VIDEO - COLTON HAYNES / ROY HARPER MAY RETURN TO ARROW 4 AND LEGENDS OF TOMORROW!!!

Colton Haynes confirmed the the possibility that Roy Harper/Arsenal could return to "Arrow" season 4 and appear in "Legends of Tomorrow" during the AsiaPop Comic Con event in the Philippines hinting that he is just "one call away".

Watch the videos of Colton Haynes in Manila below ...

COLTON HAYNES IN MANILA - VIDEO 1


COLTON HAYNES IN MANILA - VIDEO 2

CHECK THE NEW FIRESTORM FROM THE FLASH SEASON 2 WITHOUT ROBBIE AMELL!

It’s no secret that the Firestorm situation in the DC TV universe is going to change in the coming months. Although Ronnie Raymond and Martin Stein started out as the Nuclear Man in The Flash Season 1, Robbie Amell won’t be reprising Ronnie in Legends of Tomorrow, leaving Stein to share the superhero mantle with another cast member in the DC spinoff. After he was mentioned earlier this year, we now have our first look at Legends of Tomorrow’s Jay Jackson, played by Franz Drameh, as the new Firestorm co-host.

In a new trailer for The Flash Season 2 (that has since been pulled), the CW gave a quick behind-the-scenes peek at Drameh as Firestorm next to Grant Gustin as the eponymous Scarlet Speedster. Just like Ronnie, Jay will be the body of Firestorm while Stein is giving him advice in his head. This summer at San Diego Comic-Con, Legends of Tomorrow executive producer Phil Klemmer mentioned that Jay will be the last person that Stein wants to share Firestorm with, and it looks like we’ll see these two together sooner than expected. Because this scene is in a Flash preview, this means that we’ll see Drameh debut as Jay either in one of the early Season 2 episodes or later this year in the Arrow/The Flash crossover alongside other Legends of Tomorrow players like Hawkman and Vandal Savage.

Jay Jackson was announced as one of Legends of Tomorrow’s lead characters last April. At the time, he was described as a former high school athlete whose pro career was killed by an injury, and is now working as an auto mechanic. Because he’s an original character, this left many wondering if he would be taking an established superhero identity, and that theory proved correct. Although The Flash episode “Revenge of the Rogues” introduced Jason Rusch, another Firestorm host from the comics, the DC creative talent opted to use Jay as Stein’s new partner,

It’s still unclear how Jay will meet the S.T.A.R. Labs team, but what’s more curious is how he will become the new Firestorm substitute. When the S.T.A.R. Labs particle accelerator exploded, it bonded Stein and Ronnie together via the Firestorm Matrix, giving them a unique connection. Obviously something is going to happen to Ronnie, so how will this connection be passed on to Jay? Whatever the explanation is, his life is about to head in a wild new direction on The Flash, and if that wasn’t crazy enough, Legends of Tomorrow will throw him into a temporal adventure alongside the show’s other heroes and villains.

ITS THE SUPERMAN ASS KICKING BATTLE READY BATSUIT!!!

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We all know that the battle which the title of the movie itself describes will be one of epic superhero proportions and based on the fight scenes ( like those between the Man of Steel and Zod in the 2013 masterpiece ) means that we're gonna be in for an unforgettable thrill ride!

So what would a billionaire like Bruce Wayne need in order to tackle an alien with god-like powers who may be unstoppable? Clearly Batman would need to pull out all the stops! We have seen the trailers and we know Batman is wearing what looks to be a suit only meant to take on our favorite Kryptonian with the aim to beat him in a scene consisting of unforgettable explosive action.

Here are images from the New York Comic Con where the suit was posed in full view for everyone to look at. Very impressive indeed!

NEW IMAGE SHOWS A DARK BROODY BATMAN WITH IMPROVED BATMOBILE!

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In a new portrait, photographer Clay Enos captured Ben Affleck's Batman and Batmobile from the upcoming "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" film.

According to his website, Enos has frequently worked with director Zack Snyder, starting when he was hired to document Snyder's film adaptation of "Watchmen" for Warner Brothers. He has since done the same with Snyder's other blockbusters, up to and including "Sucker Punch," "Man of Steel" and "300: Rise of an Empire." This latest portrait shows Enos has worked on "Batman v Superman" as well.

BATMAN PORTRAIT

WILL BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE FLASH COSTUME BE SIMILAR TO GODS AMONG US GAME?

In September, actor Ezra Miller - who will play The Flash/ Barry Allen in the DC Cinematic Universe (rumoured to give a cameo in Batman v Superman/ Suicide Squad) teased some details about his version of The Flash describing the costume as "post apocalypctic." This led to fans speculating that the speeding superhero's suit might be similar to what the character has in the Injustice: Gods Among Us video game. The latest report from Den of Geek seems to further solidify that possibility.

According to the website, the movie costume will be "tech-based" in an effort to avoid "any comparison to the well designed and received TV version". The website's sources reckon the designers are taking inspiration directly from the Gods Among Us game to come up with an outfit that will "look more like armor".

Also, latest rumours suggest that Miller's Barry Allen will be something of a "tech-geek" in addition to his forensic scientist day job - so he may not even seek outside help to design his suit as he does on the CW series. The Flash movie is currently slated to release on 23 March 2018.

ALL-NEW CONCEPT ART - Henry Cavill's SUPERMAN!!!

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Unlike with Wonder Woman, Henry Cavill's Man of Steel character has already shown us what his costume would look like all thanks to Man of Steel (2013) and we have a preconceived idea of what to expect from the Kryptonian in the upcoming Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016).

It seems not much has changed form the Man of Steel movie in terms of Superman's outfit as he is still outfitted with the red cape and blue on piece suit. Here's the concept art for Batman V Superman:

ALL-NEW CONCEPT ART - Gal Gadot's WONDER WOMAN!!!

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Without a doubt one of the biggest and most important aspects of any superhero is their outfit and superhero gear and whilst they appear wonderful in comics, the translation to cinema needs to appeal to a whole different audience and be as aesthetically pleasing as possible. Obviously with a movie as big as Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), we as fans really want to see what evolutions have occurred to bring us our heroes as up to date as possible and thus costume designers need to produce costumes that will have wide-ranging appeal not just to fans but to all cinemagoers who may not even know much about these characters.

Gal Gadot's Wonder Woman needs to sparkle a little more than her male counterparts and this partly due to the fact that unlike Batman or Superman where we have a solid idea of what their outfits basically look like, but because not only is this the introduction of her character but it needs to be powerful enough to sustain the character and provide4 it with success so that Wonder Woman can stand firm in her own solo movie and draw fans from Batman V Superman to watch her movie also.

Here are concept art showing us a little more details regarding the character's costume and the look for the upcoming 2016 blockbuster:

STATUE OF GAL GADOT'S WONDER WOMAN!!! See it for yourself!

