MAN OF STEEL

Man of Steel is an upcoming 2013 American superhero film directed by Zack Snyder. Based on the DC Comics character Superman, the film will be a reboot of the Superman film series, portraying the character's origin story. The film stars Henry Cavill in the title role, with Amy Adams as Lois Lane, Michael Shannon as General Zodl. Man of Steel will launch a shared fictional universe of DC Comics characters on film.

Directed by             Zack Snyder

Produced by          Christopher Nolan, Emma Thomasm ,Charles Roven

Screenplay by       David S. Goyer

Story by                   Christopher Nolan

Based on                 Superman

Starcast                  Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Michael Shannon, Kevin Costner, Laurence Fishburne

Cinematography              Amir Mokri

Studio                       Legendary Picture

Distributed by       Warner Bros. Pictures

Release date         June 14, 2013

Running time        148 minutes

Budget                     $175 million

Pictures took pitches from comic book writers, screenwriters and directors, opting to reboot the franchise. In 2009, a court ruling resulted in Jerry Siegel's family recapturing the rights to Superman's origins and Siegel's copyright. The decision stated that Warner Bros. did not owe the families additional royalties from previous films, but if they did not begin production on a Superman film by 2011, then the Shuster and Siegel estates would be able to sue for lost revenue on an unproduced film. Nolan pitched Goyer's idea after story discussion on The Dark Knight Rises. The film is scheduled to be released on June 14, 2013, in conventional, 3D and IMAX theaters.

StarCast

Henry Cavill as  Superman:

A Kryptonian sent to Earth by his parents as an infant to survive the destruction of his homeworld Krypton. He is raised by Smallville, Kansas farmers, Martha and Jonathan Kent and becomes Earth's greatest superhero, Superman. Cavill was cast as Superman, making him the first non-American actor to be cast in the role. Cavill was on the shortlist for the 2006 film Superman Returns, but lost the part to Brandon Routh. According to Zack Snyder, Cavill was "the perfect choice to don the cape and S shield."

Amy Adams as Lois Lane:

Reporter for the Daily Planet newspaper and love interest of Clark Kent. Adams was selected from a list of actresses that included Olivia Wilde and Mila Kunis.

Michael Shannon as General Zod:

A Kryptonian general and megalomaniac with the same superpowers as Superman. Viggo Mortensen was considered for the role.

Production

In June 2008, Warner Bros. took pitches from comic book writers, screenwriters, and directors on how to successfully restart the Superman film series. Morrison's idea was similar to his work on All-Star Superman, while Waid's was akin to Superman: Birthright. Mark Millar, teaming with director Matthew Vaughn, also planned an epic 8-hour Superman trilogy, each installment released a year apart, similar to The Lord of the Rings.Millar compared it to the Godfather trilogy, in which it would chronicle the entire life of Superman, from the early days of Krypton to the finale where Superman loses his powers as the Sun starts to supernova August 2009 saw a court ruling in which Jerry Siegel's family recaptured the rights to Superman's origins and Siegel's copyright in Action Comics#1.

Pre-production

Guillermo del Toro, with whom Goyer worked on Blade II, turned down the director's position on the reboot because of his commitment on a film adaptation of At the Mountains of Madness, while Robert Zemeckis was also approached. Ben Affleck, Darren Aronofsky, Duncan Jones, Jonathan Liebesman, Matt Reeves, and Tony Scott were considered as potential directors, before Zack Snyder was hired in October 2010. Casting began the following November.

Filming

Principal photography began on August 1, 2011, at an industrial park near DuPage Airport under the codename "Autumn Frost". Zack Snyder expressed reluctance to shooting the film in 3D, due to the technical limitations of the format, and instead chose to shoot the film two dimensionally and convert the film into 3-D in post production, for a 2D, 3D, and IMAX 3D release. Snyder also chose to shoot the movie on film instead of digitally, because he felt it would make the film, "a big movie experience".Filming was expected to last for two to three months. Production took place in Plano on August 22 to 29. Filmig then took place in the Chicago Loop from September 7 to 17.Vancouver Film Studios and Chicago are other shooting locations.

To completely distinguish Man of Steel from the previous films, the iconic "Superman March" by John Williams will not be heard.Zimmer's soundtrack for Man of Steel is set for public release on June 11, 2013. An unofficial audio rip of the musical score from Official Trailer 3, entitled "An Ideal of Hope", was released on April 19, 2013. In late April 2013, the official track titles of a two disc CD were revealed.[68] All music composed by Hans Zimmer.

Marketing

Warner Bros. and DC Comics won the rights to the domain name manofsteel.com, in use by a member of the public, as use for the film's official website. On December 3, 2012, the "exclusive reward" was revealed to be an official Man of Steel teaser poster.The poster, which depicts Superman being arrested, generated a positive response and much speculation about the film's story. On December 10, 2012, a website appeared at dsrwproject.com that provided audio signals to be decoded by viewers. By December 11, 2012, the decoded message led readers to another website with a countdown that led to the public release of the trailer. In anticipation of the film, Mattel unveiled a toy line which includes Movie Masters action figures.

TRAILOR