, hasn’t felt that world and seen how it changed. And with this, hopefully it can bring a modern version which everyone can associate with.”

Cavill said he woke up an hour early and went to bed an hour late to exercise and prepare physically for the role. He also pored over comics — basically anything I could get my hands on,” he said, citing “The Death of Superman” and “The Return of Superman” as his favorites.

“I felt like they really clarified sort of what Superman is and what lengths he was willing to go to,” he said.

Snyder said “Man of Steel” isn’t based on a particular comic.

“When we started to work on the movie, I think the thing that we decided was we knew that the comic books existed, but the movies are their own thing,” he said. “We have great respect for the canon and great respect for the mythology of ‘Superman.’… I would say it is a mashing of stories and ideas.”

Snyder said it was a fitting project to follow “Watchmen,” his 2009 adaptation of Alan Mooore and Dave Gibbons‘ iconic comics epic.

“I just felt like that having done that, and having taken the masks so far off superheroes of what they’re all about … then to do something like this for me, and it’s all about being awesome and making him work and making him cool,” Snyder said.

An audience member asked Snyder who would win in a fight between his Superman and Christopher Nolan’s Batman. For Snyder, the answer was clear.

“I love Batman, right? He’s awesome,” Snyder said. “Literally awesome. But, like … really?”

Cavill said he felt the pressure of taking on the Last Son of Krypton’s mantle.

“It is pretty intense. I’m not going to lie. I’ve just been looking at that throughout this thing while you’ve been asking questions,” Cavill said, gesturing to a projection of the Superman logo on one of the Hall H screens. “I get to wear that on my chest. I just really, really hope that I’ve done everything that I need to do to please you guys.”

Zack Snyder Making MAN OF STEEL “Edgy” Like THE DARK KNIGHT

From MTV: Should Superman Go Dark? We Ask Kevin Smith, Jeph Loeb And Other Comic Creators

Thomas Tull, founder, chairman, and CEO of Legendary Pictures, spoke to a group of students at Hamilton college on April 17 and the college web site posted an article on the appearance, a piece of which says:

a Superman sequel (in Which Tull hopes to invoke more of the image of "an angry god")[/b]

From the Superman Homepage: Zack Snyder, “Superman Seems Too Earnest”

USA Today has published an article from Comic-Con International asking the question, "Are Superheroes done for?". Included in the article are the following comments by Zack Snyder, director of the "Watchmen" movie.

Of course, as this summer and this comic-book convention have unfolded, it has become clear that no one is Superman anymore. Perhaps, says Watchmen director Zack Snyder, Superman is gone for good.

"They asked me to direct a Superman movie, and I said no," Snyder says. "He's a tricky one nowadays, isn't he? He's the king daddy of all comic-book heroes, but I'm just not sure how you sell that kind of earnestness to a sophisticated audience anymore."

From USA Today 7/28/2008:
Comic-Con wrap-up: Are superheroes done for?

Superman seems too earnest

Of course, as this summer and this comic-book convention have unfolded, it has become clear that no one is Superman anymore. Perhaps, says Watchmen director Zack Snyder, Superman is gone for good.

"They asked me to direct a Superman movie, and I said no," Snyder says. "He's a tricky one nowadays, isn't he? He's the king daddy of all comic-book heroes, but I'm just not sure how you sell that kind of earnestness to a sophisticated audience anymore."

[Spandau Belly]

So on the main site they have Superman's father figures duelling in rival trailers:

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/57178

I honestly don't think anybody would watch those trailers and ever guess it was Zac Snyder directing unless they were told. I like Snyder and all, I'm just saying his signature style is nowhere to be seen here. And it's not Nolan's style either. Honestly, it's probably trying to ape Terrence Mallik, but it reminded me most of the style Jonze used in WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE.

[caruso_stalker217]

I would be fine with the whole film aping Malick.

[Peven]

I really like both versions of the teaser, if they are any real indication of the tone of the movie then that is a very good sign

[ironic name]

I would be fine with the whole film aping Malick.

indeed - a malick superman is what I wanted.

[caruso_stalker217]

Complete with "Who am I?" type narration.

