Batman villain returns in “Heart of Hush”
Batman: Heart of Hush
Collecting “Detective Comics” #846-850 from Paul Dini and Dustin Nguyen’s run on the title, “Heart of Hush” brings back the Batman villain Hush, created by Jeph Loeb and Jim Lee in the “Hush” storyline.
Men want to be Superman, AskMen says
Christopher Reeve in "Superman II"
As part of AskMen’s 2011 Great Male Survey, men were asked which superhero they’d most want to be.
Superman took the top spot, with 32 percent of the vote. Rich guys Batman and Iron Man came in next, with 24 and 21 percent respectively.
“X-Men” (I guess presented as a group) received 17 percent of the vote, and Captain America finished with just 5 percent.
Get more survey results at AskMen.com.
- Matt Price
Zack Snyder’s “Man of Steel” moves to 2013
Variety reports that the Man of Steel will be a summer tentpole after all.
The Superman reboot “Man of Steel,” which will star Henry Cavill as Clark Kent/Superman and be directed by Zack 
Snyder (“300″) has a new release date: June 14, 2013.
That’s six months later than the originally planned December 2012 date. This will allow Warners to avoid conflict with “The Hobbit,” also set to release in Dec. 2012.
Amy Adams will appear in the film as Lois Lane; Diane Lane and Kevin Costner will play Superman’s earth parents, the Kents.
- Matt Price
Lois Lane has a new boyfriend
As revealed by the New York Daily News, Lois Lane will have a new boyfriend when “Superman” reboots in September.
Clark Kent will be newly single following world-altering events in the pages of DC Comics’ “Flashpoint” series.
“Superman is one of the World’s Greatest Super Heroes, but he can’t have it all,” said Jim Lee, Co-Publisher of DC Entertainment. “Many of us know what it’s like to be the odd man out and we think readers will have a soft spot for Clark when they see his reaction to Lois’ new boyfriend.”
Newly single Superman to debut in September’s Superman comics
Via the DC Comics Source blog, DC Comics has revealed more about the September relaunch of “Action Comics” and “Superman.”
“Action Comics” will look at the early days of Superman as he struggles to adjust to his adopted home. He must deal with both the loss of his birth planet and the loss of his adopted earth parents.
In the series’ first storyline, “Action” will explore the origins of Superman’s costume, as it evolves from a look that includes jeans and work boots to a new look: a suit of battle armor that pays tribute to his Kryptonian past, DC Comics reports.
His powers may reflect more of Superman’s powers back in the Golden Age: He can leap tall buildings in a single bound, but his flying is a new development.
Meanwhile, “Superman,” written by George Perez, will focus on the modern-day, never-married Superman, who, as Clark Kent, works at the Daily Planet.
- Matt Price
Captain America secrets; Man of Steel cast grows; favorite Transformers
News on “Man of Steel,” secrets of Captain America and a “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” report are on this week’s Planet 46/NewsOK comics podcast.
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Happy Father’s Day 2011!
Happy Father’s Day, both to my dad, and all the other dads out there. I’ll share one of my favorite quotes from Superman’s father Jor-El, as played by Marlon Brando (which I also shared on Father’s Day a couple of years ago.)
“All that I have, all that I’ve learned, everything I feel… all this, and more, I I bequeath you, my son. You will carry me inside you, all the days of your life. You will make my strength your own, and see my life through your eyes, as your life will be seen through mine.” - Jor-El, “Superman: The Movie.”
- Matt Price
Green Lantern interview, Man of Steel news, Junkfoodclothing.com T-shirt giveaway
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CROWE MAY PLAY JOR-EL
Academy Award-winning actor Russell Crowe is in negotiations to play the role of Jor-El in “Man of Steel,” Variety is reporting.
Zack Snyder is directing the film for Warner Bros., which stars Henry Cavill as Superman/Clark Kent. Jor-El, played by Marlon Brando in 1978′s “Superman,” is Superman’s father on the planet Krypton.
RYAN REYNOLDS DIDN’T GET TO WEAR SUPERHERO SUIT, EXACTLY
Green Lantern doesn’t have to worry about dry cleaning his superhero suit.