So very often when a movie is shrouded in details we've learnt that the toys based on movie characters almost always give us a better more detailed look at characters from these movies and sometimes these toys may very well give huge plt details around the movie for which they are created and with this in mind, we have one such example in the form of Gal Gadot's version of Wonder Woman for the upcoming Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)

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Gal Gadot’s Wonder Woman statue revealed!

DC Collectibles (via Yahoo!) have released our first official look at a new statue for Gal Gadot’s Wonder Woman from the upcoming Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. The Wonder Woman statue will debut in March, just in time for the film’s release, and costs $150. Check it out below!

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice stars Henry Cavill in the role of Clark Kent/Superman, and Ben Affleck as Bruce Wayne/Batman. The film also stars Gal Gadot as Diana Prince/Wonder Woman, with Amy Adams, Laurence Fishburne and Diane Lane returning from Man of Steel, Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor, Jeremy Irons as Alfred, and Holly Hunter in a role newly created for the film. Jason Momoa will also be making an appearance as Aquaman.

Fearing the actions of a god-like Super Hero left unchecked, Gotham City’s own formidable, forceful vigilante takes on Metropolis’s most revered, modern-day savior, while the world wrestles with what sort of hero it really needs. And with Batman and Superman at war with one another, a new threat quickly arises, putting mankind in greater danger than it’s ever known before.

AQUAMAN (2018) HERE'S WHAT WE KNOW THUS FAR ABOUT THE UPCOMING DC SUPERHERO'S MOVIE

Since Man of Steel we have seen a new rise in the DC Superhero cinematic universe with the upcoming movies such as Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice, Suicide Squad, Wonder Woman and of course what could be one of the most anticipated superhero movies of them all.... AQUAMAN.

First we heard of the casting of Jason Momoa as Aquaman then there's the addition of James Wan as director and a screenplay by writer Kurt Johnstad. here's all we know thus far regarding the the Atlantean king's onscreen movie debut....

AQUAMAN SYNOPSIS
Aquaman (Momoa) is the King of the Seven Seas. Leader of Atlantis, he is caught between the surface world constantly ravaging the seas and Atlanteans looking to lash out in revolt. Aquaman is committed to protecting the entire world. This film is part of WB’s shared DC cinematic universe.

DIRECTOR

JAMES WAN

 

2015 - Furious 7

 2013 - Insidious: Chapter 2

 2013 - The Conjuring

 2010 -  Insidious  

 2007 - Death Sentence

 2007 - Dead Silence

 2004 - Saw

WRITER

Kurt Johnstad

 

2018 - Aquaman (screenplay)

 2014 300: Rise of an Empire (screenplay)

 2012 Act of Valor (written by)

 2006 300 (screenplay)

 

 

RUMOR ... MAN OF STEEL 2 WILL FEATURE BRANIAC, BIZARRO AND SUPERGIRL!!!

Heroic Hollywood claims to have obtained unconfirmed details regarding the plot of a sequel to Man of Steel--not to be confused with Batman v Superman.

According to the rumor, the sequel would feature Brainiac as the chief antagonist, attempting to retrieve the codex of Kryptonian genes similar to General Zod. However, he sets his sights on Supergirl as his pathway to the codex instead.

The rumor goes on to state that Brainiac ultimately will create Bizarro from the small scraps of Kryptonian knowledge he does have, and use him against Supergirl to retrieve the codex. This is a ton of detail for a movie that is so early in its planning stages, though, so take it with a grain or two of salt.

Though CBS does have a screen incarnation of Supergirl coming this fall season, the movie Supergirl would be unrelated. DC intends to keep its film and television universes separate, as in the case of The Flash.

WHO IS BRANIAC?
Braniac is typically depicted as an extraterrestrial android. He is a principal foe of Superman and responsible for shrinking and stealing Kandor, the capital city of Superman's home planet Krypton. Due to multiple revisions of DC's continuity, several variations of Brainiac have appeared. Most incarnations of Brainiac depict him as a green-skinned being in humanoid form. He is bald, except for a set of diodes protruding from his skull.

The character's name is a portmanteau of the words brain and maniac, with influence from ENIAC, the name of an early computer

BRANIAC'S POWERS AND ABILITIES
Brainiac has a "12th-level intellect", allowing calculation abilities, enhanced memory and advanced understanding of mechanical engineering, bio-engineering, physics, and other theoretical and applied sciences, as well as extensive knowledge of various alien technologies. For comparison, the population of 20th century Earth as a whole constitutes a 6th-Level intelligence and the population of 31st century Earth as a whole is a 9th-Level intelligence. The character has created devices such as a force field belt and a shrinking ray capable of reducing cities. Brainiac's advanced mental powers have shown him capable of possessing others, absorbing information from other beings, transferring his consciousness, creating and manipulating computer systems, replicating multiple versions of himself, and exerting powers to traverse or control space and time. John Byrne's re-imagining of the character possessed telepathy and telekinesis that were further augmented by an implanted electrode head-piece.

The most recent version of Brainiac (a living Coluan who utilizes android "probes") is connected to his ship in such a way that he can be disabled for a short period if separated without warning. While inside his ship he is capable of fighting evenly with and overpowering the likes of Superman. He heals from injuries at incredible speed. After being separated from the ship he physically starts to deteriorate and is far less powerful. He is a biological creature that has altered his body to acquire more knowledge to become "better." With his ship, vast knowledge, and powerful technology, Brainiac has captured thousands of cities and has assimilated and destroyed just as many civilizations. He is considered one of the most powerful villains Superman has faced.

WHO IS BIZARRO?
Bizarro was Superman's deficient clone. He was a tragic figure and more misguided and manipulated rather than intentionally evil.

BIZARRO POWERS AND ABILITIES
Bizarro is depicted as having all the abilities of Superman, although in some incarnations several of these traits have been reversed, such as

• "freeze vision" instead of heat vision
• "flame breath" instead of freeze breath
• "vacuum breath" instead of super breath
• "Bizarro telescopic vision" which allows Bizarro to see a "short distance behind his head" rather than a "long distance in front of his head"
• "Bizarro microscopic vision" which makes objects "actually smaller to everyone" rather than merely "appear to be bigger to only the user"
• "Bizarro X-ray vision" which allows Bizarro to "only see through lead" rather than the ability to "see through anything except lead"
• "Telescopic X-ray vision" which caused Bizarro to shoot x-rays from his eyes from "fifty miles around".^[47]

This also applies to weaknesses, as Bizarro is vulnerable to blue kryptonite, as opposed to green kryptonite, which is lethal to Superman. Bizarro is actually strengthened by green kryptonite as opposed to blue kryptonite.

LEGENDS OF TOMORROW .... Check out The AWESOME HAWKMAN AND HAWKGIRL Pics!!!

SEE ALSO - GET READY FOR GREG BERLANTI'S LEGENDS OF TOMORROW

A few days ago we brought you an article on the all-new CW TV show, Legends of Tomorrow and just barely a few days later more news has surfaced and this time it features  characters who will appear in the show as well as crossovers between the Flash and Arrow shows, namely Hawkman and Hawkgirl!

