Movies and TV Zack Snyder to direct next Superman film - Page 15

Originally Posted by keg in kc:
No Viggo Mortensen. :-)

Viggo left the project that was giving him scheduling conflicts, so he is apparently back in the running to play Zod. Here's hoping, he'd fucking crush it. This flick may not be what we all want it to be, but at least it's gonna have a killer fucking cast.
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Michael Shannon is officially Zod.
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Originally Posted by keg in kc:
Michael Shannon is officially Zod.

Thats another decent choice. Under the radar guy, but a good actor.
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Originally Posted by keg in kc:
Michael Shannon is officially Zod.

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Michael Shannon, who received an Oscar nomination for his supporting role as a mentally troubled man in "Revolutionary Road" two years ago, has been cast as the villain in the upcoming Superman film.

He will play General Zod opposite Henry Cavill 's Superman in "Superman: Man of Steel." Zod, like Superman, is from Krypton, where he commanded its armed forces. The character appeared in both 1978's "Superman" and its sequel "Superman II," where he was played by Terence Stamp .

"Zod is not only one of Superman's most formidable enemies, but one of the most significant because he has insights into Superman that others don't," said Zach Snyder, the director of the new film. "Michael is a powerful actor who can project both the intelligence and the malice of the character, making him perfect for the role."

Shannon, seen more recently as a stern federal agent in HBO's "Boardwalk Empire," joins a lineup that also includes Amy Adams as Lois Lane, and Diane Lane and Kevin Costner as Martha and Jonathan Kent, the adoptive parents of Superman's alter ego Clark Kent.

http://movies.yahoo.com/news/movies....-movie-reuters

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I really like this choice. I'm still not 100% thrilled about bringing ZoD back to the screen. But if they're going to do it, they certainly cast it well.
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Originally Posted by Red Brooklyn:
I really like this choice. I'm still not 100% thrilled about bringing Zob back to the screen. But if they're going to do it, they certainly cast it well.

How about bringing Zod back? Would you be thrilled with that?
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Originally Posted by keg in kc:
Michael Shannon is officially Zod.

He is going to be awesome. I am totally pumped about this choice. So far I have solidly been behind every casting choice this movie has made.
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I heard Pau Gasol will play Non.
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Originally Posted by Frankie:
How about bringing Zod back? Would you be thrilled with that?

You and your savvy interneting... :-)
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Originally Posted by Red Brooklyn:
You and your savvy interneting... :-)

I try.
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Interesting and very, very spoiler-filled:

Spoiler!

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Originally Posted by keg in kc:
Interesting and very, very spoiler-filled:

Spoiler!

Exclusive: 'Man of Steel' Will Reveal A New Krypton & More!

By Kellvin Chavez on April 13, 2011

Exclusive: 'Man of Steel' Will Reveal A New Krypton & More! Earlier today we posted that Diane Lane briefly spoke with E! Online stating that she has in fact read the script for the new Superman movie titled "Man of Steel," which Zack Snyder is directing and Christopher Nolan producing.

Lane of course is playing Martha Kent, the adoptive mother of the titled hero played by Henry Cavill.

She gave hints at the film's structure by saying:

"It does cover the entire range of years, from infancy on."

So because she said that you have all these bloggers and film sites saying that we will see a young Clark Kent once more. Well if it�s a reboot then of course you'll see a young Clark, its only obvious.

After this story broke online I got to speak with my reliable source about the project once again. For you readers who have doubts about the validity of this source's info, this is the same individual that revealed to us Kevin Costner was cast as 'Pa' Kent, Lois Lane would appear in the film and Zod would be the villain, a major scoop that was finally proven valid with the news of Michael Shannon's casting a few days ago. This source also revealed that along with Zod there will be a Kryptonian villainess. I know that this source has no reason to lie to be about anything.

Being that the "Man of Steel" is a reboot/origin story or whatever you want to call it, they will show you the whole story all over again. Well not the way Richard Donner showed you but it will have some sort of similarities to "Batman Begins."

Here is what my source told me:[list][*]You will see JOR-EL and his wife, Lara.[*]Daniel Day-Lewis was looked at for JOR-EL and not the villain.[*]Krypton will not be a crystal planet like the Donner film; this Krypton will PROBABLY look like the Coruscant skyline from Star Wars. (See image below)[*]The Kryptonian villainess is not URSA...Well sort of. The villainess is FAORA.

In the movies Superman and Superman II, the female Kryptonian villainess URSA is based on Faora.

Here is some history on Faora:

Faora Hu-Ul was a serial killer born on the planet Krypton. A self-professed "man-hater", she targeted only male Kryptonians and ran a concentration camp where she kept other Kryptonians as slaves. Faora Hu-Ul claimed over twenty-three lives before she was arrested. Faora was sentenced to over three-hundred years of incarceration inside the Phantom Zone - the longest sentence ever handed to a female prisoner, and the second-longest sentence over all. As Faora was trapped inside the Phantom Zone, she, along with many others, survived the destruction of Krypton.

Faora was an expert at the Kryptonian martial art of Horo-Kanu, which utilized the pressure points on the Kryptonian body. This made her an extremely dangerous foe for Superman to face in hand-to-hand combat�he was forced to flee from their first encounter.

I was also told that she is a bad ass in the script and that she is Zod's "right hand bitch."

Fun!

You know, the more I read up about Superman villains the more I want movies based on them instead of another movie based on Superman himself.:-)
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This is going to be one long movie. 3+ hours?
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:-)

Another origin story....Sigh....
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Interesting read for Super-Man movies fans:

http://movies.yahoo.com/news/usmovie...rns-didnt-work
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