Man of Steel leaked Teaser Trailer

Official Teaser Poster

I'm supposed to be looking forward for the last installment of Chris Nolan's Batman Trilogy, The Dark Knight Rises. But something bigger is going to motivate me to watch the movie the earliest that I can. This blog entry is even supposed to be about Batman but he will have to step aside even though I might be running out of time to make a blog entry that will be recapping the last two Batman movies before The Dark Knight Rises. The reason? The new Superman movie's trailer debut. Simply called Man of Steel, this new Superman movie is being produced under the guiding hands of Chris Nolan. Directed by Zack Snyder (of 300 and Watchmen fame) and starred by Henry Cavill (remember the movie Immortals?) this new Superman movie promises to bring the action that no other Superman movie has ever done before. And it's about time that they maximize the current technological advances to film making in ensuring that this new Superman movie will reinvigorate the franchise and Superman's standing as the greatest Superhero of all time. In the movie, Cavill will be joined by an All Star cast of veteran actors that would truly shape him as the rightful Superman for this generation. Joining him are Amy Adams, who will be playing Lois Lane, Russell Crowe (remember the movie Gladiator? or the  2010 Robin Hood?) as Superman's Kryptonian father Jor El, Kevin Costner (remember the 90's Robin Hood? or the Bodyguard?) as Superman's adoptive father Jonathan Kent, Diane Lane (Unfaithful) as Superman's adoptive mother Martha Kent, Laurence Fishburne (The Matrix's Morpheus) as Perry White (well he's supposed to be white in the comics), and Michael Shannon and Antje Traue as Zod and Ursa respectively.

Henry Cavill as the new Superman

I actually initially is hesitant of this movie because Superman's costume is taking a cue on the NU 52 (DC Comics Reboot) costume, but what gives, right now I just want to see a new Superman movie. Nolan and Snyder better deliver the goods this time because Nolan's Batman trilogy is coming to it's end and DC needs a new Superhero to save them from Marvel's box office onslaught with the success of their Avengers movie and other movie tie ins to the Avengers. Heck Superman might even be outnumbered next year because Marvel has already announced their new movies (Iron Man 3, Captain America: Winter Soldier, Thor: The Dark World, Ant Man, and The Guardians of the Galaxy) out next year which they are saying as a preparation to the Avengers Phase 2 movie. I am hoping that Superman would not be outgunned and perhaps would even lead the way for DC to come out with more of their movies and the eventual Justice League movie. Nolan has expressed that he is not going to helm the rumored upcoming Justice League movie but has said that Man of Steel might just be the movie that would finally lead the Justice League movie to be realized. I am hoping that indeed Man of Steel would do just that. Superman has been the butt of jokes for far too long, I pray that Man of Steel would finally bring Superman back the respect that he rightfully deserves. Man of Steel will also not only going to be about action, but Nolan has also said that they hope to bring Superman to the audience and make the general public once again remember why Superman is the greatest hero of all time.

Man of Steel?

This blog entry won't be complete without an Action Figure feature. So here I am with the closest figure that I could get that would represent the new Man of Steel movie while I wait for the official Movie Merchandise. This figure here is actually from the much maligned Superman Return's movie which was starred by Brandon Routh. What made me bought this figure is that it has the Man of Steel's costume colors. The new movie does not have the blue hues of Superman, but instead it has a grayish blue hue to it. This figure caught my attention because of it's close resemblance to Man of Steel, well except for the red trunks. Man of Steel is going to be sporting the Red trunkless Superman of the New 52 universe which I don't really like. I'm still a huge fan of the classic Superman costume with the red trunks on. But there's a reason why they went with this costume. And some photos would show that Jor El will be wearing a similar costume in Krypton. So this costume comes from Krypton, not sewed by Ma Kent. This figure sports a pissed off Superman head sculpt and does not hold any close resemblance to Brandon Routh. If any, this figure would rightfully represent Henry Cavill's Man of Steel because I believe his version will be more tougher and angrier than Routh's. And as evidenced by his movie Immortals, Cavill can very much play a mean Superman that is ready to kick some asses. (more photos below as well as the movie's costume).