Hawkman is played by Falk Hentschel (seen in small roles in White House Down, Knight And Day and Arrested Development), while Hawkgirl will be tackled by Ciara Renée (seen in Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, and a brief cameo in The Flash season 1 finale).

Legends Of Tomorrow executive producer Phil Klemmer described the relationship between the characters like this:

"[T]he way we’ve imagined them is that they’ve obviously been reincarnated through the ages together, but the fact that he remembers their previous lives and she doesn’t

CHARACTER DESCRIPTION
“Falk will play Carter Hall, the latest reincarnation of an Egyptian Prince who is fated to reincarnate throughout time along with his soul mate, Kendra Saunders (Ciara Renée [spotted in The Flash finale, folks!]). Like Kendra, Carter can access the powers of the Hawk God, Horus, transforming him into the winged warrior known as 'Hawkman.'"

HAWKMAN & HAWKGIRL IMAGE

LEGENDS OF TOMORROW SYNOPSIS
Rip Hunter travels back in time to the present day where he brings together a team of heroes and villains in an attempt to prevent Vandal Savage from destroying the world and time itself

LEGENDS OF TOMORROW COMIC CON TRAILER

DC Fans Get Ready For Greg Berlanti's LEGENDS OF TOMORROW!!!

DC's Legends of Tomorrow, or simply Legends of Tomorrow, is an upcoming American television series developed by Greg Berlanti, Andrew Kreisberg and Marc Guggenheim, who also executive produce with showrunner Phil Klemmer, and Sarah Schechter. It is scheduled to air on The CW, debuting in 2016 during the 2015–16 season. The series is a spin-off from Arrow and The Flash.

LEGENDS OF TOMORROW SYNOPSIS
Rip Hunter travels back in time to the present day where he brings together a team of heroes and villains in an attempt to prevent Vandal Savage from destroying the world and time itself

LEGENDS OF TOMORROW CAST

Victor Garber as Professor Martin Stein / Firestorm:

A nuclear physicist focused on transmutation, who is based on the DC Comics character of the same name, and is also half of the character Firestorm.

• Brandon Routh as Ray Palmer / The Atom:

Based on the DC Comics character of the same name, Ray is a scientist, inventor and businessman who is the CEO of Palmer Technologies.

• Caity Lotz as Sara Lance / White Canary:

Sara is partially based on the DC Comics superheroine Black Canary. She takes on the White Canary alter-ego after being resurrected by the Lazarus Pit.

• Arthur Darvill as Rip Hunter:

A roguish time traveler who hides the strains of being responsible for history itself behind a facade of charm and wit.

• Ciara Renée as Kendra Saunders / Hawkgirl:

A young woman who is just beginning to learn that she has been repeatedly reincarnated over the centuries. When provoked, her ancient warrior persona manifests itself, along with wings that grow out of her back, earning her the moniker Hawkgirl.

• Franz Drameh as Jay Jackson:

A former high school athlete whose pro career was derailed by an injury who now works as an auto mechanic.

• Dominic Purcell as Mick Rory / Heat Wave:

An arsonist and accomplice of Leonard Snart who in contrast to his partner, uses a heat gun capable of burning almost anything.

• Wentworth Miller as Leonard Snart / Captain Cold:

The son of a police officer who turns to crime, and uses a stolen cryonic gun to freeze objects and people on contact.

• Falk Hentschel as Carter Hall / Hawkman:

The latest reincarnation of an Egyptian prince who is fated to reincarnate throughout time along with his soulmate, Kendra.

Recurring

• Casper Crump as Vandal Savage:

A 6,000 year old immortal, who has manipulated leaders throughout history in an attempt to gain dominion over the entire world.

Guest

• Grant Gustin as Barry Allen / Flash:

A crime scene investigator who was gifted with the ability to move at superhuman speed after an accident. Gustin stars as the character on The Flash.

PRODUCTION DETAILS
<sup>In January 2015, Greg Berlanti stated that there were "very early" preliminary talks for an additional spin-off series centered on Ray Palmer / Atom (Brandon Routh). In February 2015, it was reported that a spin-off series, which is described as a superhero team-up show, was in discussion by The CW for a possible 2015–16 midseason release. Berlanti, Andrew Kreisberg, Marc Guggenheim and Sarah Schechter would serve as executive producers. The potential series would be headlined by several recurring characters from both Arrow and The Flash, including Ray Palmer, Leonard Snart (Wentworth Miller) and Dr. Martin Stein (Victor Garber). Caity Lotz is also mentioned to be among the main cast. There is potential for other Arrow/Flash characters to cross over to the new series, and the series is casting "three major DC Comics characters who have never appeared in a TV series

In March 2015, Stephen Amell, who portrays Oliver Queen / Arrow on Arrow, confirmed the series would air in the 2015–16 midseason. Additionally, Kreisberg stated more would be revealed about the nature of the series by the end of Arrow‍ '​s third season, specifically why Lotz is slated to appear, given her previous character, Canary, was killed at the start of Arrow season three. Berlanti also stated there was a particular reason for the other half of Firestorm, as seen on The Flash, Ronnie Raymond (Robbie Amell) not being mentioned in the initial cast announcement. On the purpose of the series, Berlanti said it was designed to be "most similar to our crossover episodes, where you feel that ‘event-iness,’ but all the time. For us, first and foremost, with all of [our shows], it’s about ‘how is it its own thing?’ Because we don’t just want to do it to do it." He also revealed the producers were focusing on “making sure that the villain that we have on [the] show is distinct too… another big character who hasn’t been used yet.” Also in March, Dominic Purcell was revealed to be reprising his role as Heat Wave in the series, and Blake Neely, composer of Arrow and The Flash, would serve as composer. At the end of the month, Arthur Darvill was cast as Rip Hunter, one of the "new to TV" DC characters, while Ciara Renée was cast as Kendra Saunders / Hawkgirl. In April 2015, in a Variety article on the recent MipTV event, it noted the title for the series would be Legends of Tomorrow, despite it still being unconfirmed by those involved with the series.Also in the month, Franz Drameh was cast as Jay Jackson.

In May 2015, Garber revealed filming would begin in August 2015, for a January 2016 premiere. Additionally, he said that The CW was impressed with what was shown to them, giving the project a straight-to-series order. The network officially confirmed the order for the series on May 7, 2015, as well as the official title, DC's Legends of Tomorrow. Later in the month, it was confirmed that Lotz would reprise her role as Sara Lance, who has taken the name White Canary, as well as revealing the antagonist as Vandal Savage. In June 2015, it was announced that Phil Klemmer had been made the series showrunner as well as executive producer. At the end of the month, Grant Gustin stated he would appear in the series as Barry Allen / Flash. In August 2015, Casper Crump was cast as Vandal Savage. Filming of the series began on September 9, 2015.

