Kelex is a fictional robot appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics , commonly in association with the superhero Superman .
164-572: Kelex first appeared in The Man of Steel #1 and was created by John Byrne . Kelex was previously one of Jor-El 's robotic servants on the planet Krypton , alongside Kelor. Presumed destroyed along with Jor-El and the rest of Krypton, Kelex later appears alive and becomes the Fortress of Solitude 's caretaker. Later, when Superman obtains the Eradicator device, it tries to recreate Krypton on Earth, creating
328-462: A mad scientist to a powerful businessman and a white-collar criminal. The series's legacy persisted, as it set the new status quo for all of the ongoing Superman comic series for many years after it was published. The story stayed in DC Comics continuity as the origin of Superman until it was expanded upon in the 2003 limited series Superman: Birthright , which stayed canon until 2009. The title
492-400: A 360-degree angle with 55K resolution for every shot, the process would take approximately two to four minutes. The set capture resulted in lighting and textures that could be reprojected onto geometry. Full-screen digital doubles were a major component for the fighting sequences. Digital armor was also added, along with the energy-based Kryptonian helmets. Cyberscan and FACS were conducted with
656-532: A 4-out-of-5-star review, stating that " Man of Steel has more than earned its keep, and deserves to be THE iconic Superman movie for a whole new generation". He would go on to name Man of Steel the best superhero movie of 2013. Jim Vejvoda of IGN gave Man of Steel a 9 out of 10 while praising the action sequences and the performances of Kevin Costner, Russell Crowe and Michael Shannon. The performance of Antje Traue as Superman's adversary Faora-Ul, particularly in
820-517: A Bible study in a cape. The messages are so strong that its marketers been [ sic ] explicitly pushing the film to Christian audiences." Man of Steel held a red carpet premiere at the Lincoln Center 's Alice Tully Hall in New York City on June 10, 2013, which featured the attendance of the principal cast members. The film received a wide release on June 14, 2013. The film
984-400: A March 2014 interview with Esquire , Wilkinson explained the reason for the look of Superman's redesigned suit: A lot of the efforts we took in the film were to explain why the suit looks the way it does. We didn't want it to be a random, ornamental decision. We start the film on the planet of Krypton, which is where the suit comes from, and we go to great pains to show the suit fitting into
1148-542: A United States Air Force officer and the assistant to General Swanwick. Richard Schiff plays Dr. Emil Hamilton , a scientist who works with the United States Armed Forces for DARPA. Carla Gugino portrays the voice of Kelor, the Kryptonian AI service-robot. Mackenzie Gray plays Jax-Ur , a Kryptonian scientist who is one of General Zod's followers. Michael Kelly plays Steve Lombard , an employee of
1312-517: A bit more in the 'imperfections' column." Steve Persall of the Tampa Bay Times stated that, " Man of Steel is more than just Avengers -sized escapism ; it's an artistic introduction to a movie superhero we only thought we knew." Time magazine's Richard Corliss said, "The movie finds its true, lofty footing not when it displays Kal-El's extraordinary powers, but when it dramatizes Clark Kent's roiling humanity. The super part of Man of Steel
1476-405: A building. Superman encounters the creature and engages it in battle. The fight ends in a final blow, shattering the imperfect duplicate into a dust cloud which absurdly restores Lucy's sight. On the opening page of this issue, Superman is seemingly capturing Luthor, who is wearing his pre- Crisis power suit, but the next page reveals that it is one of Luthor's pawns in the suit. Luthor claims that
1640-472: A cinematic universe featuring other DC Comics characters following the release of Man of Steel . In June 2013, Goyer was hired to write the film's sequel, along with the script for Justice League . Zack Snyder revealed at San Diego Comic-Con the following month that Superman and Batman would appear in the sequel to Man of Steel , with Cavill, Adams, Lane and Fishburne set to reprise their roles. The film's title, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice ,
1804-414: A clone of Kelex in the process. Kelex is used as a framing device for a tour of a redesigned Fortress of Solitude. At one point, Lex Luthor destroys Kelex before Superman rebuilds him to battle Brainiac 13 , who is vulnerable to Kryptonian technology. Kelex operates in disguise as the hero 'Steel' for a while. Kelex is featured in an issue of 'Superboy'; he transcribes his impressions of Krypto , who
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#17328595324561968-411: A copy of the "MAN of STEEL" special edition-the entire six issue mini-series bound between two covers. Thank you for responding to our contest and your continued support of SUPERMAN and DC Comics. Sincerely, Dale A. Kanzler In 1987 it was first released as a trade paperback in deluxe paper for the mass market with new cover art by John Byrne, with a cover price $ 12.95 US/$ 17.50 Canada. In 1993, it
2132-488: A different reality, they could have been friends. Superman's relationship with Batman, which was friendly throughout most of the pre-Crisis period, became much more strained in later years, as each began disagreeing with the other's attitudes. This shift is reflected in Man of Steel , as it starts off with Batman and Superman initially at odds over their respective ideologies and approaches before just begin showing signs of developing
2296-463: A film in the way that we wanted it to. It didn't position the character the way he needed to be positioned. Had Superman worked in 2006, we would have had a movie for Christmas of this year or 2009. Now the plan is just to reintroduce Superman without regard to a Batman and Superman movie at all." Paul Levitz stated in an interview that Batman holds the key to the Superman reboot. He elaborated: "Everyone
2460-468: A god to them.'" Paul Asay of The Washington Post writes that "Superman floats in space with his arms splayed out as if nailed to an invisible cross," a fact that Craig also mentioned in his assessment of the film. The protagonist of the film is also 33 years old and seeks "counsel at a church." Writing for The Huffington Post , Colin Liotta compared Zod to Adolf Hitler , citing: "He feels his vision for
2624-579: A job with the Daily Planet by providing an exclusive interview with Superman and the Elseworlds story Superman: Last Son of Earth which heavily refers to it and includes some frames and quotes copied directly from it. Other elements were not seen in the story, but were adapted when Superman's origin was tackled by other media besides comics. In some pre-Crisis re-tellings of Superman's origin, Jor-El wanted to save both Lara and Kal-El by sending them away in
2788-497: A lack of charisma. Richard Roeper of the Chicago Sun-Times said that Man of Steel covered no new ground with regard to Superman films, and instead, "we're plunged back into a mostly-underwhelming film, with underdeveloped characters and supercharged-fight scenes that drag on and offer nothing new in the way of special-effects creativity". The Boston Globe ' s Ty Burr wrote, "What's missing from this Superman saga
2952-417: A lot of the mechanics but did not connect with the characters, which robbed the story of tension. Waid, who wrote the origin miniseries Superman: Birthright , criticized the film for its overall "joyless" tone, and for Superman's decision to kill Zod, a criticism echoed by other creators. Writer Grant Morrison , who wrote the critically acclaimed miniseries All-Star Superman , expressed mixed reaction to
3116-472: A modern context. Impressed with Goyer's concept, Nolan pitched the idea to the studio, who hired Nolan to produce and Goyer to write based on the financial and critical success of The Dark Knight . Nolan admired Singer's work on Superman Returns for its connection to Richard Donner's version, stating that "a lot of people have approached Superman in a lot of different ways. I only know the way that has worked for us that's what I know how to do", emphasizing
3280-500: A partnership, if not friendship. Batman's musing at the story's end is an allusion to their pre-Crisis friendship. Batman mentions that he had read Superman's debut in the Daily Planet news reports eight months ago. Lois and Clark are guests at a party being held on Lex Luthor's luxury oceanliner. Upon arriving, they are entertained by Luthor in his private chamber on the ship. When Luthor privately insinuates his desire for Lois to her,
3444-493: A peek over the wall of secrecy surrounding their DC Comics plans: "It's setting the tone for what the movies are going to be like going forward. In that, it's definitely a first step." Plans included for the film to contain references to the existence of other superheroes, alluding to the possibility of a further DC Universe , and setting the tone for a shared fictional universe of DC Comics characters on film. Guillermo del Toro , with whom Goyer worked on Blade II , turned down