[Bloo]

yeah they've got that Malick vibe going for it, I like it, quite a bit. Totally different diretion then previous Superman films

[TonyWilson]

Agreed with all the agreement here. Malickian? Malickesque? Malickised? Whatever, it looks sombre and glorious and beautiful. Bring it on Snyder, I'm remaining positive so far.

[ironic name]

superman is out of the silly red outside undies and looks malickily directed. since all the other stuff I want is coming true - where is my gold plated lake bell giving me a blowjob?

[BuckyO'harre]

Malickian? Malickesque? Malickised?

Malickly delicious.

[TheBaxter]

i didn't realize there was a tie-in between this movie and the Deadliest Catch.

[Bloo]

i didn't realize there was a tie-in between this movie and the Deadliest Catch.

Mike Rowe will do the voice over for the net trailer

[ONeillSG1]

i didn't realize there was a tie-in between this movie and the Deadliest Catch.

I too worried about that. But, at least they got the flying right. Might Zod, that was spectacular.

[SilentBobX]

I still say both trailers look like a Levi's jeans commercial. I'll wait for a proper trailer but as of now, I can't say I'm too impressed. Plus, wouldn't the whole 'world's deadliest catch' type footage be better for an Aquaman movie? Just sayin.


Mahalo

[Heyoucantlaughatthat]

I don't mean to be a dick but I had more than enough self-reflection and fatherly voiceover-like shit from the last Superman movie we got. I know a lot of people roll their eyes at Zach Snyder but the reason I was interested when I heard he was directing was because for me, if nothing else, the man knows how to make his heroes look bad-ass.

Again, I know the slow-mo shit gets a lot of groans, and I'm not saying that liberal use of slow-mo is the answer here, but when you're making a movie about a hero, let's see them do something heroic. Earn the awe and respect of the audience. Remind us why we came to the theater in the first place. Make them look really really cool (Gosh I sound like a twelve year old).

Examining two other superhero movies from this summer- The Avengers and The Dark Knight Rises. Two very different films, yeah, but look at how the heroes were treated in each.

Every Avenger got their chance to kick some ass in their own unique way. They were all given a moment in the spotlight, a moment or two that reminded us why they belonged on that team.

TDKR, on the other hand, had Batman getting the shit kicked out of him for roughly 80% of the movie only to make a meager last-minute comeback. As as kid, Batman was my favorite superhero hands down, so TDKR was pretty much the last thing I wanted to see. You can talk about what Nolan was trying to do with the character, the idea of the "mantle" of Batman and how the sacrifices made by Batman at the end of TDK necessitated an 8 year hiatus bleah blah bleh. But Batman was actually awesome for a total of maybe 3-4 minutes in TDKR which to me, is unacceptable.

Now I'm not trying to hijack the thread here and if anything I said about TDKR caught your eye I'd be happy to meet you in that thread. But my point is that I'm gonna be pissed if Snyder decides this is the movie that he's gonna use to break the mold and make a "malickian" (I hate that word) flick. Honestly I don't think he will, and I hope he remembers to include character development and overarching themes and questions about destiny and all that good stuff, I just don't want them to waste another chance to show us what the last son of Krypton is really made of.

Plus it's got Michael Shannon, and I could watch him buy groceries and be entranced.

[Spandau Belly]

Heyoucantlaughatthat, I doubt this movie will lack action. And since it isn't coming out for another year, I'm sure we'll get a trailer at some point that will reveal most of the film's big set pieces. I like that this trailer is trying to win us over on the character and not just pumping the spectacle right out of the gate.

I agree with you that the trailer lacks Snyder's signature style of bright smooth glossy cartoonish imagery (that's not an insult, I like Snyder's style). It will be interesting to see if the film employs different camera styles for the big superhero moments versus the character moments. Like when he changes into Supes will Snyder film it with more flare than when he's a fisherman? We'll see.

I've never seen a Superman movie before. This will be my first.

[Peven]

it is still going to end up being a Jesus allegory when all is said and done

[TheButcher]

‘Man of Steel’ and ‘Wolverine’ Trailers to Premiere with ‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey’

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Man Of Steel' Director Teases 'Crazy' Trailer Coming Ahead Of 'The Hobbit'

Zack Snyder also talks to MTV News about how stars Henry Cavill and Michael Shannon gave his film 'the respect that it deserves.'

