‘Man of steel’.
film releases on June 14th 2013.
From Warner
Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures comes “Man of Steel,” starring Henry
Cavill (“Immortals,” TV’s “The Tudors”) in the role of Clark Kent/Superman,
under the direction of Zack Snyder (“300,” “Watchmen”).
A young boy
learns that he has extraordinary powers and is not of this Earth. As a
young man, he journeys to discover where he came from and what he was sent here
to do. 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.
The film also
stars four-time Oscar® nominee Amy
Adams (“The Master”) as Daily Planet journalist Lois Lane
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”). 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”).
Rounding out the cast are Christopher
Meloni (“42”) as U.S. military man Colonel Hardy, Harry Lennix (“State of
Play”) as General Swanwick, Michael Kelly (“The Adjustment Bureau”) as Steve
Lombard, and Richard Schiff (TV’s “The West Wing”) as Dr. Emil Hamilton.
“Man of Steel” is being produced by
Charles Roven, Christopher Nolan, Emma Thomas and Deborah Snyder. The screenplay was written by David S. Goyer
from a story by Goyer & Nolan, based upon Superman characters created by
Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster and published by DC Entertainment. Thomas Tull, Lloyd Phillips and Jon Peters
are serving as executive producers.
Zack Snyder’s behind-the-scenes team
includes director of photography Amir Mokri (“Transformers: Dark of the Moon”);
production designer Alex McDowell (“Watchmen”); editor David Brenner (“Pirates
of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides”); and multiple Academy Award®-winning
costume designer James Acheson (“Restoration,” the “Spider-Man” films) and
costume designer Michael Wilkinson (“The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1
and 2,” “Watchmen,” “300”). The music is
by Academy Award®-winning composer Hans Zimmer (“The Lion King,”
“Inception”).
Warner Bros. Pictures presents, in
association with Legendary Pictures, a Syncopy Production, a Zack Snyder Film,
“Man of Steel.” The film will be
released in 3D and 2D in select theaters and IMAX ®, and is slated for release
beginning June 14, 2013 . It will be distributed worldwide by Warner
Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.
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