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#17328595324563608-450: A performance or an expression, and then we could use those hi-res stills to project onto the CG double and get really accurate transition lighting and color—right from the set." On set, a camera rig was used to capture the environment of the sequence. Dubbed "enviro-cam", the visual effects crew would mount a Canon EOS 5D and a motorized nodal head, allowing the crew to capture the environment at
3772-410: A pre-simulated lighting version to get approval on how the object would read. Sims were then run "on all the targets which would be discrete beads floating around on top of the surface which would have its own set of parameters", in which Goodwin further explained: "The bead size or the turbulence that would crawl along the surface constantly updating the orientation was based on the normal provided by
3936-641: A procedural way. One of the advantages of this was that, because it was all based around a limited number of input components, you can make sure they're modeled in a way they're usable in effects—you can model something but they'll be another stage to rig it for destruction." Fire, smoke, and water stimulation tools were developed at the Double Negative studio. The studio transitioned between the existing proprietary volume rendering software to rendering in Mantra for elements such as fireball sims. Double Negative also used
4100-407: A pure Krypton (i.e. a society like the one Hitler envisioned with his eugenics program ) is the only answer for survival." The sequence where a young Clark's powers overwhelm him in grade school, leading to him shutting himself in a closet, has led many to speculate that DC Extended Universe Superman is either autistic or meant to represent the struggles of autism. Warner Bros. and DC Comics won
4264-468: A random couple who finds a baby in a rocket. The idea was not used because DC wanted Kal-El to be sent to Earth alone, but the idea of them being chosen was explored later in the television series, Smallville and in the novel Superman: Last Son of Krypton . The only detail from the idea that remained in the finished comic is the kryptonite fragment embedded in the ship's hull, which weakens Clark just as Jonathan finishes his story. According to Byrne, it
4428-639: A reckoning. Superman's nemesis Lex Luthor was now no longer a mad scientist or a costumed supervillain with questionable motives. Instead, he is the new evil of the 1980s: a power-hungry businessman, "the most powerful man in Metropolis", who resents Superman's overshadowing presence. Instead of battling Superman directly, Luthor would now use hired minions, employ staff on his payroll, or manipulate others to destroy Superman, while ensuring that no incidents could be conclusively linked to him. Clark mentions that it has been almost eighteen months since he beat Lois to
4592-402: A redesigned Superman costume by James Acheson and Michael Wilkinson . The costume preserves the color scheme and "S" logo, but adopts darker tones, and notably does not feature the red trunks usually worn by Superman. Zack Snyder said the costume is "a modern aesthetic". He and the producers attempted to devise a suit featuring the red trunks, but could not design one that fit into the tone of
4756-431: A revision for Superman. Nothing was ever developed until then-publisher and president Jenette Kahn asked for revision proposals from various writers. While regular Superman writer Cary Bates wanted the revision to still keep the then-ongoing continuity as it was, Wolfman, and other writers such as Frank Miller and Steve Gerber wanted to restart the continuity from scratch. Wolfman, Miller, and Gerber all wanted to do
4920-419: A secret identity. Martha makes a costume for him, and he decides to use the name he was given by Lois, "Superman". Clark's abilities are shown to have developed gradually in the yellow sun environment of Earth, starting with resistance to injury, with his flying ability emerging last. His powers do not reach their peak until his late teen years; thus, Clark only adopts the Superman identity in adulthood and never
5084-454: A similar tone to Richard Donner 's 1978 film , and would have included villains such as Zod, Brainiac , and Lex Luthor . In August 2008, Warner Bros. suggested that the planned sequel to Superman Returns , subtitled Man of Steel by director Bryan Singer , would now be a reboot of the film series. Studio executive Jeff Robinov planned to have the film released either by 2010 or 2011, explaining that " Superman Returns didn't quite work as
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5248-522: A spacecraft toward Earth before being killed by General Zod during a coup d'état. Kal-El lands in Kansas , where he is adopted by Jonathan and Martha Kent and named Clark . As he grows older, due to his Kryptonian physiology and Earth's yellow sun , he develops superhuman powers that Jonathan urges him to keep hidden, even refusing Clark's help years later during a tornado storm where he loses his life. Burdened with guilt over Jonathan's death, Clark travels
5412-575: A storyline in his two books where the Legion travels back in time to confront the post-Crisis Superman to find an explanation on Superboy's apparent disappearance. It was revealed that the Legion's enemy, the Time Trapper had created a " pocket universe " where Superboy existed. Whenever that Superboy would travel to the future or the Legion would travel to the past, the Time Trapper shifted them in and out of
5576-483: Is a 1986 comic book limited series featuring the DC Comics character Superman . Written and drawn by John Byrne , the series was presented in six issues which were inked by Dick Giordano . The series told the story of Superman's modern origin , which had been rebooted following the 1985–1986 series Crisis on Infinite Earths . DC editors wanted to make changes to the character of Superman, including making him
5740-594: Is a reference to one of Superman's nicknames which touted his invulnerability as making him the "Man of Steel". It was later used as the title of an ongoing comic series and in a film reboot in 2013 . The character of Superman was created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster . They originally intended for the character to star in a daily newspaper comic strip. He first appeared in the comic book , Action Comics #1, published in April 1938 by National Allied Publications (later renamed DC Comics). This book gave his origin, but
5904-524: Is a sense of lightness, of pop joy". The Washington Post ' s Ann Hornaday stated that with "Hans Zimmer's turgid, over-produced score", the film "is an exceptionally-unpleasant viewing experience". For The Denver Post ' s Lisa Kennedy, the chief problem with Man of Steel is the "rhythm and balance in the storytelling and directing" which resulted in a film that swings "between destructive overstatement and flat-footed homilies." Kofi Outlaw, Editor-in-Chief at Screen Rant , gave Man of Steel
6068-478: Is a way of approaching the story I've never seen before that makes it incredibly exciting. I wanted to get Emma Thomas and I involved in shepherding the project right away and getting it to the studio and getting it going in an exciting way. — Christopher Nolan , recalling the moment when Goyer presented the idea of a modernized Superman. In June 2008, Warner Bros. took pitches from comic book writers, screenwriters and directors on how to successfully reboot
6232-508: Is also larger and longer. While keeping every classic element to the costume, Byrne made adjustments to the Superman S-shield. The emblem is an original design by Clark and Jonathan, and Byrne significantly increased its size so that it almost entirely covers Superman's chest. The next issue is set shortly after the first, where the costumed Superman debuts in Metropolis. Daily Planet managing editor Perry White assigns Lois Lane to get
6396-489: Is an element borrowed from Bizarro's original debut in Superboy (vol. 1) #68, right down to the dust cloud. It is implied that the duplicate deliberately sacrifices itself after hearing that Lucy's sight began to improve after contact with the creature. Clark returns to Smallville after a long time away. His adoptive parents pick him up. Jonathan Kent is about to tell him something but Martha shushes him. Later that night, Clark
6560-498: Is discovered by his adoptive parents, Jonathan and Martha Kent . As a teenager, Clark Kent wins a high school football game almost by himself. He has developed many of his powers: Stamina, great strength, X-ray vision, and flight. Jonathan reveals to him that he is not Jonathan and Martha's biological son; they found him in a crashed spaceship. Jonathan explains that Clark needs to use his powers more responsibly, not for his own benefit. Clark decides to anonymously help others, and for
6724-518: Is helping people endangered by an alien invasion. The fortress was later restored within a Tesseract (an infinite space within a finite containment), and Kelex is once again its caretaker. Natasha Irons reprograms Kelex so that he would speak more in slang, such as calling Superman 'Big Blue'. That incarnation of the Fortress is destroyed during the "For Tomorrow" storyline. Superman relocates his new portable fortress to South America, but Kelex's fate in
