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DC Comics Relaunches Their Comic Series With the “New 52″
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Exciting news on the comic book front. If you are a fan of DC or comics in general, odds are you have heard of DC relaunching 52 titles from their extensive universe, and you are anxiously awaiting for Wednesday August 31st!
Well this is certainly a pleasant surprise. Most of the comic-book/movie community has been cautiously optimistic about Zack Snyder’s Superman because a) The bad taste of Superman Returns in still in our mouths and b) Well, Sucker Punch was atrocious, so Zack has some work to day to get back in our good graces. THIS is a good start. Warner Bros. has just released the first official production photo of Henry Cavill in action as Supes, and as I said, it is BADASS. Check it out after the break.
Zack Snyder Has Found His Jor-El for ‘Man of Steel’…That Man is Russell Crowe
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BIG news on the superhero movie casting front. As you know, Zack Snyder has been piling up the acting talent for his upcoming Superman reboot, Man of Steel, over the past few months. So far, he has Henry Cavill (Clark Kent), Amy Adams (Lois Lane), Michael Shannon (Zod), Diane Lane (Martha Kent) and Kevin Costner (Pa Kent) rounding out the impressive cast. But there has been a major casting hole thus far, that has now been filled. I am of course referring to Superman’s bilogical father from Krypton, Jor-El, who was famously played by Marlon Brando in Richard Donner’s Superman films. Now, he will be played by none other than Russell Crowe. I mean…that’s just awesome.
KNEEL BEFORE… Michael Shannon?? Yes it is confirmed. Phenomenal character actor Michael Shannon, who can be currently seen chasing Nucky Thompson in Boardwalk Empire, has officially been cast as General Zod in Zack Snyder’s Superman reboot, which has now also been officially titled the long rumored Man of Steel. Shannon joins the film as the main villain along with an already stellar cast, including: Henry Cavill, Diane Lane, Kevin Costner and Amy Adams as Lois Lane.
Henry Cavill is Our New Superman
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FINALLY! After months of rumors and speculation on who would don the red cape in Zack Snyder/Christopher Nolan’s upcoming Superman reboot (tentatively titled Superman: Man of Steel), we now have official word via a Warner Bros. press release that Henry Cavill has been given the job. Cavill is a relatively “unknown” actor, which fits into the criteria Snyder and Nolan had set in narrowing down their search for Clark Kent. Over the past five years he’s played Charles Brandon on Showtime’s fantastic period drama about the life and times of King Henry VIII, The Tudors.
Major Updates from Christopher Nolan on ‘Superman’ and ‘The Dark Knight Rises’
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As Inception prepares to unleash its awesomeness on DVD and Blu-ray next week and solidify itself as a major awards season contender, there’s still a couple small indie projects he’s currently working on that people are drooling to know more about: his Batman finale The Dark Knight Rises, and the Superman reboot he’s producing with director Zack Snyder. This week, the director revealed a few juicy tidbits, as well as debunked an outlandish rumor about his two massive 2012 comic-book films.
Zack Snyder Will Direct Chris Nolan’s Superman; Villain Revealed
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It’s official. After months of fan speculation, and weeks of anticipation after it was announced that Christopher Nolan was meeting with directors to helm his David Goyer-scripted Superman reboot, Nolan and Warner Bros. have found their man to make Supes fly on the silver screen once again: 300/Watchmen director Zack Snyder. Snyder was amongst that shortlist of directors who had reportedly met with Nolan about the superhero project, but it wasn’t until today that Deadline confirmed with the director that he had indeed snagged the coveted gig.
Five Names Reportedly on Christopher Nolan’s Shortlist to Direct Superman
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Deadline is reporting that Christopher Nolan has narrowed down a short list of five directors to potentially direct the David Goyer-scripted Superman reboot, which he is producing, due out in theaters December 2012. The report said that Nolan and wife/producing partner Emma Thomas have even begun meeting with said directors to discuss whether they’d be right for the project. He’s also doing all this as he’s working on the script for Batman 3 that his brother Jonah wrote. See which directors are on Nolan’s list after the break.
Christopher Nolan Finally Speaks! Confirms Superman Reboot and Batman 3 Rumors
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“And here, we…go!” It’s official. It’s true. And man is it a great day to bee a comic-book movie fan. About a month ago we posted news that not only was Warner Bros. getting their crap together for a much needed Superman reboot, but that Batman savior Christopher Nolan was going to have an integral part in its development. At that time, it was not confirmed, it was just industry chatter. It is now a fact. And we know this, because the man of the hour has said so himself.
It seems as though Christopher Nolan is the new CEO, Chairman and creative controller of Warner Bros. He re-defined the superhero genre with his dark, gritty, character-driven reboot on the Batman franchise. Nolan’s Batman films have grossed nearly $1.5 billion worldwide, garnered universal critical acclaim and 10 Oscar nominations. He gave WB first dibs to buy his original script for Inception, which they gobbled up before any other studio could even look at it. Now, with time running out on WB’s copyright claim to the Superman property, which expires in 2013, they’re pulling out all the stops to make sure this newest incarnation of the Man of Steel proceeds in the right direction; by having Nolan “mentor the development” of the project.
