First Look: The New Man of Steel
Warner Bros. has released a first look image from Zack Snyder’s upcoming Superman film Man of Steel. The photo (see the larger version after the jump) shows Henry Cavill as Superman in the new costume.
Of course, it’s impossible to judge based on one image, but so far we like what we see. The image is desaturated of color. This may be the style of the film, or just this particular image. Designer Anthony Tackett (www.tackettdesign.com) bumped up the color on the official image to the appropriate level for the flesh tones. I think the comparison below shows the difference in color. The image on the right shows the primary colors we’re used to seeing in a Superman costume.
The original, desaturated image (left) compared to the full-color image.
The press release and full image from Warner Bros.:
BURBANK, CA, August 4, 2011 – Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures have provided the first look at the new Man of Steel, revealing star Henry Cavill as Superman in the film from director Zack Snyder.
The film also stars three-time Oscar® nominee Amy Adams (The Fighter) 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. Kent’s adoptive parents, Martha and Jonathan Kent, are Oscar® nominee Diane Lane (Unfaithful) and Academy Award® winner Kevin Costner (Dances with Wolves).
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. Also from Superman’s native Krypton are Lara Lor-Van, Superman’s mother, played by Julia Ormond, and Superman’s father, Jor-El, portrayed by Academy Award® winner Russell Crowe (Gladiator). Rounding out the cast are Harry Lennix as U.S. military man General Swanwick, as well as Christopher Meloni as Colonel Hardy.
Man of Steel is being produced by Charles Roven, Emma Thomas, Christopher Nolan and Deborah Snyder. The screenplay was written by David S. Goyer, from a story by Goyer and Nolan, based upon Superman characters created by Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster and published by DC Comics. Thomas Tull and Lloyd Phillips are serving as executive producers.
Currently in production, Man of Steel is slated for release on June 14, 2013 and will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.
Here’s the full image. Click on it to see it in all it’s glory. What are your thoughts? Do you like the new look?
No, we do not like the new look. Not because we are used to the original look, but because we all.. that is most of us knew this was coming. Hollywood was so afraid of something saying, “Pantyhose” or “Tights”- so they ‘beefed up’ SuperMan’s uniform to be a far much thicker material (guessing that also helps muscle up the actor) and even changed the texture of it. (Ego forbid people find it alluring!)
This is the same step that Hollywood took with Robin Hood wearing baggy pants (Russell Crowe version), various other Marvel & D.C. hero’s – and of course Halle Berry’s “CatWoman” outfit… in fart-pants. (Yeah that went over really well).