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6888-472: Is just okay, but the man part is super." In a review on Roger Ebert 's website, Matt Zoller Seitz awarded the film three out of four stars, calling it an "astonishing movie" and praising the conflict between Clark and Zod. But he criticized the film for not having more personal and intimate moments between Clark and Lois. In 2014, Empire ranked Man of Steel the 286th-greatest film ever made on their list of "The 301 Greatest Movies Of All Time" as voted by
7052-529: Is still, at this point, unaware of his extraterrestrial origins, much as his Golden Age version did not learn the truth about his past until well into his adulthood. The villain Bizarro was established as an imperfect clone of Superman, created from the superhero's DNA, rather than as a duplicate resulting from an imperfect duplicating ray. Furthermore, Bizarro is no longer an "imperfect opposite" of Superman and as such, has identical rather than opposite powers. Though
7216-447: Is unable to sleep as he wonders what his Pa Kent was about to tell him. When he goes for a midnight snack, a "ghost" of Jor-El appears and touches him. Superman discovers himself to be on an alien planet where he encounters his biological mother, Lara. As the hallucination wears off, he is face to face with his old flame, Lana Lang . In a flashback, it turns out that on the night that Clark learned his heritage he went to Lana and revealed
7380-420: Is waiting for Nolan to sign on for another Batman, once that happens, the release date for Superman and all other future projects will follow." In February 2009, McG , who previously planned to direct Superman: Flyby , expressed interest in returning to the Superman franchise. August 2009 saw a court ruling in which Jerry Siegel 's family recaptured 50% of the rights to Superman's origins and Siegel's share of
7544-504: The Daily Planet in Metropolis , the creation of his secret identity of Superman, his first meeting with fellow hero Batman , and how he finally learned of his birth parents and from where he came. The series also included the reintroduction of a number of supporting characters , including fellow reporter and love interest Lois Lane and archenemy Lex Luthor , who was re-branded from
7708-463: The Harry Potter series to faith-based groups. Warner Bros. also asked Professor Craig Detweiler of Pepperdine University to "create a Superman-centric sermon outline for pastors titled Jesus: The Original Superhero ." Regarding this, Paul Asay of The Washington Post wrote that "the religious themes keep coming: Free will. Sacrifice. God-given purpose. Man of Steel isn't just a movie. It's
7872-506: The Superman film series . Comic book writers Grant Morrison , Mark Waid , Geoff Johns and Brad Meltzer were among those who pitched their ideas for a reboot: "I told them, it's not that bad. Just treat Superman Returns as the Ang Lee Hulk ", Morrison said. Waid said: " The Incredible Hulk has proven the audience will forgive you and let you redo the franchise". Morrison's idea
8036-651: The Daily Planet , and Rebecca Buller plays Jenny Jurwich, an intern of the Daily Planet . Jadin Gould, Rowen Kahn, and Jack Foley, respectively, play Lana Lang , Kenny Braverman , and Pete Ross , classmates of Clark Kent in high school. Joseph Cranford portrays Ross as an adult. Richard Cetrone, Samantha Jo , Revard Dufresne and Apollonia Vanova, respectively, play Tor-An, Car-Vex, Dev-Em II and Nadira, Kryptonian soldiers that follow General Zod. He basically told me, 'I have this thought about how you would approach Superman', I immediately got it, loved it and thought: That
8200-632: The Golden Age of Comic Books to the Silver Age of Comic Books . New heroes were introduced and Superman joined with them as a full member of the Justice League of America , but his work with the previous generation of heroes in the Justice Society of America gave conflicting details of his story. These conflicts were resolved in an issue of The Flash #123, Flash of Two Worlds . The story introduced
8364-474: The Phantom Zone , where they were imprisoned for treason for their actions against Krypton. They travel to Earth to turn it into a new Krypton, possessing several terraforming devices salvaged from Kryptonian outposts. Following Clark and Lois' capture, Zod's science officer, Jax-Ur , extracts Clark's genes so as to create new Kryptonians who will build a society based on Zod's ideals of genetic purity. Using
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#17328595324568528-641: The Philippines with $ 1.66 million. In the United Kingdom, Ireland and Malta, the film earned $ 5.6 million on its opening day and £11.2 million ($ 17.47 million) on its opening weekend. Its biggest opener outside the United States was in China, with $ 25.9 million in four days (Thursday to Sunday). In total earnings, its three largest countries after North America are China ($ 63.4 million),
8692-528: The United States and Canada , and $ 377 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $ 670 million, making it the highest-grossing solo Superman film of all time and the second-highest when adjusting for inflation. It is also the second-highest-grossing reboot of all time behind The Amazing Spider-Man . Deadline Hollywood calculated the film's net profit as $ 42.7 million, when factoring together all expenses and revenues, making it
8856-439: The ninth-highest-grossing film of 2013 . A follow-up , titled Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice , was released on March 25, 2016. The planet Krypton is destabilizing from the mining of the planetary core . Just before the planet explodes, Krypton's top scientist, Jor-El , steals and infuses the genetics codex into his new-born son, Kal-El , the first naturally born Kryptonian in centuries. Jor-El manages to send Kal-El in
9020-426: The 2009 mini-series Superman: Secret Origin ending 20 years of The Man of Steel being the official origin. Eventually, only the first post- Crisis encounter between Superman and Batman remained canonical. Many of the elements of the story were used in various other stories about the character. Other comic book series referred to it, such as the adaptation Superman: Earth One , which includes Clark Kent getting
9184-559: The Japanese anime shows Dragon Ball Z and Birdy the Mighty as an inspiration for the film's epic battle scenes. During the film's brainstorming, Oliva pitched the idea as "I could come up with something I've never seen in live-action American cinema and only in anime". Principal photography began on August 1, 2011, at an industrial park near DuPage Airport under the codename "Autumn Frost". Zack Snyder expressed reluctance to shooting
9348-588: The Jor-El AI to take over the ship, Clark and Lois flee and warn the U.S. military of Zod's plan, resulting in a confrontation between Clark and Zod's troops. Zod deploys his most powerful terraforming device, the World Engine, which severely damages Metropolis and risks humanity's extinction. Clark destroys the terraforming platform while the military launches an attack on the Black Zero, sending Zod's troops back to
9512-610: The Kents' alibi. While the pre- Crisis Superman's costume was indestructible, being made from the blankets in the rocket that brought him to Earth, the post- Crisis Superman costume is made of form-fitting ordinary spandex . It was later explained that the post- Crisis Superman's body generated an invisible "aura" that surrounded him and contributed to his bodily invulnerability. Objects held close to him, such as his costume (which attached to his skin), were protected from harm; his cape, meanwhile, could easily sustain damage in battle. The cape
9676-498: The Phantom Zone. With the ship destroyed and Krypton's only hope of revival gone, Zod vows to destroy Earth and its inhabitants out of revenge. The two Kryptonians engage in a lengthy battle across Metropolis, which concludes when Clark is forced to kill Zod as the latter attacks a family trapped in a train station. Sometime later, Clark adopts the moniker " Superman " and persuades the government to let him act independently, under
9840-638: The Smallville battle scenes, has also been lauded. Peter Travers of Rolling Stone gave it 3 stars out of 4, saying, "Caught in the slipstream between action and angst, Man of Steel is a bumpy ride for sure. But there's no way to stay blind to its wonders." Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter said rebooting the franchise was unnecessary, but that the film was confident enough and Snyder's attention to detail careful enough that audiences could overlook another reboot. PopMatters journalist J.C. Maçek III, wrote, "The path of this flawed savior isn't quite
10004-532: The Superman mythos. In 1945, Superman's adventures as a boy in Smallville were introduced in More Fun Comics #101 with the concept of Superboy , while his status as the only survivor of Krypton's destruction changed in 1959 with the introduction of his cousin, Supergirl in Action Comics #252. Eventually, these new details began to conflict with earlier stories, especially with the transition of comics from
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#173285953245610168-510: The Thursday night gross is included—putting it in third place, behind Monsters University and World War Z . Box Office Mojo called it an "abnormally large drop," close to the second-weekend decline for Green Lantern . Man of Steel earned $ 73.3 million on its opening weekend from 24 countries, which includes $ 4.2 million from 79 IMAX theaters, setting a June opening-weekend record for IMAX. The film set an opening-day record in