How would you like to see a little more "Man of Steel" before heading to Middle Earth with "The Hobbit" next month? Warner Bros. is adding an extra treat to the highly anticipated release of Peter Jackson's latest film via a brand-new trailer for the Zack Snyder flick, delivered in both 2-D and 3-D.

"It's fun. I can't wait for 'The Hobbit,' so it will be fun to see our crazy 'Man of Steel' trailer and then enjoy the Hobbit because that's going to be great," Snyder told MTV News. "It just feels like a fun Christmas thing to do, drag the whole family out for that action."

Snyder is embracing the holiday spirit ahead of schedule, via the fanfare surrounding the recent release of the "Watchmen Collector's Edition" along with the heroic efforts of "Man of Steel" stars Henry Cavill and chief villain Michael Shannon.

"Shannon is great, he has such great enthusiasm and dedication constantly," Snyder said of the "Take Shelter" actor fully embracing Zod. "You can imagine that you could get actors who go, 'Oh right, it's Zod, it's not 100 percent serious,' or [you can play it] slightly with a wink, there is none of that with him. His effort is to make it realized and to understand this character and what he has to go through, so you have that on one side and you have Henry, who basically is Superman, on the other side and that dynamic."

Snyder went on to say that he is incredibly thankful that Cavill and Shannon were onboard with the idea of making their iconic comic book characters as real as possible.

"I was just incredibly fortunate to play with those guys who really were giving all they had to bring a level of commitment to the scenes they have together so that audiences will get an opportunity to really have their heroes taken seriously," he said. "As serious as I was taking it, and I don't mean that from a depressing kind of way but from a, 'This is important and fun and needs to be given the respect that it deserves,' from that perspective it was so exciting to watch them drink the Kool-Aid of that concept and go all the way."

And in nearing the home stretch in completing the film ahead of its June 14 release, Snyder seems more than content with his post-production progress.

"I'm super psyched. It's really fun," he said of his continued enthusiasm for "Man of Steel." "I have no superhero fatigue."

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Zack Snyder on ‘Watchmen’ legacy as ‘the anti- “Avengers” movie’

HC: How do you see “Man of Steel” fitting into this mythology now that you’ve made “Watchmen?”

ZS: It’s a more serious version of Superman. It’s not like a heart attack. We took the mythology seriously. We take him as a character seriously. I believe the movie would appeal to anyone. I think that you’re going to see a Superman you’ve never seen before. We approached it as though no other films had been made. He’s the king-daddy. Honestly that’s why I wanted to do it. I’m interested in Superman because he’s the father of all superheroes. He’s this amazing ambassador for all superheroes. What was it about him that cracked the code that made pop culture embrace this other mythology? What we‘ve made as a film not only examines that but is also an amazing adventure story. It’s been an honor to work on. As a comic book fan, Superman is like the Rosetta Stone of all superheroes. I wanted to be sure the movie treated it respectfully.

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'Steel' this movie
Superman and his new director dish on next summer’s reinvention of the world’s first comic-book superhero

Consider the utterly messed-up cinematic world we live in. Superhero movies have become so popular that someone is actually considering remaking “Condorman.” Meanwhile, nobody has yet figured out how to launch a viable franchise featuring the granddaddy of the entire spandex scene: Superman.

This could all change this summer when “Man of Steel” lands on screens and attempts to KO pretenders with a big Kryptonian right hook.

Little is known about the plot. It will mostly follow the familiar origin story: A baby travels to Earth from a distant planet, lands in Middle America and grows up to become a costumed hero who fights baddies — in this case, General Zod, played by Michael Shannon, a character that appeared in “Superman II.”

The one thing that can be gleaned from the single teaser trailer that’s been released is that this could be a darker, more humanistic take on the character than movies past.

“We tried to approach this as though there’s never been a Superman movie before, but at the same time respecting the canon and mythology,” director Zack Snyder tells The Post in an exclusive interview. “There are the pillars that you have to respect, and I’m not about to break them. But it is fun for me to bend them and mess with them.”