“In the mythology of the film, the suit is made of pure energy,” said Ryan Reynolds, who plays Green Lantern. “So there’s no actual suit, because that would burn. What I’m wearing is a motion-capture suit, with tracking marks and tracking dots and those sorts of things. It was a little bizarre. I sort of looked like a crash test dummy who lost his Volvo.”
The suit became especially difficult to wear as filming continued into August in New Orleans, he said.
But Reynolds said he was impressed when he first saw the suit in motion in test footage about six weeks into shooting.
“It was just incredible to see that thing in motion and moving around,” he said.
VALIANT COMICS PLANS COHERENT, INTERCONNECTED UNIVERSE
New Valiant Comics executive editor Warren Simons said some of the company’s “most beloved characters” will be key to the relaunch.
“There are a number of great characters worthy of the spotlight, including X-O Manowar, Bloodshot, Harbinger, Archer & Armstrong, Eternal Warrior, Rai, Ninjak and Shadowman, to name a few,” he said.
He said the coherent Valiant Universe will be among the selling points for the new line.
“Jim Shooter, Barry Windsor-Smith, Bob Layton and all the talented writers and artists who first introduced the Valiant characters built a three-dimensional universe that readers could dive into headfirst,” he said. “They did this with a set of great ideas that we intend to honor and update. Chief among these is a coherent universe with strong interconnectivity and clear continuity.”
REVIEW FILE: Kirby Genesis #1, Flashpoint: Wonder Woman and the Furies #1, Alpha Flight #1
Comics read in 2011: 791 Still to go: 1220
Russell Crowe in talks to play Superman’s father Jor-El in “Man of Steel”
Russell Crowe (AP)
Academy Award-winning actor Russell Crowe is in negotiations to play the role of Jor-El in “Man of Steel,” Variety is reporting.
Marlon Brando as Jor-El
Zack Snyder is directing the film for Warner Bros., which stars Henry Cavill as Superman/Clark Kent. Jor-El, played by Marlon Brando in 1978′s “Superman,” is Superman’s father on the planet Krypton. (Footage of Brando as Jor-El was also used in the 2006 film “Superman Returns,” directed by Bryan Singer. Brando scenes were also re-inserted into the 2006 Richard Donner cut of Superman II.)
In “Man of Steel,” Amy Adams will star as Lois Lane. Kevin Costner and Diane Lane play Clark Kent’s earthly parents, Jonathan and Martha Kent. According to Variety, the production, which begins next month, is still seeking an actress to portray Lara, Superman’s Kryptonian mother.
Crowe won an Oscar for the 2000 Ridley Scott film “Gladiator,” and has also starred in the well-reviewed films “L.A. Confidential,” “The Insider” and “Cinderella Man.” In 2010, he appeared as Robin Hood in the Ridley Scott film “Robin Hood.” Also in 2010, he starred with Elizabeth Banks in the film “The Next Three Days.”
- Matt Price
Henry Cavill: Nerdage’s #1 actor with geek appeal
Henry Cavill (AP)
Henry Cavill, star of “The Tudors” and “Stardust” got a major boost in geek appeal when Zack Snyder chose him to star as Clark Kent/Superman in the upcoming film reboot of the Superman property, “Man of Steel.” He comes in at No. 1 on Nerdage’s list of actors with geek appeal.
The film, set to open in Dec. 2012, co-stars Amy Adams as Lois Lane, and Kevin Costner and Diane Lane as Superman’s earthly parents, the Kents.
Snyder told Nerdage back in March that he wasn’t worried about casting an English actor as Superman.
“No, not at all, because Batman’s English too,” he said, referring to Christian Bale.
The 28-year-old Cavill had been considered for Superman once before; he auditioned for the “Superman Returns” role that ended up going to Brandon Routh.
Dean Cain, who played Superman in the 1990s TV series “Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman,” recently weighed in on Cavill’s casting.
“They (journalists) asked me because Henry Cavill’s a Brit you know, so they said, ‘A Brit’s going to go play Superman and it’s a big deal. How did I feel about that?’ like it’s a big affront.
“I have no problem with that whatsoever because the reality is the character himself, Superman, was from another planet, but he was raised in the middle of America with smalltown American values.”
- Matt Price