10332-413: The United Kingdom on December 2, 2013. As of January 2019, Man of Steel has sold more than 2.3 million DVDs along with an estimated of 3.3 million Blu-ray Discs totaling $ 44.4 million and $ 76.2 million, respectively, for a total of $ 120.7 million in sales. The film was later released in 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray format on July 19, 2016. Man of Steel grossed $ 291 million in
10496-403: The United Kingdom, Ireland and Malta ($ 46.2 million) and Australia ($ 22.3 million). On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 56% based on 344 reviews and an average rating of 6.2/10. The site's consensus reads, " Man of Steel ' s exhilarating action and spectacle can't fully overcome its detours into generic blockbuster territory." On Metacritic ,
10660-471: The actors, and polarized and non-polarized reference photos were taken. Superman's cape and costume were scanned in high detail—the cape in particular became a direct extension of Superman's actions. For the sequences involving the terraforming of the city Metropolis, Double Negative handled the visual effects for the sequence. To construct a Metropolis that seemed convincing and realistic, Double Negative used Esri 's CityEngine to help procedurally deliver
10824-421: The air and describes whatever the thing is you're supposed to be seeing." The beads of the display, which up close would appear to be pyramids with a slight bevel , were designed to create a surface of the object to depict inside a "console-like" figure. In the modeling and animation aspect of the liquid geometry, Goodwin explained: "We had to develop a pipeline to bring in assets, so instead of going through
10988-485: The battle away from Metropolis as the character did at the end of Superman II . Jim Lee had a positive opinion: "It's epic. It's got a lot of heart, but one of the things that was kind of missing from the last Superman movie I think was the action, and this movie has it in spades. I mean it is a visual thrill ride. It is amazing. You get to see all the powers of Superman, and in all its glory, and I think people are going to be blown away." Warner Bros. began planning
11152-513: The biggest advance night/midnight debut for a non-sequel. The film eventually earned $ 44 million during its opening Friday (including midnight grosses) and $ 56.1 million when the Thursday night showings are included. The opening-day gross was the second-highest for a non-sequel, and the 20th-largest overall. Its opening weekend gross of $ 116.6 million was the third-highest of 2013, behind Iron Man 3 ($ 174.1 million) and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire ($ 158.1 million), and
11316-416: The characters to the camera. So we would do that animation with the characters—grappling, punching or flying away—and we would take the real guys up until the point until they were supposed to do that and we'd cut. Then we'd put an environment camera there and take the environment. And then a camera for reference of the actors and get each moment. So then we had a set of high-res stills for the environment and
11480-428: The characters. Then, in post, we take the digi-doubles and animate them according to the speeds we want them to move in our digital environment." MPC handled the visual effects for the "Smallville encounter" sequence. Before providing the visual effects, the shots were previsualized for the fight choreography. After the previsualizations, live action portions of the scene would be filmed in small pieces: "If say Superman
11644-514: The city. According to Ged Wright , a Double Negative visual effects supervisor, it was a much more sci-fi based role, "so we took what they had done and extended it a great deal. The work we were doing was based around the Downtowns for New York, L.A. and Chicago and that gave us the building volumes for heights. We'd skin those volumes with kit parts, but most of it then had to fall down! So we had to rig it for destruction and use it for other aspects of
11808-514: The city. After Batman explains his motivations and outlook to Superman, the two then work together and eventually capture Magpie. Afterwards, they come to a mutual understanding of one another, then Batman reveals that the endangered person was Batman all along, which was the only way (at the time) that Batman had of keeping Superman at bay. Superman departs, cautioning Batman against crossing any further lines. Batman regards Superman privately as "a remarkable man, all things considered" and wonders if, in
11972-405: The clone appears to be a perfect duplicate of Superman until it keels over unconscious and its body starts to crystallize. Frustrated, Luthor orders the body to be disposed of. Days later, the duplicate resurfaces thinking it is Superman and helping Metropolitans. The people, upon seeing it, flee in fear. It later meets a blind Lucy Lane , Lois's sister, who attempted to commit suicide by jumping off
12136-460: The condition he does not turn against humanity. To gain covert access to dangerous situations, he takes a job under his civilian identity, Clark Kent, as a reporter for the Daily Planet . Additionally, Harry Lennix plays Lieutenant General Calvin Swanwick , a United States Army general officer and the deputy commander of United States Northern Command. Christina Wren plays Capt. Carrie Ferris,
12300-486: The confusion of new readers by getting rid of the multiverse. They would accomplish this in the 1985 limited series , Crisis on Infinite Earths . DC decided that with the series they could reboot the history of many of its characters, including Superman, leading to The Man of Steel . In the years before Crisis on Infinite Earths led to the reboot of the DC Universe, DC editors and Marv Wolfman had been wanting to do
12464-674: The copyright in Action Comics #1 . In addition, a judge ruled that Warner Bros. did not owe the families additional royalties from previous films. However, if they did not begin production on a Superman film by 2011, then the Siegel estate would have been able to sue for lost revenue on an unproduced film. The plot of Man of Steel employs a nonlinear narrative , and tells parts of the story in flashbacks. During story discussions for The Dark Knight Rises in 2008, David S. Goyer told Christopher Nolan his idea regarding how to present Superman in
12628-404: The culture. All of the people you see on Krypton are wearing this chainmail-like suit, with the same detailing as the Superman suit. Everyone has their family crests on their chests. The cuff and the boot details are shared through all of the different characters we meet on Krypton. So by the time we see Superman in his suit we understand why it looks the way it looks. John "DJ" Desjardin served as
12792-552: The decoded message led readers to another website with a countdown that led to the public release of the trailer. In anticipation of the film, Mattel unveiled a toy line which includes Movie Masters action figures. In addition, Lego released three Man of Steel sets, inspired by scenes from the film; Rubie's Costume Co. also released a new line of Man of Steel -inspired costumes and accessories for both kids and adults. The film has reportedly earned over $ 160 million from promotional tie-ins . Viral marketing campaigns for
12956-515: The director's position on the reboot because of his commitment on a film adaptation of At the Mountains of Madness , while Robert Zemeckis was also approached. Ben Affleck , Darren Aronofsky , Duncan Jones , Jonathan Liebesman , Matt Reeves (who would direct a Batman reboot ), and Tony Scott were considered as potential directors, before Zack Snyder was hired in October 2010. Casting began
13120-443: The duplicate is referred to as "bizarre" in-story, it is never explicitly named "Bizarro"; that name will not be established post- Crisis until years later, when another imperfect duplicate created by the same process runs rampant in Metropolis. Lois mentions that she has been dreaming of kissing Superman for five years now, indicating that he has been active in Metropolis at least that long at this point. The restoration of Lucy's sight
13284-464: The early days of Krypton, where little Kal-El witnesses his father's tireless struggle to save the planet, to the finale where Superman loses his powers as the Sun starts to go supernova . According to Millar, Vaughn suggested his Stardust actor Charlie Cox as a Golden-Age inspired Superman "when he was a bit more of a regular person". Vaughn would later say his pitch for a trilogy film would have been to
13448-470: The fact that they will merely be friends, and no longer pursues him as she did pre-Crisis. Clark's adoptive parents are alive and well into his adulthood, and Clark visits them periodically. Pre-Crisis, they had died shortly after Clark's high school graduation. Clark is twenty-eight years old by the time the story ends, indicating that the six issues had taken place over ten years. The story has been reprinted in trade paperback form in several editions. With
13612-462: The film began when the official website was replaced by "deep space radio waves". The message was decoded to reveal a voice that said "You Are Not Alone". The official site continued to be updated with new static files that slowly revealed the symbol for the film's villain, General Zod. Shortly after, the website was replaced with a "message" from Zod, who requested that Earth must return Kal-El to his custody and told Kal-El to surrender within 24 hours or