The first season is expected to consist of sixteen episodes

LEGENDS OF TOMORROW - FIRST LOOK TRAILER</sup>

BREAKING NEWS!!! ZACK SNYDER CONFIRMS MORE BATMAN THAN SUPERMAN IN DAWN OF JUSTICE!

While promoting the Doritos Crash the Super Bowl ad contest, director and DC Extended Universe godfather Zack Snyder confirmed to The Daily Beast recent rumors that Batman v Superman will emphasize the Dark Knight over the Man of Steel. However, it sounds like that was the grand design from the get-go, which lines up with what we’ve been hearing down the line from various sources.

“Only in that because it’s a different Batman than the Batman that was in the Chris Nolan movies, so we have a little bit more explaining to do—and you just had a whole Superman movie,” confirmed Snyder. “But I think only in that way, because you need to understand where Batman is with everything. And that’s more toward the beginning, but it evens back out as it goes on.”

One battle for supremacy that’s very UNEVEN right now is the one between DC and Marvel’s cinematic universes, and Snyder took a little potshot at the competition by comparing the longevity/mythological status of characters in the DC roster like Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman.

“I feel like Batman and Superman are transcendent of superhero movies in a way, because they’re Batman and Superman,” Snyder said. “They’re not just, like, the flavor of the week Ant-Man — not to be mean, but whatever it is. What is the next Blank-Man?”

RAQUEL'S EYE CANDY: STEPHEN AMELL .... The HUNK Under The Arrow's Hood!

NAME
Stephen Amell

DATE OF BIRTH
May 8. 1981

KNOWN FOR 
Arrow
Heartland
Private Practise

TRIVIA

 - Attended an all boys private school: St. Andrew's College located in Aurora, Ontario.

 - First child, daughter Mavi Alexandra Jean Amell, was born, October 15, 2013, with wife Cassandra Jean.

- Older cousin of Robbie Amell.

CONSTANTINE ... FAILED! THE FINAL GOODBYE LETTER FROM TV SHOW WRITER / CREATOR DANIEL

Sadly earlier this year we said goodbye to the DC TV show Constantine. The show had so much going for it including a very big fanbase and any fan will tell you that Constantine is one badass anti-hero, so why then did the show fail? So many reasons and most notably of these, which I picked up on as we made our way through the season, was that it had all been done in shows like Supernatural! Supernatural, in fact, did it way better and who wants to see another Supernatural show when clearly Dean and Sam Winchester do it so well. But whatever the reasons are for the shows failure, it failed and got cancelled.

Writer and co-creator Daniel Cerone released this statement regarding the show:

I promised I’d share news when I had it — sadly, that news is not good. The cast and writers of Constantine are being released from their contracts. The studio tried to find a new home for the show, for which we’re forever grateful, but those efforts didn’t pan out. I’m sorry, I wasn’t provided any information on the attempts to sell the show elsewhere. All I can report is that the show is over. 

Many ingredients went into this TV series. From the dedicated cast that breathed these characters to life, led by Matt Ryan as the comic-made-flesh embodiment of John Constantine, to the exceptionality talented crew that put unreal images on screen, to the original Hellblazer writers and artists who gifted us a universe. 

As a general principle, writers don’t choose a writing career to achieve stardom. Whatever demons or insecurities drove them to find freedom of expression through written words generally keeps writers comfortably obscure behind their words. Nor do people choose writing as a means to financial freedom. I’d venture to guess that most who set out to write professionally never receive a paycheck for their hopeful scribbles or key strokes.

In fact, nobody I know ever chose a writing career — it chose them. You write because that’s what you do. Like breathing, it just happens and you have to do it and you just hope that someday somebody out there notices what you’re trying to say. 

If that’s the dream of writers, than the writers of Constantine lived the dream, because we’re leaving behind wild and passionate fans who believe in and were moved by what we tried to do. To leave such a significant, dedicated and active fan base on the table — that’s the real sadness. You all deserve many years of the series we set out to make, and we’re disappointed that we couldn’t deliver that to you. The good news is that Constantine will live on for years in many more forms. But our time as caretakers has ended.
Thank you for letting us in.
Daniel Cerone

CONSTANTINE TV SHOW TRAILER

JASON MAMOA TALKS AQUAMAN!!! Fans MUST READ this! VIDEO ALSO!!!

Actor Jason Momoa is all set to revamp Aquaman's image for comic book fans. We already know that his take on the DC superhero will be a big contrast to how Aquaman has been portrayed in popular culture so far.

Earlier this year, director Zack Snyder released an image of Momoa as Aquaman and it became pretty clear that the character is going to be a total bad--s. During his recent appearance at Fan Expo Canada, Momoa answered some questions about his role in the upcoming Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice, saying generally that it will be "amazing." (via ScreenRelish)

Responding to the question of whether Aquaman will be a less-dark, "chill" superhero in contrast to the serious, brooding characters of Batman and Superman, Momoa said, "I can't see me busting out a bunch of jokes. I mean, I don't think it'll be like that."

Momoa, who is best known for playing Khal Drogo (Daenerys' husband) on Game Of Thrones season 1, joked that he would not be bringing anything from his past role, to Aquaman. "I don't think Aquaman's going to be raping and pillaging any villages," he said.

Finally, Momoa was asked to respond to the numerous fish jokes made about Aquaman. "You know, it's cute and funny, I mean people make fun of him and there's a bunch of jokes about him. But I'm like 'Well... just wait. Let's just wait a little bit. And then we can make jokes...'" Let us hope that the next trailer of Batman v Superman will show a glimpse of Aquaman in action.

Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice opens on 25 March 2016. The film stars Ben Affleck as Batman, Henry Cavill as Superman, Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman, and Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor.

The solo Aquaman film starring Momoa is slated to release on 27 July 2018 with Fast and Furious 7's James Wan directing.

SON OF BATMAN .... DEATHSTROKE, LEAGUE OF ASSASSINS AND ENOUGH JAW-DROPPING ACTION FOR ANY FAN!

SON OF BATMAN REVIEW
Fans of the Batman universe will totally love this one as we get an animated movie filled with Batman mythology and characters.

Considering the movie has the League of Assassins, a new Robin, Nightwing and a badass villain in the form of Deathstroke, who could ask for more??? And as the title suggests Batman has a son!

Thanks to Deathstroke and the near destruction of the League of Assassins, Talia needs to get her son, Damian, to safety and that means finally introducing him to his father, who is none other than our hero himself, Batman who never even knew he had a son.

The two start an uneasy relationship with Damian bent on getting revenge for his grandfather's murder. Eventually after a lovely scene with Nightwing, this new team decide to take on Deathstroke and stop his evil plan of global domination as the reason for the attack on the League of Assassins is revealed.

The movie is truly fun and enjoyable and as I said before, any Batman fan will be entirely enthralled with it. It provides a good storyline, fluid animation and a bad guy who will stop at nothing to ensure his plans are fulfilled. There's revenge and enough fight scenes to keep you glued to your screen.