Christopher Nolan, the director of the recent Batman movies, was brought in by Warner Bros. as producer and godfather of the project.

“There’s a logic and concreteness that has to exist with Chris,” Snyder says. “You can’t just do stuff because it’s cool. He demands that there be story and character behind all of it, which I’m a big fan of.”

Henry Cavill, who becomes the first Brit to play the character, says he’s also a fan of the more down-to-earth approach.

“I liked the idea of the realism immediately,” Cavill tells The Post in an exclusive on-set interview. “Traditional Superman fans know what it’s all about, and they will hopefully love and associate with the character anyway. But the people who aren’t die-hard Superman fans still need to associate with the character, and that needs to have some realism in today’s world, certainly, in sense of a science as opposed to mythology attached to it as well.”

One of the obvious changes is with Superman’s costume. Gone is the flimsy spandex in favor of a slightly metallic, more armored look.

“The costume was a big deal for me, and we played around for a long time,” Snyder says. “I tried like crazy to keep the red briefs on him. Everyone else said, ‘You can’t have the briefs on him.’ I looked at probably 1,500 versions of the costumes with the briefs on.”

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'Steel' this movie
Superman and his new director dish on next summer’s reinvention of the world’s first comic-book superhero

The final version is a brief-free, all-blue unitard with red boots and a red cape.

“If you look at the costume, it’s very modern, but the relationship to the original costume is strong,” Snyder says.

“You come onto a project like this, and you hear about modernization and you hear about bringing things forward to today, and all you can do is hope that it’s going to look cool and different from

anything you’ve seen before,”

Cavill says of the suit, which takes him 15 to 25 minutes to put on. “And I’m pretty sure it does.”

To fill out the costume, Cavill worked out intensely for two hours each morning, and consumed as many as 5,000 calories a day.

“I have been put through the ringer big time,” Cavill says. “An example of the workouts we’ve been doing, it was 100 front squats of body weight. There are kettle-bell workouts. It’s very hard work.”

If “Man of Steel” pays off, it will have been worth it. The film is already saddled with gigantic expectations.

“I heard one time that the Superman glyph is the second or third most recognizable symbol on Earth after the Christian cross,” Snyder says. “It’s this crazy responsibility.”

The film will also be expected to launch a new franchise, which 2006’s lukewarmly received “Superman Returns” failed to do. Cavill confirms he is signed up for three films. Snyder is mum about directing more.

“We approach the film as a single endeavor,” he says. “There are a lot of gears that have to turn in the world of commerce and the world of the mythology we create to facilitate more adventures for this character. We’ll see what happens.”

What’s perhaps most interesting about “Man of Steel” is that it might serve as the launching point for a DC Comics universe of films in the same way 2008’s “Iron Man” inaugurated Marvel’s interconnected movie world.

Warner Bros. is reportedly plowing ahead with “Justice League,” a superteam movie featuring Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and others, rumored to hit in 2015. Nolan’s Batman trilogy has concluded and bomb “Green Lantern” is likely to be disregarded, making “Man of Steel” the first film set in this new universe.

“I don’t know how ‘Justice League’ is going to be handled. Honestly, I don’t,” Snyder says. “But ‘The Man of Steel’ exists, and Superman is in it. I don’t know how you’d move forward without acknowledging that.”

When asked whether he had conversations with the studio about integrating “Man of Steel” into a larger superhero universe, Snyder treads carefully.

“Um, how can I answer that?” he wonders. “I can’t really say anything to that, because that’s a big spoiler. I will say, yeah, they trust me to keep them on course.”

Wildly speculating, it sounds entirely possible that “Man of Steel” will mention another costumed crime-fighter — maybe in a post-credits sequence — that leads into another superhero film. Universe launched.

For now, Cavill is focused on this one movie and trying to handle the expectations.

“There have been a couple of times where people have been explaining all of these Superman cookies and ice creams . . . and there was a second where I went, ‘Wow, this is massive!’ ” Cavill says. “You’ve got to ignore that and not let it get it to you, otherwise you’ll be focusing so much on the pressure as opposed to dealing with the important thing of doing justice to the character.”