13776-483: The film in 3-D, due to the technical limitations of the format, and instead chose to shoot the film two-dimensionally and convert the film into 3-D in post-production, for a 2-D, 3-D, and IMAX 3-D release. Snyder also chose to shoot the film on film instead of digitally , because he felt it would make the film "a big movie experience". Cinematographer Amir Mokri shot the film with Panavision Panaflex Millennium XL2 cameras and C-Series anamorphic lenses . Filming
13940-468: The film received a weighted score of 55 out of 100 based on 47 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audience polls in North America from CinemaScore for the film tallied an average grade of an "A−" on an A+ to F scale, with those under the age of 18 and older than 50 giving it an "A". Cavill's performance as Superman earned mixed reviews, with some critics commenting on perceived stiffness and
14104-504: The film, Clark Kent learns that he is a superpowered alien from the planet Krypton . He assumes the role of mankind's protector as Superman, making the choice to face General Zod and prevent him from destroying humanity. Development began in 2008 when Warner Bros. took pitches from comic book writers, screenwriters , and directors , opting to reboot the franchise. In 2009, a court ruling resulted in Jerry Siegel 's family recapturing
14268-504: The film, leading to their removal from the suit. Because of Wilkinson's unavailability, Snyder chose Acheson to design the suit; however, he only started developing it, and Wilkinson finished the development when he returned, and designed the other character's costumes as well. Due to the substantial weight a practical suit would yield, the Kryptonian armor for General Zod was constructed through CGI to allow Shannon "freedom of movement". In
14432-551: The film, saying that while they "kinda liked it and kinda didn't", it did not present anything new, as they would have preferred a "second act" type story with Lex Luthor instead of re-establishing the character by presenting information Morrison is already familiar with. Morrison also questioned the need for a superhero to kill, as did artist Neal Adams . Adams suggested that other alternatives were open to Superman when Zod threatened innocent people with his heat vision, such as covering his eyes. He also criticized Superman for not moving
14596-1059: The first in a series of trade paperbacks to collect some of the early post-Crisis adventures of Superman. The story has also been adapted in other countries. In 1995, Battleaxe Press comics in South Africa released the series under the name Superman as an introduction to the character before publishing newly released comics from DC. In 1990, the series was adapted into a radio play in England simply entitled The Adventures of Superman by Dirk Maggs for BBC Radio 4 . It featured Stuart Milligan as Clark Kent / Superman, William Hootkins as Lex Luthor, Lorelei King as Lois Lane, Vincent Marzello as Jimmy Olsen, Garrick Hagon as Perry White, Shelley Thompson as Lana Lang, Dick Vosburgh as Jor-El, Barbara Barnes as Lucy Lane, David Graham as Fisher, Simon Treves as Metallo, Elizabeth Mansfield as Amanda McCoy, Burt Kwouk as Doctor Teng, and Jon Pertwee as Schwarz. From 1986 until 2003, The Man of Steel
14760-457: The first time after Superman has heard of a vigilante operating in Gotham City . Batman is on the trail of a criminal called Magpie when he is interrupted by Superman, who regards him as an outlaw. Rather than risk capture, Batman informs Superman that should the latter make any attempt to touch him, a signal will be activated triggering a hidden bomb that will kill an innocent person somewhere in
14924-459: The following November. Snyder confirmed both Booster Gold and Batman references in the film, indicating their presence in the DC shared film universe. When Zod destroys a satellite, the words "Wayne Enterprises" are scrolled on the satellite. Snyder and Nolan considered having Man of Steel share continuity with The Dark Knight trilogy , but ultimately decided against it. In the original script Zod
15088-490: The full story on the new hero. In the meantime, Superman is all over Metropolis helping others, from stopping muggings to foiling bank robberies. After a series of failed attempts to even encounter him again, Lois decides to take a gamble and plunges her car into the harbor to lure Superman into the open. Her plan works, as Superman arrives and takes her back to her apartment. The pair have a quiet talk in which Superman vaguely reveals some details about himself, including confirming
15252-500: The globe hiding under various aliases seeking a purpose in life. Daily Planet reporter Lois Lane receives an assignment to investigate the discovery of a Kryptonian scout ship in the Arctic. Clark enters the ship disguised as a worker and learns from its artificial intelligence modeled after his father Jor-El about his origins, and that Clark was sent to Earth to help guide its people. While following Clark, Lois inadvertently triggers
15416-495: The green light, executive editor Dick Giordano found out John Byrne was no longer under contract with Marvel Comics in May 1985. He and Byrne began talking about what Byrne would do with Superman if offered the job. With DC agreeing with 99% of the revision, Byrne was given the go-ahead for what became The Man of Steel . Byrne's original pitch was to mold Superman through a story arc over six or eight issues which would bring Superman to
15580-627: The idea of the DC Multiverse , which presented the idea that these original heroes from the Golden Age were from Earth-2, while the current generation of heroes were from Earth-1. This created an infinite number of worlds on which any number of conflicting stories could occur, which resolved many of these conflicts in the Superman mythos. The multiverse, however, turned out to be too complicated for casual readers of comic books. DC Comics wanted more readers for their comics and decided that they would ease
15744-441: The idea that Batman exists in a world where he is the only superhero and a similar approach to the Man of Steel would assure the integrity needed for the film. Nolan, however, clarified that the new film would not have any relationship with the previous film series, in which he commented: "Each serves to the internal logic of the story. They have nothing to do with each other". Robinov spoke to Entertainment Weekly , and allowed
15908-520: The in-house fluids tool "Squirt" to handle larger-scale sims and interaction for more tightly coupled volumes and particles. Regarding the battle between Superman and Zod, Double Negative implemented real photography onto its digital doubles. Hans Zimmer initially denied popular rumors that he would be composing the film's score , but in June 2012, it was confirmed that Zimmer would, in fact, be doing so after all. To completely distinguish Man of Steel from
16072-460: The intent in shooting the film was to use handheld devices to make the film feel like a " documentary-style " film. Desjardin said: "We had to think about what that would mean, since we also had to photograph some crazy action. So for a lot of the previs we did, we'd start to think where our cameras were and where our cameraman was. A lot of the rules are the Battlestar Galactica rules for
16236-659: The knowledge he has been given, in the end, he embraces his humanity ever more. As opposed to the earlier version, where others such as Supergirl and Krypto also survived, Superman is portrayed as the sole survivor of Krypton's destruction. He has no memory of his existence on Krypton, and instead identifies as a citizen of Earth. Pre-Crisis, Pete Ross knows of Clark's abilities since they are teenagers, while Lana Lang suspects Clark of being Superboy. Post-Crisis, Pete learns this information much later. Instead, Clark reveals his abilities to Lana just before leaving Smallville, and, while she retains feelings for him, has come to terms with
16400-441: The latter is offended (having some knowledge of Luthor's past) and angrily decides to leave the ship, taking Clark with her. She and Clark are then confronted by South American terrorists, who promptly throw Clark overboard when he intervenes to protect Lois. As the terrorists cordon off the hostages, Clark changes to Superman and lifts the ship, which surprises everyone on board. Lois seizes the opportunity, fighting back and capturing
16564-401: The magazine's readers. Speaking to Fox Business Channel , Grae Drake , senior editor of Rotten Tomatoes, expressed dismay over the critical reception, stating, "As much as I love and respect our critics at Rotten Tomatoes, I've got to say I am shocked. Listen, the movie's not perfect but ... I just cannot fathom it. It was a good movie, you guys." Reaction to the film among comics creators
16728-633: The major dividing line across the DC Universe as a whole. The pre-Crisis stories were drawn to a close in Alan Moore 's Superman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? . In the first issue, during Superman's public debut, he was originally going to save a landing space shuttle. After the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster , the Constitution was changed to "an experimental space-plane". The story