The movie casts Jason O' Mara as Batman with Stuart Allen as Damian, Thomas Gibson as Deathstroke and Sean Maher as Nightwing. It is directed by Ethan Spaulding and produced by James Tucker.

Son of Batman is a direct-to-video animated superhero film which is part of the DC Universe Animated Original Movies. It is an adaptation of Grant Morrison and Andy Kubert's 2006 Batman and Son storyline. The film was released as a digital download on April 22, 2014, and was released on home media May 6

SON OF BATMAN SYNOPSIS
At the headquarters of the League of Assassins, Ra's al Ghul grooms Damian Wayne (son of his daughter, Talia, and Batman) to succeed him as head of the league. The league is attacked by a group of assassins led by Slade Wilson, Ra's al Ghul's initial choice for successor before Ra's met Batman. Feeling betrayed, Slade decided to seize power. During the battle Ra's is fatally burned in a missile strike explosion, dying inches away from reaching the Lazarus Pit. Although Damian stabs Slade in the eye, Slade escapes, vowing vengeance. Talia takes Damian to Gotham City to protect him with his father's help.

In Gotham City, Batman confronts Killer Croc, who is stealing mutagenic chemicals and steroids to enhance himself, to the point were he grew a reptilious tail. Before Batman can be eaten by Croc when subdued during their fight, Talia electrocutes Croc from behind. She tells Batman about her father's death and leaves their son in his care, though Damian believes that he can take care of him self and does not need Batman. Although Damian wants to avenge Ra's al Ghul by killing Slade, Batman objects. Slade, now calling himself Deathstroke, captures Dr. Kirk Langstrom, who was working with Croc to enhance him in return for the mutagenics he stole and also had worked with Ra's, promising a formula for his soldiers. Slade threatens Langstrom's family to force him to recreate the Man-Bat formula for him and his soldiers. Damian bypasses Wayne Towers security to speak to Bruce, telling him about Slade's contact, Ubu, who was part of the raid on the League's headquarters and is stationed in Gotham. Although Damian wants to avenge Ra's al Ghul by killing Slade, Bruce objects to Damian wanting to kill. Talia is captured by Deathstroke when she and some remaining League members attack his compound.

Against Batman's orders, Damian leaves the Batcave and, after a chase and a long fight, defeats Ubu, who he located by accessing the Bat-Computer. Before Damian can kill him, Nightwing arrives, mistakes him for a criminal and subdues him before bringing him back to the Batcave. Batman berates Damian for his recklessness, willingness to kill and exposing their operation, has him don the mantle of Robin to teach him discipline. Searching for a lead on Langstrom's location, goes to Arkham to interrogate rabid Killer Croc, who supplied the mutagens to Langstrom in exchange for his enhancements and is currently going through drastic, agonizing withdrawal symptoms that cause him to shed his scales and tail. Since others are too afraid of him to medicate him without being harmed, Batman promises Croc help for information. Batman follows Croc's lead about the formula's mutagen to Langstrom's apartment, where he finds a throwing star that he takes evidence of Deathstroke's involvement. Before he leaves, he goes throughout the building and finds a storage room filled with caged bats, with one larger cage being empty and broken open from inside. Batman then finds a rabid gorilla with bat like mutations, one of Langstrom's unstable subjects, and it attacks him until it dies from its mutations. A drone aircraft sent by Deathstroke then flies past and crashes on the building, destroying it, though Batman evades the explosion. Commissioner Gordon warns them about an abandoned stadium believed to house Deathstroke's men.

At the stadium, Batman and Damian question Langstrom but are attacked when Damian becomes violent. Before they successfully escape, they fight off a swarm of Man-Bats. In the cave, Langstrom reveals Deathstroke's plan to create superhuman, flight-capable assassins. While Nightwing works with Langstrom on an antidote, Batman and Damian rescue his family. Batman guesses that Talia has been abducted when he finds evidence of torture in an empty cell, which he keeps from Damian to not set him off. They find and rescue Langstrom's family, but Batman is unaware that Deathstroke challenged Damian to a fight in exchange for Talia's life through a video device he gave Langstrom's daughter in exchange for sparing them. Both Langstrom's daughter and Deathstroke's video tell him not involve Batman in the their fight.

Nightwing learns that Deathstroke is operating in an oil rig off the Scottish coast, and when Batman is distracted, Damian goes to the rig. He finds Deathstroke and Talia in an underwater base with a swarm of Man-Bats and another Lazarus Pit, whose fluid Deathstroke intends to sell. Damian pulls a gun on Deathstroke, who holds one against Talia's head until Damian drops his gun. Deathstroke fires at him, but Talia is hit instead after she jumps in the path of Deathstroke's gunfire. As Deathstroke corners Damian, Batman appears and the Man-Bats attack. Batman wards them off with sonar-emitting batarangs, and Deathstroke flees after losing to Batman in a brief fistfight.

Batman heals Talia in Lazarus Pit, while Nightwing and Langstrom reach the oil rig and cure the Man-Bats. Damian defeats Deathstroke, refusing to kill him because he is his father's son. The elevator from the rig to the underwater base is destroyed when the Man Bats, overwhelmed by the sonar devices, overcrowd the the glass elevator shaft, flooding the base. Batman, Talia and Damian escape, but Deathstroke is left behind. Batman believes that Damian should stay with him and remain Robin, while Talia still wishes to recreate the League with Batman, who would rather disband the League, and Damian at her side. She decides to let him care for their son, and leaves with the League of Assassins though she still says she will return for him.

As the credits roll, a slideshow of the fight between Damian and Nightwing is played between credits.

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Everything You Need To Know About ... SUPERMAN RETURNS (2006)

SUPERMAN RETURNS (2006) SYNOPSIS
Following a mysterious absence of several years, the Man of Steel comes back to Earth in the epic action-adventure Superman Returns, a soaring new chapter in the saga of one of the world's most beloved superheroes. While an old enemy plots to render him powerless once and for all, Superman faces the heartbreaking realization that the woman he loves, Lois Lane, has moved on with her life. Or has she? Superman's bittersweet return challenges him to bridge the distance between them while finding a place in a society that has learned to survive without him. In an attempt to protect the world he loves from cataclysmic destruction, Superman embarks on an epic journey of redemption that takes him from the depths of the ocean to the far reaches of outer space.

SUPERMAN RETURNS TRIVIA
Will Smith was offered the role of Superman/Clark Kent but declined, saying: "You mess up white peoples' heroes in Hollywood, you'll never work in this town again!"

   

Amy Adams auditioned for the role of Lois Lane. She later eventually played Lois in Man of Steel (2013).

 

When Clark is walking around the office with the TVs displaying news reports (after Luthor steals the kryptonite) the news reports can be heard mentioning the city of Gotham, home of the Batman.

   

Dedicated to Christopher Reeve and Dana Reeve.

