Man of Steel” Amazes Crowd with First Look at New Superman

Man of Steel” Amazes Crowd with First Look at New Superman

To reinvent Superman for a more modern generation of today -  That’s the promise of Director Zack Snyder  Henry Cavill. and "Man of Steel" star Henry Cavill.

"We certainly respect the history," Snyder told 6,000 screaming fans at Saturday's Comic Con panel. "But I kind of felt like Superman needed to be reintroduced to a new generation," Snyder said. "He's always been like this Boy Scout on top of a mountain and you can't really touch him."

"I just wanted to bring Superman into the modern world," Cavill added. "Hopefully I bring a version that everyone can relate to."

Snyder has screened the first-ever footage from the film, which premiers next June.

The trailer starts with the Kent family farm in Kansas with nostalgic shots of an overturned child's toy wagon and what appears to be a young Clark Kent running through the yard with a homemade red cape on his back.

The voice of Russell Crowe, who plays Superman's father Jor El, narrates the opening moments.

The footage then cuts to a grown up Clark Kent dressed in street clothes, walking alone along a snow-covered road, carrying a backpack.

The trailer clip then returns to footage of a young Clark lifting a school bus that has fallen off of a bridge into the water.

The trailer then moves to inside a barn on the Kent farm, where the spacecraft Superman traveled in from Krypton is hidden. As the ship is revealed, an image of an infant Superman, floating in the air is seen.

Then, a footage of a now-grown Superman is shown, as he flies through the sky with a sonic boom.  Next, Superman is seen flying to engage what appears to be the film's main villain, General Zod, originally played by Terrence Stamp in “Superman II.

Cavill said he based his inspiration on the Superman character from two modern comic book storylines, rather than on any of the previous cinematic portrayals.

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