THE NEW Superman movie, Man
Of Steel, overwhelmed Comic-Con fans to the point that one of them broke into
tears while asking a question.
All the man wanted to know
was who the villain would be, but director Zack Snyder and star Henry Cavill
remained cagey about the reboot, hoping to keep as much as they could under
wraps. Though they would not reveal any details, Snyder did remind people that
this will not pick up where past ones left off. They are reinventing the
franchise.
"Superman needed to be
reintroduced to a generation," he said. "When we started working on
the movie, we knew the comic book character existed, we knew the movies existed,
but we had to act as if no film had been made."
That means no John Williams
score and no references to Christopher Reeve.
One major incentive to a new
and improved Superman is it would allow Warner Bros to make an Avengers-like
super movie. This thought was not lost on fans, who asked Snyder about it. The
300 director acknowledged the possibility while insisting, "we need to
focus on rehabbing Superman."
While many fans were
disappointed with Brandon Routh as Superman in Bryan Singer's reboot Superman
Returns, the crowd seemed to be in love with new leading man Henry Cavill.
Amid shouts of "You're
sexy!", moderator Chris Hardwick noted that every woman in the audience
wanted to sleep with him, thanks to his dashing face and British accent.
"Twenty-five percent of the men, too," Snyder cracked.
If there was one thing
Snyder did admit, it was that this movie would try to humanise the indomitable
hero. "The big challenge is if you can make people feel 'what would you do
if you were Superman,'" Snyder said. "How would you feel? In the
past, he's been a big blue boy scout on a throne."
And as for that villain, one
fan figured it out. It will be General Zod, as played by Michael Shannon. (Reuters)
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