Justice will be served June 14.

[TheButcher]

New 'Man Of Steel' Action Figure Prototype Leaks, Reveals Potential Costume Modification

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Christopher Nolan Talks Batman Trilogy, Heath Ledger & 'Man Of Steel'

Producing Man Of Steel

The night closed out with a tease of one of Nolan's post-Batman pursuits, producing the Zack Snyder-directed Superman feature, Man of Steel, which is set for next year. Not surprisingly, he kept any insight to a bare minimum, but offered up: "Producing is a lot easier than directing — in fact, I'm producing even as we speak..." Nolan said audiences will see a "fresh take" on Superman and gave kudos to Snyder.

"It's pretty amazing what [Zack Snyder] has taken on and I think people are going to be thrilled. There's a lot of finishing to do, there's a lot of complexity going on, but I think that it will be thrilling."

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Junkie XL talks tech, teaching and his new album, Synthesized

On 27 November, Tom Holkenborg aka Junkie XL returns with Synthesized, his first album in four years. The lengthy gap between releases doesn't mean that the acclaimed electronic artist has been sitting around waiting for inspiration or leading the lush life in Malibu – for the past few years, Holkenborg has busied himself with film scores, most notably his work with Oscar-winning composer Hans Zimmer on films such as Batman: The Dark Knight Rises, Inception, Madagascar 3, Megamind and the upcoming Man Of Steel.

"My studio is half software based and half hardware. I've got something like 10 guitars, a bunch of amps, a drum kit, bass guitars, a modular synth and a bunch of outboard synths – and, of course, all the software programs. Just yesterday, I got the Moog Voyager XL in, which is their flagship synthesizer. You just flick through the sounds, and immediately it kicks off so many ideas of what you can do.

"With the soundtrack work that I do, it's different. I've been working with Han Zimmer on a number of films – we're working on Man Of Steel at the moment – and I find that you approach things from the other side. Yes, sound is important in the initial process to write a theme or something, but eventually, once it's done and you have to work on the scene, it's not a part of the creative process."

[TheButcher]

MAN OF STEEL cuffed with steel?

[Fried Gold]

So Hans Zimmer is officially scoring this thing then?

[TheButcher]

So Hans Zimmer is officially scoring this thing then?

yes sir
From THR:
This will mark the composer's fifth collaboration with producer Christopher Nolan, on the heels of the director's three Batman movies and "Inception."
'Dark Knight's' Hans Zimmer to Score Superman Reboot 'Man of Steel'

After donning the Bat symbol, composer Hans Zimmer is putting a big "S" on his chest.

Zimmer, who shares scoring duties with James Newton Howard on Christopher Nolan’s Batman Begins and The Dark Knight and is working solo on The Dark Knight Rises, has been tapped to compose the score for Man of Steel.

The Warner Bros. reboot of Superman is being produced by Nolan. Zack Snyder is directing.

This will be Zimmer’s fifth collaboration with Nolan, including an Oscar nomination for Inception. Other recent credits include Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted and the Sherlock Holmes movies.

Zimmer's boarding shows just how much influence Nolan has over the project; Snyder has worked with composer Tyler Bates on all of his movies dating back to his feature directorial debut, Dawn of the Dead, and including 300, Watchmen and Sucker Punch.

From Variety:
Hans Zimmer scoring 'Man of Steel' - Nolan's go-to music man back for WB's Superman reboot

Hans Zimmer, who worked on all three films in Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy, is set to reteam with the filmmaker once again, as Warner Bros. and director Zack Snyder have tapped him to score their Superman pic "Man of Steel."

Legendary Pictures and Atlas Entertainment produced the superhero tentpole with Syncopy, Cruel & Unusual Films and DC Entertainment. Nolan and producing partner Emma Thomas produced the film with Atlas topper Charles Roven and Cruel & Unusual principal Deborah Snyder. Legendary's Thomas Tull exec produced with Lloyd Phillips.

In addition to "Batman Begins," "The Dark Knight" and this summer's "The Dark Knight Rises," Zimmer worked with Nolan on "Inception," for which he received an Oscar nomination. He has been nominated for nine Oscars and previously won for Disney's "The Lion King."

