The Man of Steel returns...

We're drawing ever closer to the return of The Man of Steel to return to our screens.  In the aptly named 'Man of Steel', being brought to us by Zack Snyder a year from now in June 2013.

Zack has been responsible for 300 and Sucker Punch, both of which have their own unique visual styling.  It remains to be seen how much this influences the stylings of The Man of Steel, but I for one think it will only be a good thing when breathing new life back into the Superman franchise.  We've already seen what may be considered a modern day re-imagining of Superman, thanks to Bryan Singer's Superman Returns in 2006.  So Zack will definitely need to bring something new to the table with his Man of Steel.  One sure fire way of doing this will be through his casting, which so far looks to be spot on for a more edgy and less clean cut vision of The Man of Steel.

For starters you have Henry Cavill as The Man of Steel himself:

For those not familiar with Henry, he has been most recently (and most notably in my opinion) on our screens as Theseus in Immortals.  If you haven't seen Immortals, I would recommend it.  I can understand how Cavill would have gotten onto Snyder's radar as a result.  Heavily inspired by 300, Immortals is visually more vibrant but with less teeth, and much less shouting.  In short, it's everything that Wrath of the Titans wishes it could have been, and in it Henry Cavill does a great job of being a humble chap who doesn't want any trouble with a dash of ultimate bad ass thrown in.  With the added bonus being that he can actually act!

Then we have Amy Adams (brilliant in The Fighter) as love interest and leading lady, Lois Lane.  A stella parentage in the form of Kevin Costner and Diane Lane, as John and Martha Kent.  Then to add some the rough and ready edge you have Russell Crowe weighing in as Jor-el Father of The Man of Steel himself.

To add to this, we have General Zod making a return as the villain.  An excellent character first portrayed by Terrence Stamp.  I hope in the Man of Steel he remains as pompous and arrogant under the guise of Michael Shannon.  Even better if he is still flanked by Non, although I have seen no mention of him as yet in any cast list.  And whilst this would be a welcome stroll down memory lane, modern day audiences don't seem to take to well to that type of monosyllabic, dim witted character type anymore.

Needless to say, the combination of Zack Snyder's unique visual style, and a quality cast list.  I'm really looking forward to seeing the results come June 2013.