16892-405: The mini-series "Must Read", while others gave many examples of why it is loved. Although many people praised the story, it did have some detractors. Some claimed the series discarded the true Superman, while others claimed that DC and Byrne did not understand the character of Superman. Others have given examples of why the new Superman was overthought and did not work as a character. In 2003,
17056-434: The name "Superman" that Lois gave him in her first article about him. Superman then departs, but not before asking Lois if she always carries an aqua-lung in her car. Lois finally has her scoop – the first sit-down interview with Superman – only to find out she's been beaten to the headline by the Daily Planet' s newest reporter: Clark Kent. In this series, Lois Lane was written as an aggressive reporter and personality from
17220-744: The new Superman's adventures were published by DC Comics. Byrne continued his stories in the brand new Superman #1, and continued with Action Comics #584, while Marv Wolfman wrote Adventures of Superman which had been retitled from the original Superman book and began with #424. Byrne and Wolfman continued the changes presented in The Man of Steel in these on-going stories. Although most of Superman's powers remained unchanged, they did become limited to make him more believable. Additionally, he could no longer survive in space indefinitely without an air supply. These changes eliminated intergalactic and time travel stories. They also wanted to establish Clark Kent as
17384-476: The next few years, while studying in university, he secretly saves lives and averts disasters. While in Metropolis, however, he openly prevents the crash of an experimental space plane, revealing his existence to the public. He meets Lois Lane and the two start to connect when a grateful mob of people surrounds them. Clark, unable to deal with the sudden attention, flies away to consult his parents. In order to preserve Clark's privacy, Jonathan suggests that Clark adopt
17548-462: The ninth most profitable release of 2013. The film earned $ 116.6 million on its opening weekend, including $ 17.5 million from IMAX theaters. Man of Steel earned an additional $ 120 million from DVD and Blu-ray sales. Man of Steel made $ 12 million from a Thursday night Walmart screening program, and an additional $ 9 million from midnight shows. This marked Warner Bros.' third-highest advance night/midnight opening, and
17712-507: The official track listing of the two- CD deluxe edition was revealed. Many reviewers interpreted Man of Steel as a religious allegory , especially since Warner Bros. set up a website that contains "a nine-page pamphlet entitled Jesus: The Original Superhero ". Justin Craig compares Kal-El's struggle to the Passion of Christ , stating that "Kal-El is more than willing to sacrifice himself to save
17876-411: The one that we have been led to expect and many fans will love that and many fans will decry its comic book-divergent choices. On the other hand, barring Lois Lane's own knowledge of the dual nature of Clark and Superman (thus depriving one of fiction's greatest reveals), the hero we see in the final moments of Man of Steel is nothing if not the character Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster created ... with just
18040-401: The other Kryptonians proved to be a major challenge for the filmmakers and the visual effects crew. Desjardin explained: "When we do these fights and these hyper-real things, we don't want to do the traditional, 'OK I'm a cameraman, I'm shooting a clean plate, I'm going to pan over here to follow the action that's not really there yet but we'll put the action in later. Because that's us animating
18204-520: The people of Earth. Originally reluctant to reveal his identity and powers to the world, Superman decides to turn himself over to Zod to save humanity from annihilation." Craig also states that there is an allegory to the Trinity within Man of Steel : "Jor-El returns to Kal-El on Earth as a ghost, guiding his budding superhero son on his journey to salvation. Before Jor-El sends his son off to Earth baby Moses-style, he tells his wife that, like Jesus, 'He'll be
18368-401: The pocket universe. This would also be used to explain the existence of Supergirl in the Legion stories. One change of the Superman mythos introduced by Byrne was that Kal-El was not an infant sent from Krypton to Earth, rather, his fetus was placed in a "birthing matrix" equipped with a rocket engine and Jor-El 's experimental warp drive, with Kal-El gestating during the trip to Earth. Once
18532-643: The point where he wanted him to be, but because DC insisted on a reboot, Byrne used that approach instead. The mini-series was designed to reboot the Superman mythos using the history-altering effects of Crisis on Infinite Earths as an explanation. Thus, for modern comics, The Man of Steel is the dividing point between the previous canon of the Silver Age, and the Modern Age . The two different versions are referred to in stories soon after and by fans as "pre-Crisis" and "post-Crisis", per Crisis on Infinite Earths being
18696-463: The previous films, the iconic " Superman March " by John Williams was not used. Hans Zimmer's soundtrack for Man of Steel was released publicly on June 11, 2013. An unofficial rip of the musical score from the third trailer , entitled "An Ideal of Hope", confirmed to be a cut-down version of the track "What Are You Going to Do When You Are Not Saving the World?", was released on April 19. In late April,
18860-405: The principal means of display—a technology the filmmakers called "liquid geometry". Weta Digital visual effects supervisor Dan Lemmon explained that "it's a bunch of silver beads that are suspended through a magnetic field, and the machine is able to control that magnetic field so that the collection of beads behave almost like three-dimensional pixels , and they can create a surface that floats in
19024-548: The real person, with Superman being the disguise. Clark was no longer "mild-mannered", but became more assertive. He worked out to explain his muscular build and had written a "best-selling" novel before becoming a Daily Planet reporter. Additionally, most stories of other characters trying to find out Superman's secret identity were eliminated, as it was not believed that he had an alter-ego. Byrne also decided to keep Jonathan and Martha alive and well into Clark's adulthood to be important support characters for years. He also limited
19188-484: The release of Action Comics #584, Adventures of Superman #424, and Superman #1 in October 1986 there was a card in each copy that readers could fill out and mail to DC for a chance to win a rare copy of a collected trade paperback. This version was unique in that it was actually all six issues of the Man of Steel mini-series with the spines trimmed and rebound with a new cover with a photocopied note that read: Congratulations! Your entry has been selected to receive
19352-466: The rights to Superman's origins and Siegel's copyright. The decision stated that Warner Bros. did not owe the families additional royalties from previous films, but if they did not begin production on a Superman film by 2011, then the Shuster and Siegel estates would be able to sue for lost revenue on an unproduced film. Nolan pitched Goyer's idea after a story discussion on The Dark Knight Rises , and Snyder
19516-416: The rights to the domain name manofsteel.com, in use by a member of the public, for use for the film's official website. On November 20, 2012, for the release of The Dark Knight Rises DVD and Blu-ray , Warner Bros. launched a countdown on the film's website where fans could share the countdown on websites like Facebook or Twitter to unlock an "exclusive reward". On December 3, 2012, the "exclusive reward"
19680-509: The rocket landed, Kal-El was fully "born" on Earth. This made him "born" an American, a plot point that would be used in Armageddon 2001 , a DC Comics storyline which explored possible futures, one of which featured Superman becoming President of the United States . The planet Krypton in this series is cold and emotionally sterile, an idea Byrne borrowed from the 1978 film Superman and later carried on by other writers. The Man of Steel
19844-410: The route of reducing the polygon count to something usable what we would then do—you would take the model in whatever way it was made and just scatter discrete points onto it, and extract the matrix onto the animation and copy these points onto the matrix and have these sparse points behaving in a way that the model would." After the animation, artists duplicated the beads onto the animated geometry for
20008-476: The same rocket. Lara refused saying that the rocket was too small and might not make it to Earth because of her added weight, and she wanted to stay with her husband, an idea that was briefly touched on in Superman: The Animated Series . Byrne's original idea was to show a pregnant Lara leaving Krypton. After landing near Smallville, Lara would immediately succumb to a small chunk of kryptonite that
20172-452: The same thing: get rid of Clark Kent's career as Superboy, cut down Superman's powers, make changes in Lex Luthor 's character, and make Superman the only survivor of Krypton, avoiding the other Kryptonian characters if necessary. However, regardless of wanting the same things, how each writer wanted to approach the revision was different. After time had passed with no revision being granted