  

When Bryan Singer became interested in possibly hiring Brandon Routh, he arranged for them to meet in a coffee shop. When they met at their table, Routh stumbled and spilled hot coffee all over the table. Although he panicked, thinking he had just lost the part, Singer laughed and said it actually helped him get the part. The incident convinced Singer that Routh could pull off the clumsy, bumbling Clark Kent.

  

The stars on Clark Kent's ceiling are astronomically correct.

  

During filming, Kevin Spacey would drive around in a golf cart ("Lex's Super Buster") dragging a stuffed Superman doll behind on a rope and yell "Superman Must Die" with a megaphone.

  

DC Comics' character Aquaman is on Jason's pajamas.

  

Bryan Singer wanted Christopher Reeve to make a cameo appearance in the film but Reeve died before filming began. Singer then decided to dedicate the film to him.

 

Brandon Routh, Kate Bosworth and Kevin Spacey signed on without having read the script.

 

The last line of Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) (the one before "Returns") is Superman saying to Luthor, "See you in twenty." That scene was filmed in 1986. Coincidentally, twenty years later, in 2006, the next Superman Returns (2006) movie was released.

  

The role of Lex Luthor was always intended for Kevin Spacey. The production schedule was adjusted to accommodate Spacey's six week break from his duties as the Old Vic theater director.

 

Brandon Routh, who plays Superman, is two years younger than Tom Welling, who plays the teenage version of the same character on the TV series Smallville (2001).

 

During Brandon Routh's screen test, people would come up to him between takes and tell him how much fun filming in Australia would be and what a great opportunity playing Superman would be. Routh was confused as he was under the impression that he hadn't officially got the part yet, and he was starting to get a little nervous that people might be jinxing him. It turns out Bryan Singer pretty much made up his mind at that point on who he was going to cast.

  

It took twelve years and three vastly different directors to finally get the project off the ground.

  

Bryan Singer is on record as saying Superman Returns is a loose follow-up to Superman (1978) and Superman II (1980), but does not follow those movies' continuity strictly. It ignores Superman III (1983) and Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987). However, there is a reference to Supergirl (1984), which was released between the later two: a radio announcer reports Superman is off on a space mission to a far away galaxy.

  

A break-in on the set of Superman Returns (2006), in which the crew's walkie talkies were stolen, forced filming to be halted. Pranksters caused chaos during a stunt sequence, being filmed in Martin Place, by shouting "cut" and "action" over the airwaves. The thieves with the walkie talkies listened in to much of the night's filming to learn key phrases which they later yelled at key moments. The mischief almost caused serious injury, with the night's filming centering on a Mustang car jumping down steps and landing between extras. It stopped a number of times.

  

When Superman saves Perry White from the falling globe off the roof of the Daily Planet, he resembles Atlas, a mythological figure who bore the weight of the world on his shoulders.

 

When offered the director's chair, Bryan Singer rejected J.J. Abrams script as too far a departure from the source material. Abrams story re-imagined Superman as a Kryptonian prince sent to earth as a baby to avoid an impending civil war between king Jor-El and his brother Kata-Zor. Raised as Midwestern teen Clark Kent, and in love with his high school sweetheart Lois, Superman becomes humanity's defender when Kata-Zor invades Earth, aided by CIA Agent Lex Luthor, who is actually a Kryptonian in disguise. The film ended with Superman returning to Krypton to rule over his people after the death of Jor-El. Singer disagreed with these changes to one of America's most well-known characters, and decided instead to pursue a storyline to act as both a sequel and a re-make which would honor the character's history, as well as the popular films by Richard Donner.

   

Milliskin, a type of cloth, was used as the material of Superman's suit. Unfortunately, this cloth restricts movement when new. Worse, it sags after being worn and becoming comfortable. As a result, 80 suits, 100 capes, 30 boots and 90 belts were made.

  

While the project was under Brett Ratner's supervision, actors Josh Hartnett, Paul Walker, Matt Bomer, Brendan Fraser, Ashton Kutcher, David Boreanaz, Ian Somerhalder, Henry Cavill, Jerry O'Connell and Hayden Christensen were considered for the part of Superman. Brett Ratner left the project primarily because he and Warner Bros. executives could not agree on whom to cast as Superman. Henry Cavill later landed the role for the Superman reboot Man of Steel (2013).

 

When Tim Burton was attached to direct, the Superman costume was all dark blue, featured a blood-red cape, and featured the classic "S" symbol in the form of daggers.

 

Jude Law was Bryan Singer's only choice to play General Zod. After Law turned down the role several times, Singer eliminated the character from the script. Zod went onto subsequently appear as the main villain in the reboot Man of Steel, with Michael Shannon as the character.

  

The tattoo on the back of Brutus' head is a fairly accurate representation of the clown makeup worn by John Wayne Gacy, a notorious serial killer.

  

Brandon Routh put on 20 pounds of muscle for the movie.

 

The chemical name of Kryptonite is given as "sodium lithium boron silicate hydroxide with fluorine." In 2007, Dr. Chris Stanley of the London Natural History Museum discovered the very same mineral, albeit without fluorine, in Jadar, Serbia and named it Jadarite. In reality, it is a white powder rather than a green crystal.

 

In interviews, Kal Penn revealed he originally had a much greater role. It would have been revealed that his character was a disgraced former Daily Planet science reporter who was bribed by Lex Luthor to plant false evidence of Krypton's possible survival, thus inspiring Superman to leave Earth and explore Krypton's ruins.

  

In an interview with the Washington Post, Bryan Singer discussed a scene that was in an early draft of the screenplay but never filmed: "At one point," the director recalls, "I had a scene in the script which I never shot, and I probably was never going to shoot, where Superman would be standing - after flying around rescuing people at night - would be standing at dawn at Ground Zero. Sort of standing there, almost as if to say, 'If I had been here, this might not be.'"

  

In an interview on Larry King Live (1985), director Bryan Singer said that had he not had access to John Williams' original music, he would not have done the film.

  

The publishing date of "Why the World Doesn't Need Superman" is 13 February 2005.

  

In one of the scenes with Lex's Train set a sign saying 'Smallville' can be seen briefly.

 

Kevin Spacey convinced Bryan Singer to cast Kate Bosworth for the role of Lois Lane after her performance in Beyond the Sea (2004).

  

Tim Burton's "Superman Lives" was far enough into pre-production at the time it was canceled that the studio had already designed a teaser poster to be displayed in theatres. It consisted of a stylized silver "S" shield set against a black background, with the phrase "Coming 1998" displayed across the bottom third of the poster. Finalized copies of the poster were printed up, but it's unclear how many were made before the movie was called off.

 

Bryan Singer was still under a three-picture deal with Fox from X-Men 2 (2003) when he decided to jump ship to direct this movie. As the consequence, his deal was terminated and one of his under-development projects with Fox, a remake of Logan's Run (1976) was ultimately shelved and the third X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) picture was under jeopardy. The vacant's director's role for the third X-Men would go to Brett Ratner who lost to Singer for the first X-Men (2000) movie.