 

Bryan Singer's Superman Returns and Man of Steel

The Man of Steel official costume

More Photos here:

http://idlehands1.blogspot.com/2012/06/mega-ultra-super-suit-from-man-of-steel.html

http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/07/12/comic-con-take-a-closer-look-at-the-man-of-steel-costume

(UPDATE) Saw this on you tube, a combined video of the SDCC Video Trailer and the Official Video Trailer released in cinemas.

Below is a description of the Man of Steel trailer written by Luis & Ivan Jaime...
(Taken from www.supermanhomepage.com)

It opens with a wheat field on a farm.
We then see a toy wagon flipped over in the grass.
A butterfly on the chain of a swing, it flutters its wings.
Cut to a shot of a man, walking alone on a snow-covered road. We see him from the back, walking towards the hills.
We see a young boy, running through a field of grass from the farm we saw earlier. He wears a red cape, tucked into the back of his white T-shirt.


Cut to a scene with a bearded Clark Kent sitting on the steps of a house on a cloudy day. A dog runs up to him, and he scratches the back of its head.


We are then back at the farm. We see the boy with the cape, we don't see his head. What we see is his torso, with his two fists firmly planted on his waist, in a signature pose that we are ALL very familiar with.
In the background, we hear what sounds like a combination of Jor-El and Johnathan Kent: "What if a child dreams of becoming something other than what society had intended? What if a child aspired to something greater?"
The scene changes to Clark being brought to a barn. A dusty sheet is pulled to reveal an intergalactic vessel that had been hidden there for years.
Clark holds a metal "S" shield, in the new design from the movie, in his hand.
Next we go to a completely different setting. We are no longer in a farm, but in a city.
We hear a woman's voice in the background: "My son was in the bus." It cuts to a teenage Clark, saving children from a school bus that had fallen off a bridge and crashed in the water. Clark is swimming to the bus, and he rips the door off. "He saw what Clark did."
Jonathan Kent's voice is then heard saying: "People are afraid of what they don't understand."
Jor-El is now seen standing before Clark. "It's not from this world Clark." Jor-El pulls opens his cloak to reveal the Superman suit's "S" Shield. "Take you're freedom. It's my conscience. Where I come from."
We now see Superman in his suit, long red cape flapping in the wind behind him. The first shot of him in the suit is from a distance, the second shows him walking across a snowy plain.
We hear Jonathan Kent's voice: "You have to decide what kind of man you want to grow up to be Clark. Whoever that man is, he's going to change the world."
When then see a series of brief glimpses:
We see a glimpse of Superman flying.
A glimpse of him catching someone falling off a building.
A quick glimpse of Amy Adams as Lois Lane.
A glimpse of Superman being led down a hallway by police, with his hands behind his back, while in his Superman suit.
We catch a glimpse of Clark inside an elevator. The doors are closing, and right before we can no longer see his face, he removes his glasses from his face.
He hear Clark's voice: "My father believed, if the world found out who I really was, they'd reject me. He was convinced that the world wasn't ready." We see Lois approaching Superman as if they are about to kiss. "What do you think?"
There's a glimpse of a shirtless Clark, with his whole body on fire.
And finally, we see Superman being thrown into a giant bank vault. The same vault from his first promotional image. It looks like he's been thrown.
It finishes with a giant "S" shield, rotating on an axis, until you see the new "S" shield in all its glory. Followed by: "SUMMER 2013".

Story:
In the pantheon of superheroes, Superman is the most recognized and revered character of all time. Clark Kent/Kal-El (Henry Cavill) is a young twenty-something journalist who feels alienated by powers beyond his imagination. Transported years ago to Earth from Krypton, a highly advanced, distant planet, Clark struggles with the ultimate question 'Why am I here?' Shaped by the values of his adoptive parents Martha (Lane) and Jonathan Kent (Costner), Clark discovers having extraordinary abilities means making difficult decisions. When the world is in dire need of stability, an even greater threat emerges. Clark must become a Man of Steel, to protect the people he loves and shine as the world's beacon of hope - Superman.