20336-444: The scoop on Superman. The story begins with Superman confronting Luthor after foiling another of the latter's revenge schemes. However, Luthor is able to elude arrest when Superman is unable to tie the villain to his criminal act. Superman leaves but not before his body is scanned by Dr. Teng's cloning machine. Due to Superman's alien heritage, the machine is unable to duplicate his DNA as it can only recognize known life-forms. At first
20500-434: The series was used once again in 1991 when DC gave Superman a fourth on-going monthly comic book, Superman: The Man of Steel . It was also used for the rebooted film franchise of Superman in the 2013 origin story film, Man of Steel . The dystopian view of Krypton in the film is also heavily influenced by John Byrne's mini series in which they ruined their ecology and they don't have natural child birth. The Man of Steel
20664-533: The ship's security system, and he uses his powers to rescue her from its defenses. He wears a uniform provided by the ship's AI and begins testing his abilities. Unable to convince supervisor Perry White to publish an article on the incident, Lois tracks down Clark in Smallville , with the intent of exposing him. However, Lois drops the story upon hearing of Jonathan Kent's sacrifice, keeping Clark's identity safe while fueling Perry's suspicions. Zod and his crew escape
20828-463: The sole survivor of his home planet Krypton , and Byrne's story was written to show these changes and to present Superman's origin. The series includes the embryonic Kal-El rocketing away from the destruction of Krypton and his birth upon landing in Kansas when he emerged from the artificial womb, Clark Kent as a teenager in Smallville learning that he was found in a crashed space ship, him being hired at
20992-535: The sole survivor of the planet Krypton and the removal of his career as Superboy. These alterations in continuity would have a serious effect on the Legion of Super-Heroes . The Legion was formed based on the legends of Superman's adventures as a boy, and since they were still in continuity this was a problem. Additionally, Supergirl visited and worked with the Legion in many of their stories. Since Supergirl did not exist either, Byrne had to correct this incongruity. He created
21156-420: The space cams that Gary Hurtzel [ sic ] developed for that miniseries , where we want to make sure if we're translating the camera at all it makes sense. Unless the action is so over the top, like in the end where Superman is beating up Zod—we had to break it a bit." For the first act of the film taking place on the planet Krypton, Weta Digital placed alien-like planet environments, creatures and
21320-525: The start, and she never expressed a desire to find out Superman's identity or that he might have an alter-ego. Lois was given reddish-brown hair. Although she is clearly attracted to Superman, Lois is depicted as a driven career woman, with no thoughts of matrimony. She was also responsible for coming up with the name "Superman", as in other media iterations of the character (such as the film Superman and animated television series Superman: The Animated Series ). Superman and Batman encounter each other for
21484-580: The story was finally replaced by the 12-issue limited series, Superman: Birthright , which added on elements to the origin story of Superman. DC stated that Birthright and Man of Steel formed the full "official" origin for Superman. Birthright made use of many elements of Man of Steel that tied into the other series, but also introduced new aspects ignored by Byrne and thus brought back various pre-Crisis elements (such as Lex and Clark as childhood friends in Smallville). The Kara Zor-El version of Supergirl
21648-464: The story with producer Christopher Nolan . The film is a reboot of the Superman film series , depicting the character's origin story , and it is the first installment in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU). Man of Steel stars Henry Cavill as Superman in the title role along with Amy Adams , Michael Shannon , Kevin Costner , Diane Lane , Laurence Fishburne , and Russell Crowe . In
21812-517: The storyline was left unknown at the time. In Justice League of America (vol. 2), Kelex attempts to destroy humanity by controlling a robot army before being destroyed by Supergirl and Jesse Quick . Kelex is seen again in " DC Rebirth ", once again a loyal assistant in Superman's Fortress of Solitude. Kelex has enhanced vision and can fly. Kelex appears in the limited graphic novel series Superman and Batman versus Aliens and Predator . The Man of Steel (comics) The Man of Steel
21976-430: The suit had been stolen and that he had no knowledge of the plot to attack Superman, but the suit's systems have left the man inside a vegetable, unable to tell the truth of Luthor's involvement. The reader later learns that Luthor was responsible for all of the above, which Superman suspects. Additionally, through Dr. Teng's examination, Luthor is among the first to discover that Superman is not human, but an alien. Superman
22140-437: The surface. That was then saved to disk and we would use that sim as the final target for the simulation." After the simulation process, Weta Digital ran every bead through a temporal filter to remove jitter to control the noise. Lighting solutions directly worked on the set. Weta used RenderMan to take advantage of improved ray tracing and instancing objects. The sequences where Superman uses close-combat fight scenes with
22304-494: The terrorists with a last-minute assist from Superman. Luthor then tries to put Superman on his personal retainer, which Superman declines. Luthor then reveals that he allowed the terrorists to attack just to see Superman in action for himself, to the outrage of everyone present. Superman is then deputized by the mayor of Metropolis to arrest Luthor for reckless endangerment, who is released hours later thanks to his legal team. A few days later, Luthor confronts Superman and warns him of
22468-449: The third-highest among non-sequels, behind Marvel's The Avengers ($ 207.4 million) and The Hunger Games ($ 152.5 million). It also broke Toy Story 3 ' s record ($ 110.3 million) for the highest weekend debut in June (the record was again broken two years later by Jurassic World ' s opening gross of $ 208.8 million). However, on its second weekend, Man of Steel ' s box office fell almost 65%–68% if
22632-580: The time the relaunch of the monthly titles took place. Later, Byrne stated that he wished he had kept Superboy to fill the role of Superman still "figuring it out", but this idea was used extensively in the Smallville television series. An unused Marv Wolfman idea was to show Lois Lane and Lex Luthor being romantically involved and living together in Luthor's estate in the mountains until Superman came to Metropolis. Lois would then leave Luthor to go after Superman, another reason for Luthor to hate Superman. This idea
22796-415: The truth of his powers to her. She confesses her feelings to him. She realizes that Clark can no longer belong to her, that he belongs to the world and this fact had hurt her. She had gone through a period of depression and finally accepts the fact. The next day, Superman thinks about what she said and starts wondering about where he truly came from. He goes to the location where Jonathan hid the rocket ship he
22960-413: The use of Superman's weakness, Kryptonite. He removed all other forms besides the green variety, and made it an extremely rare element that came to Earth in one large rock with Superman's rocket. Lex Luthor believed early on that the radiation emanating from Kryptonite was within safe limits for humans, but was proved wrong in later stories. Two of the biggest changes to Superman was reestablishing him as
23124-399: The visual supervisor for Man of Steel , with Weta Digital , MPC and Double Negative providing the visual effects for the film. Zack Snyder wanted the film to "appear very natural because there's some very fantastical things in there and he wanted people to suspend their disbelief, and we the visual effects team had to make it as easy as possible for them to do so." Desjardin noted that
23288-430: The work as well." For the destruction of the buildings, the studio rewrote its own asset system to focus towards its dynamic events. The Bullet physics software was a heavily impacted component for the use of the destruction. Wright said that "we wanted to be able to run an RBD event and trigger all these secondary events, whether it was glass or dust simulations—all of those things needed to be chained up and handled in
23452-627: The world would suffer the consequences. A viral site called "IWillFindHim.com" was released that showed a countdown to the third trailer for the film. Warner Bros. enlisted Christian -based marketing firm Grace Hill Media to help spread the Christian themes of the film to the religious demographics . Special trailers were created outlining the religious tones, due to Hollywood studios frequently marketing movies to specific religious and cultural groups. Warner Bros. previously marketed films such as The Blind Side , The Notebook , The Book of Eli and