 

Workers constructed 7km of road and planted 15 hectares of corn to recreate the Kent farm. This is especially a difficult task in that the farm was created during a 7-year drought in Australia.

  

Anthony Hopkins was set to play Jor-El of Krypton when Brett Ratner was attached to direct.

 

The reappearance of Superman in Metropolis by saving an crashing airplane is a direct nod to an episode of Paul Dini's Superman (1996) cartoons titled: The Last Son of Krypton Part 2 as well as an episode of the Max Fleischer-animated Superman called Japoteurs (1942).

 

Lex Luthor says, "To the primitive mind, any sufficiently advanced technology would be indistinguishable from magic," which is a paraphrase of an Arthur C. Clarke quote, "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic" ("Profiles of the Future," 1961). Clarke is mentioned in the closing credits of the film for this reason.

  

A sign in the plaza of the Daily Planet building reads, "Shuster Square." This is a reference to Joe Shuster, one of the co-creators of the original Superman character.

 

These words appear on Martha Kent's Scrabble board the night Clark/Superman returns: paddings, dawnings, squirms, jets, fax, fare, rarer, nary, revere, bent, jag, drag, oho, way, men, tee, hod, voiced, hill, zoo, quoit, foot, feet, view, kir, alienation. A few of the words - jets, fax, revere, dawnings, alienation - may deliberately presage themes and plot points in the movie.

   

Kevin Smith's original script, to which Tim Burton was immediately attached, was the 1993 comic book story arcs "The Death of Superman" and "The Return of Superman". After a lengthy development process, Warner Bros. chose not to go with Smith's script and hired other writers, such as Alias (2001) creator J.J. Abrams, to revive the series.

 

All previous scripts revolved, in one way or another, around the death and subsequent return of Superman. Jonathan Lemkin wrote a draft in which Superman impregnates Lois before he dies, she gives birth soon thereafter (also dying in the process), and a fully-grown new Superman emerges to save the world. Lemkin's work was quickly discarded.

 

Lex's computer map on the boat shows Metropolis in the real-world location of Bayonne, New Jersey.

 

The location where Lex Luthor intends to create his new landmass is given as 40°N 73°W. This site is actually about 56 miles East of Seaside Heights, NJ.

 

In a scene in the paper room, several cities are named off. One of them is Gotham from the Batman series.

  

Brandon Routh's sister Sara Routh was one of the choir members for the production orchestra.

  

The Kent farm was originally built on a sound stage and was then disassembled, moved to Tamworth, Australia, and reconstructed and redressed.

  

The first Superman film to receive a PG-13 rating by the MPAA. All the previous Superman films were rated PG.

 

It is revealed in the video game that Krypton's discovery was a hoax devised by Lex Luthor to draw Superman away from earth so Lex could be released from prison (i.e. When Superman was called to testify, He was a no show).

 

Jim Caviezel expressed great interest in the role of Superman, but director Bryan Singer refused to cast him because he felt that Caviezel was "too famous" after starring in The Passion of the Christ (2004).

 

Hugh Laurie was cast first in the role of Perry White. However, the popularity of his TV show House M.D. (2004) caused schedule conflicts. Frank Langella was then cast.

 

Eva Marie Saint (Martha Kent) made her cinematic debut in On the Waterfront (1954), coincidentally opposite the late Marlon Brando (Jor-El).

 

Robert Downey Jr. was cast as Lex Luthor when McG was attached as director.

  

Alias (2001) creator and writer J.J. Abrams wrote a complete shooting draft of the script, which both Brett Ratner and McG were planning to shoot when they both left the project for both creative and budget reasons.

 

There are numerous references to specific Superman comic books. Superman recreates the cover of Action #1 in one scene where he holds a car above his head, and the entire "Space Plane" sequence was from John Byrne's Man of Steel miniseries in 1986, explaining how he first met Lois Lane.

 

The space shuttle engineer was played by Richard Branson, the owner of The Virgin Group. The monitors inside the jet display the words "Virgin Galactic", the name of Branson's commercial spaceflight company that will utilize the SpaceshipOne crafts, which are launched from the underbelly of an airplane, much like the space shuttle in the film.

 

According to an article in the 12 September 2005 issue of Newsweek, the biggest question concerning Superman's costume involved the size and shape of the bulge in the front of his tights. Costume designer Louise Mingenbach finally decided on a bulge that wasn't too big. "Ten-year-olds will be seeing this movie," she explained.

  

This was Jack Larson's first film since Johnny Trouble (1957) 49 years earlier.

 

The movie was filmed in Sydney, Australia at Fox Studios. The Kent family home was filmed in Tamworth, Australia.

 

Johnny Depp was considered for the roles of Lex Luthor and Jor-El when McG was attached to the project.

 

The crew in Tamworth grew their own corn. It took twelve weeks for them to get the corn just right.

 

Promotional material was shipped to cinemas in the UK under the title "Red Sun".

 

Director Bryan Singer decided on using stock footage of Marlon Brando that was originally shot by Superman (1978) director Richard Donner for the Singer version. Brando and Christopher Reeve were once filmed interacting for Superman II (1980), but due to a lawsuit against the Alexander Salkind and Ilya Salkind for a percentage of the sequel, the scenes were deleted and re-shot with Susannah York as Kal-El's mother Lara.

 

Actors including Eric Christian Olsen, Topher Grace, and Shawn Ashmore were being considered for the role of Jimmy Olson before Sam Huntington was cast. Shawn's brother, Aaron Ashmore, later portrayed both older brother Henry James "Jimmy" and younger brother James "Jimmy" Olsen in Smallville (2001).

 

Reportedly, Frank Langella was instructed to play the role of Perry White much more calm and laid back than previous portrayals. In an effort to avoid any comparisons to J.K. Simmons' now iconic portrayal of J. Jonah Jameson in the Spider-Man (2002) films. Ironic, considering the fact that Jameson appeared over 20 years after White in comic books, and was created as a Marvel counterpoint to DC's newspaper editor.

 

Actors McG was screening before his departure include Jason Behr and Jared Padalecki for the role of Superman, Scarlett Johansson for Lois Lane, and Shia LaBeouf for Jimmy Olsen.

 

In the scene after the kryptonite is removed from Superman's back, the date over the headline SUPERMAN DEAD on The Daily Planet reads: VOL. LXII, NO. 34 FRIDAY SEPTEMBER, 29TH 2006 35 CENTS.

  

Brandon Routh auditioned for the role of Superman when McG was attached to direct.

 

Newton Thomas Sigel initially planned on shooting the film in 65mm in order to achieve the "glossy" look he was aiming for. This idea progressed far enough that extensive filming of 65mm test footage was done during pre-production. Sigel eventually abandoned the 65mm format after being repeatedly told that "nobody projects it anymore".

