It's hard to imagine "Man of Steel" director Zack Snyder summing up his process more encouragingly, considering Superman's big-screen legacy following Christopher Reeve's 1978 Richard Donner-directed debut: "We had to act as if no film had been made."
That was precisely what the "300" and "Dawn of the Dead" remake director told a curious, enthralled San Diego Comic-Con crowd Saturday during a panel offering his 2013 DC Comics reboot its most vast exposure yet, E! News reports. The footage attendees glimpsed featured a solemn Russell Crowe voiceover as Jor-El foretelling "children being inspired to greater things." As Kal-El/Clark Kent's Smallville father played by Kevin Costner opines some time after the Last Son of Krypton's unexpected Earthly arrival, "People are afraid of what they don't understand."
That bit of Costner dialogue could summarize any apprehension fans can - and do - hold toward another Superman effort following director Bryan Singer's 2006 "Superman Returns." Brandon Routh was cast into the late Reeve's tight, Kate Bosworth filled in Margot Kidder's Lois Lane, and Kevin Spacey took over Gene Hackman's mantle as Lex Luthor. In what was meant to be a continuation from the original four-film lineage picking up years after "Superman IV," Routh and Bosworth looked conspicuously younger than their predecessors, Spacey was a scene-stealing Luthor despite a weak script, and though generally positively received by critics, a 72-percent Rotten Tomatoes freshness rating couldn't have been what Warner Bros. expected from an installment meant to revive a franchise.
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