23616-494: Was Superboy. In some pre- Crisis depictions, the Kents surrendered baby Kal-El to an orphanage before having a change of heart and legally adopting him as their own. Here, the Kents secretly adopt Clark and pass him off as their biological son. Prior to finding Clark, Martha Kent had a history of failed pregnancies. Friends and relatives assumed that they kept Martha's "pregnancy" a secret over fear of losing another child. A blizzard that closed off Smallville for weeks also helped in
23780-399: Was also reintroduced. In 2005, the DC Universe spanning story, Infinite Crisis made further changes to Superman, which left questions once again about Superman's origin. It was not until then-monthly Superman writer Kurt Busiek stated that the post- Infinite Crisis Superman origin had yet to be established. After the conclusion of Infinite Crisis , this origin was finally explained in
23944-579: Was also used for the oil rig rescue scene where Superman is first introduced. Ucluelet and Nanaimo , British Columbia , feature prominently in the film's first hour—the trademark winter mist and rough seas are passed off as Alaska in the film. Filming took place in the Chicago Loop from September 7 to 17. The Chicago shoot was a unit project, meaning that filming would partake numerous establishing shots as well as cutaways and might not necessarily include principal cast members. Man of Steel features
24108-480: Was being punched and would land 50 meters away, we would shoot our start position and end position, and then bridge that gap with the CG takeovers", says Guillaume Rocheron , the MPC visual effects supervisor. A camera rig would then obtain key frames of the choreographed actor; Desjardin said "it's a six-still camera rig that's built on a pipe rig so that you can run it in at the end of a setup and get stills of key frames of
24272-462: Was cut down to one page. Soon after his introduction, the character became very popular, and by summer of 1939 he was starring in not only Action Comics , but also his own self-titled comic Superman , becoming the first character successful enough to support two comic titles. In the next few decades, Superman's story was expanded to include new characters and storylines. After Siegel and Shuster left, new writers and artists added their own ideas to
24436-418: Was embedded in the ship's hull, introducing the dangers of the rocks. Lara would then have been found by the Kents while she was in labor. Before dying, Lara would have told them to look after her son. They would then take young Kal-El, an alien born on Earth, and raise him as their own just as they promised his mother. This was also Byrne's way to emphasize the Kents being chosen caretakers rather than them being
24600-595: Was expected to last for two to three months. Production took place in Plano, Illinois on August 22 to 29. According to an interview with Michael Shannon, filming would continue until February 2012. Man of Steel filmed in the Chicago area, California , and Burnaby 's Mammoth Studios in Vancouver , which was used as a set for Krypton and the extraterrestrial aircraft portrayed in the film. Vancouver's North Shore waterfront area
24764-455: Was found in only to find that the ship is gone. The hologram of Jor-El reappears and tells him to be silent and to learn. It appears that Superman is under some kind of psionic attack but the Kents arrive in time and break it off. Superman flies away, realizing that it was not a mental attack but a download of knowledge of everything about Krypton into his brain. He finally knows his biological parents and where he came from and though he appreciates
24928-491: Was going to getting sucked into the Phantom Zone, but Snyder and Goyer felt it was unsatisfying so they asked DC Comics if Superman would kill someone if he didn't have a choice. Nolan was against this approach, leading Goyer to come up with the scene with the heat vision and putting people in imminent danger and this convinced Nolan. The film's storyboard was created by storyboard artist Jay Oliva , in his first live-action feature film project, along with Snyder. Oliva has cited
25092-462: Was highly regarded as an origin story for Superman. The first issue sold 200,000 copies. The cover to that issue was named one of the "75 Most Iconic DC Covers of All-Time" by Comic Book Resources, while users on that site voted it (along with the rest of Byrne's Superman run) as one of the "Top 100 Comic Book Runs" in 2012. Issue #3, where Superman met Batman, was named by IGN as one of "The Greatest Superman/Batman Stories". The website io9 called
25256-807: Was hired as the film's director in October 2010. Principal photography began in August 2011 in West Chicago, Illinois , before moving to Vancouver and Plano, Illinois . Man of Steel premiered in the Alice Tully Hall in New York City on June 10, 2013, and was released by Warner Bros. Pictures in the United States on June 14. Critics felt the film's visually-appealing action sequences were not enough to overcome its descent into "generic blockbuster territory", and they were divided over Cavill's performance as Superman. It grossed $ 670 million worldwide, becoming
25420-422: Was initially agreed upon that he could depict Superman "learning the ropes" as a young hero early in his career. This was part of the reason why Byrne eliminated Superboy from the mythos, as he felt Superboy would be an unnecessary character under those circumstances. Once Byrne officially signed on to write the story, however, he was informed that his Superman would need to be "up to speed" and an established hero by
25584-429: Was later the name of a 2018 miniseries written by Brian Michael Bendis , Bendis' first major work for DC Comics . Man of Steel (film) Man of Steel is a 2013 superhero film based on the DC Comics character Superman . Produced by Warner Bros. Pictures , Legendary Pictures , DC Entertainment , and Syncopy , it was directed by Zack Snyder from a screenplay written by David S. Goyer who developed
25748-478: Was mixed. Those who enjoyed it include Jeff Parker , Heidi MacDonald , Ethan Van Sciver , Christos Gage and former Superman writer Dan Jurgens . Among its detractors were Joe Keatinge , Sean McKeever , Gabriel Hardman and Mark Waid . MacDonald praised the film's action, drama and leads Henry Cavill and Amy Adams. Van Sciver singled out Cavill in particular for praise. Gage called it the best Superman film since 1980's Superman II . Hardman said that he liked
25912-458: Was originally slated for release in December 2012, but it was pushed to the June 14, 2013, date to avoid competition with Warner Bros's other film The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey , which was released on December 14, 2012. It was released as a single-disc DVD (feature film only), on two-disc DVD with bonus features, and respective Blu-ray and Blu-ray 3D combo packs on November 12, 2013, and in
26076-550: Was published in six issues from July to September 1986. Each issue focuses on a different time in the early years of Superman's career. In telling the story, Byrne drew from available media depictions of Superman for inspiration, including the Fleischer Studios cartoons and George Reeves ' portrayal in the 1950s television series, Adventures of Superman . The first issue chronicles the origin of Superman, beginning with his flight from Krypton to his arrival on Earth where he
26240-408: Was revealed to be an official Man of Steel teaser poster. The poster, which depicts Superman being arrested, generated a positive response and much speculation about the film's story. On December 10, 2012, a website appeared at dsrwproject.com that provided audio signals to be decoded by viewers. It was discovered to be related to the film due to the copyright on the website. By December 11, 2012,
26404-430: Was scrapped because Byrne did not want Lois as someone who was drawn to power (and he didn't want any mountains shown alongside the city either). Therefore, The Man of Steel depicts Lois and Luthor as having only casually dated. This idea was explored during the first season of the television series, Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman , and was a backstory in Superman: The Animated Series . The title of
26568-449: Was similar to their work on All-Star Superman , while Waid's was akin to Superman: Birthright . Mark Millar , teaming with director Matthew Vaughn , also planned an epic eight-hour Superman trilogy, each installment released a year apart, similar to The Lord of the Rings . Millar compared it to The Godfather trilogy , in which it would chronicle the entire life of Superman, from
26732-490: Was the official Superman origin story. The 1998 limited series, Superman for All Seasons added to the story, but did not remove it from continuity. Byrne followed the story with three four-issue mini-series that retold and explored the new world of Superman: The World of Krypton (December 1987 – March 1988), The World of Smallville (April – July 1988), and The World of Metropolis (August – November 1988). In addition to these stories, three on-going monthly comics featuring
26896-430: Was widely released using newsprint-type paper with a lower cover price of $ 7.50 US/$ 9.95 Canada, with this edition being the fourth printing using an all black front cover art with the Superman 'S' shield logo displayed ( ISBN 0-930289-28-5 ). It was again re-released in 2003, with a cover price of $ 14.99 US with a new cover by Jerry Ordway and under the title of Superman: The Man of Steel Vol. 1, which would be
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