MAN OF STEEL will be presented in 3D in select theaters, as well as in 2D and IMAX® on June 14, 2013 and will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Charles Roven, Christopher Nolan, Emma Thomas and Deborah Snyder are the producers, with Thomas Tull, Lloyd Phillips and Jon Peters serving as executive producers. Goyer from a story by Goyer & Nolan, based upon Superman characters created by Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster and published by DC Entertainment. Zack Snyder directed MAN OF STEEL from a screenplay by David S. Also from Superman’s native Krypton are Lara Lor-Van, Superman’s mother, played by Ayelet Zurer (“Angels and Demons”), and Superman’s father, Jor-El, portrayed by Academy Award® winner Russell Crowe (“Gladiator”). Squaring off against the superhero are two other surviving Kryptonians, the villainous General Zod, played by Oscar® nominee Michael Shannon (“Revolutionary Road”), and Faora, Zod’s evil partner, played by Antje Traue (upcoming “The Seventh Son”). Starring as Clark Kent’s adoptive parents, Martha and Jonathan Kent, are Oscar® nominee Diane Lane (“Unfaithful”) and Academy Award® winner Kevin Costner (“Dances with Wolves”). The film also stars four-time Oscar® nominee Amy Adams (“The Master”) as Daily Planet journalist Lois Lane, and Oscar® nominee Laurence Fishburne (“What’s Love Got to Do with It”) as her editor-in-chief, Perry White. Pictures and Legendary Pictures comes MAN OF STEEL, starring Henry Cavill in the role of Clark Kent/Kal-El under the direction of Zack Snyder. General Zod was created by Robert Bernstein and George Papp, first appearing in Adventure Comics 283. He is a member of the Kryptonian Military Guild and the Phantom Zoners. Exiled to the Phantom Zone by his people for treason, he survived the destruction of Krypton and swore revenge against the son of Jor-El.
Scientist Jor-El and his wife Lara launch their newborn son Kal-El on a Man of Steel is a 2013 movie directed by Zack Snyder and written by David S. The ruling council is deposed by the rebel military leader, General Zod, and his followers. But the hero in him must emerge if he is to save the world from annihilation and become the symbol of hope for all mankind.įrom Warner Bros. General Zod is a former Kryptonian military general and an enemy to Superman. The planet Krypton faces imminent destruction due to its unstable core, resulting from years of exploiting Kryptons natural resources. As a young man, he journeys to discover where he came from and what he was sent here to do.
Justifying Superman killing General Zod is not the same as saying its a perfect narrative. Check out the brand new action-packed trailer for MAN OF STEEL, in theaters June 14.Ī young boy learns that he has extraordinary powers and is not of this Earth. Dru-Zod was head of the military on Krypton, specifically bred and raised to fulfill this role Zod is utterly committed to both the safety of Krypton and its people. Man of Steel's deleted and alternate scenes also address Zod's death.