John Williams was nominated for an Oscar for creating the iconic theme to Richard Donner's original "Superman" in 1978.

"Man of Steel" will mark the first Snyder-directed pic on which the helmer hasn't worked with composer Tyler Bates, who scored "Dawn of the Dead," "300," "Watchmen" and "Sucker Punch."

"Man of Steel," which hits theaters on June 14, 2013, stars Henry Cavill as the titular superhero, while the rest of the cast includes Russell Crowe, Amy Adams, Michael Shannon, Kevin Costner, Diane Lane, Laurence Fishburne, Antje Traue and Christopher Meloni.

Zimmer is repped by WME.

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From The Playlist:
Exclusive: Christopher Nolan Talks Around ‘Justice League' & Says ‘Man of Steel’ Is Not Quite Like His Batman Trilogy

I had the opportunity and good fortune to sit down with director Christopher Nolan last week during some Oscar luncheons to discuss this week’s release of “The Dark Knight Rises” and the complete “Dark Knight Rises Trilogy” on Blu-ray/DVD. Ever the well-coiffed and relatable gentleman, Nolan is obviously known for his secrecy, but I was struck with how carefully he jiu jitsu’d around certain questions without ever coming across as deeply cagey. Instead, perhaps like his silent and swift ‘Dark Knight Rises’ protagonist, it’s as if he shook your hand with a smile and moments later you realized your wallet was gone.

After a 30-minute conversation mostly centering around his Batman trilogy (which we'll have for you soon), I had inquire about Zack Snyder’s “Man of Steel” on which he serves as executive producer. I asked the filmmaker if he was done with superhero films and suggested that Warner Bros. might want him to produce the “Justice League” film and perhaps take a Joss Whedon-like role in godfathering the future of the studio's D.C. Comics films. He laughed softly at the mention of him akin to Whedon’s role, but then talked around the questions: “Well, as I’ve said, and I’ll say definitively again, I am done with the Batman films, the trilogy is completed. It ended in the manner we had envisioned.”

As for if he’s done with the superhero genre, the filmmaker again playfully evaded. “Well, I’m producing Superman now and I’m enjoying time off and taking a break,” he said with a smile.

The Batman films and in particular “The Dark Knight Rises” caused a furor in some circles with fans who thought the ending -- (**spolier alert** if you somehow haven’t seen these films) -- wherein Batman/Bruce Wayne faked his own death and sacrificed himself in the name of Gotham, hoping the symbol of Batman would carry on with the idealist detective John Blake -- was somehow antithetical to the spirit of Batman. As we were parting, I asked him if he saw the ending as “radical.”

“Radical? Hmm, yes, perhaps for the comic book fans it was,” he said with a pause, “But I think it was appropriate ending for the story we set out to tell.”

As for “Man of Steel,” which looks like it’s very much part of the Nolan-verse -- i.e. a reinterpretation of the iconic Superman story only grounded in a more realistic and plausible world -- the director said they won’t be as similar as you think. “Well, somewhat,” he said when asked if Superman fits into the brand of standalone superhero universe we’ve come to know from him. “But I wouldn’t want people to think we're doing for Superman what we did for Batman.”

“It's very much Zack’s film and I think people are going to love what he's done,” he continued. “I think it's really remarkable to take on that character. Superman is a completely different character than Batman. So you can't in anyway use the same template. But David Goyer had this, I thought, brilliant way to make Superman relatable and relevant for his audience. Zack has built on that and I think it's incredible what he's putting together. He's got a lot of finishing to do on that. Superman is the biggest comic book character of them all and he needs the biggest possible movie version which is what Zack's doing. It's really something.”

More from this interview later this week. “The Dark Knight Rises” and “The Dark Knight Trilogy” is out on Blu-ray/DVD starting today.

From MTV 3/19/10:
Christopher Nolan Talks 'Superman,' Won't Talk 'Justice League'

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SPOILERS
Russell Crowe: 'Man Of Steel' Was 'A Wonderful Opportunity'

Superman is headed to jail, but Jor-El is headed for an even worse fate: complete annihilation alongside his fellow people of Krypton.