 

Elements of the film are from a 1993 rough-draft screenplay. The same year DC Comics publishes The Death of Superman. As well as the 55th anniversary for the character.

  

Brandon Routh has naturally brown eyes, Superman on the other hand has baby blue eyes. For his role Routh had to wear blue contacts. When asked in an interview how they made his eyes blue he said "Blue prescription contacts, because I wear contacts myself. They were a little bit infuriating because they were painted. There was white around them, and I would blink and they'd shift. I think they've had to go and retouch some stuff, I'm sure."

 

The set design for the offices of The Daily Planet, with its mushroom-shaped columns, were inspired by architect Frank Lloyd Wright's S.C. Johnson Wax building in Racine, Wisconsin.

  

Mischa Barton and Keira Knightley were considered for the role of Lois Lane when McG was attached to the project.

 

McG and Jon Peters tried to get Beyoncé Knowles, Jennifer Lopez, and Catherine Zeta-Jones for the role of Lois Lane.

  

Frank Langella's character, Perry White, was played on Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993) by Lane Smith. This is actually the second part the actors have shared. Previously, they both played former President Richard Nixon.

 

The train set was provided by the German train model manufacturer "Märklin". The set featured 280 meters of track. Train scales of both gauge 1 as well as H0 were used to realize the different filming perspectives. It took 14 weeks to construct the train set.

 

Oliver Stone, Michael Bay, Robert Rodriguez, Martin Campbell, Shekhar Kapur, and Stephen Norrington all turned down the chance to direct throughout the ten-year project development.

 

When Bryan Singer took over this project, he immediately brought over his production staff consisting of cinematographer Newton Thomas Sigel, composer/editor John Ottman, production designer Guy Hendrix Dyas, and writers Dan Harris and Michael Dougherty from X-Men 2 (2003) to meet Warner Bros.' release date for the film.

 

Billy Zane was once considered to play the role of Lex Luthor when McG was attached to the project.

 

Brandon Routh is a Superman fan and has a striking resemblance to Superman actor Christopher Reeve.

 

The new Panavision Genesis camera was constructed based upon feedback of director Michael Mann and director of photography Paul Cameron during the production of Collateral (2004). The feedback was documented in American Cinematographer, June 2004 issue. It has features that were missed out in previous models (HDR-950) including support of standard 35mm spherical lenses, full color bandwidth, and better ergonomics. Eight units were used for the entire production. Despite being the first movie to use this camera, other titles including Click (2006) and Scary Movie 4 (2006) were shot later but released earlier.

 

The building used for the exterior shots of the bank robbery scene is University House in Newcastle, Australia, which is home to the Newcastle Conservatorium of Music (among other schools of the University of Newcastle). Francine Bell, who portrays one of the news anchors in the film, is a well-loved voice-tutor at Newcastle Conservatorium, although none of her scenes were filmed at University House.

Contains 1,400 VFX shots

  

The production of the film occupied seven sound stages and two workshops for eight months at Fox Studios, Sydney in 2005.

 

The two fighter planes escorting the space plane are Lockheed Martin F-35s. At the time of the release the F-35 was still in production. The first real F-35 would not fly until December 2006, nearly six months after the release of the film.

  

This is the first film to use the Panavision Genesis HD camera. Developed jointly by Panavision and Sony, it was the latest of the specific 24p HD used by the likes of George Lucas and Robert Rodriguez, among others.

  

News reporter mentions Gotham on the TV channel.

  

Ryan McPartlin auditioned twice for the role.

  

Frank Langella (Perry White) and Kevin Spacey (Lex Luthor) both later played U.S. President Richard Nixon: Langella in Frost/Nixon (2008) and Spacey in Elvis & Nixon (2015).

 

The film cast includes three Oscar winners: Kevin Spacey, Eva Marie Saint and Marlon Brando; and one Oscar nominee: Frank Langella.

 

Actresses being considered for the role of Lois Lane when McG was to direct included Elisha Cuthbert, Claire Danes and Keri Russell.

 

Luthor's henchman Stanford is played Kal Penn (real name: Kalpen Modi), who has a similar name to Kal-El, Superman's identity in Kryptonian.

 

The scene of Lois Lane going barefoot to fly with Superman was improvised on the day of filming. It came out of a technical discussion about how to properly shoot the scene. The reasoning was that Lois wouldn't fly with her shoes, and taking them off would be part of the routine she and Superman would do before flying together.

  

Cameo 

Jack Larson:  the original Jimmy Olsen from Adventures of Superman (1952), appears as a bartender who serves to Clark and Jimmy.

 

Noel Neill:  as Gertrude Vanderworth. She played Lois Lane in several 1940s and '50s productions, and played Lois Lane's mother in Superman (1978).

  

Michael Dougherty, Dan Harris:  the two writers of the screenplay make an appearance as school kids making notes as Lex Luthor arrives to steal the meteorite and shoos them away.

  

Guy Hendrix Dyas:  Production Designer: one of the journalists of Daily Planet who first notices the tremor at the building.

  

Spoilers 

The trivia items below may give away important plot points.

Numerous homages to the original Superman (1978) film include:

• The appearance of Superman in the silver suit right after crashing back to Smallville is a direct nod to the Kryptonian costumes of 1978 which were made out of a screen material that, despite it's glow, appeared dark gray when not properly lit.
• The truck which Martha drove during the opening was the exact truck used for the first movie. The producers managed to find that truck and rented it for use.
• After Superman stops the airplane crash, he says to the passengers (including Lois Lane), "I hope this doesn't put any of you off flying. Statistically speaking, it's still the safest way to travel." Superman said the same thing to Lois after rescuing her from the helicopter crash in the original. And, as in the first movie, Lois faints just after Superman flies away.
• There is a framed photograph of Glenn Ford (Jonathan Kent from the 1978 film) on the piano during the reunion scene at the Kent farm. In a deleted scene from Clark's bedroom, more photos of Ford can be seen. These were created by the graphic design team during the film's production, as seen in Bryan Singer's on-line video journal #21 "In Graphic Detail", and were digitally enhanced to include Eva Marie Saint as Martha and young incarnations of Clark.
• Marlon Brando posthumously reprises his role as Jor-El with some help from VFX. Rhythm & Hues took footage from the 1978 movie and hand-modeled and animated a CG-replica of his face upon the footage. It was then textured and new mouth shapes were then animated onto the model.

• After Lex Luthor and his gang steal the meteorite at the museum, a broken glass has the year 1978 written with the description of the meteorite; which was also the same year the first Superman came to theaters. Not only did it say 1978, but it had "Addis Ababa" above the year, which is where Lex Luthor found the kryptonite meteorite.
• After showing Lois Lane why he thinks the world needs a savior, Superman returns Lois Lane back to the roof of the Daily Planet. Subsequently, the original film's musical motif "Can You Read My Mind", when Superman first took Lois for a flight, can be heard.

The main theme is heard in the opening credits

 

Superman and Lex Luthor meet face to face only in one scene.

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