Rumor: New Superman Movie Will Reboot Krypton

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Rumor: New Superman Movie Will Reboot Krypton

Not only is Zod going to be in the new Superman movie, but we'll get to see another classic villain and a brand new version of Krypton.

This has been a big week for news/rumors about Zack Snyder's upcoming Superman movie. First there was the news that <a href=http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/109177-Zods-Secret-Identity-Revealed-For-New-Superman-Film>Terrance Stamp's replacement had been found, and now there are rumors that the movie will feature a substantially different Krypton than what was shown in the original movies with Christopher Reeves.

Speaking to Latino Review, an inside source close to the film has revealed the following info:

? You will see JOR-EL and his wife, Lara.
? Daniel Day-Lewis was looked at for JOR-EL and not the villain.
? Krypton will not be a crystal planet like the Donner film; this Krypton will PROBABLY look like the Coruscant skyline from Star Wars.
? The Kryptonian villainess is not URSA...Well sort of. The villainess is FAORA.

If that last point sounds at all confusing to you, it turns out that the comic character Faora <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faora>was the basis for the film character Ursa (who, herself, <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursa_(villain)#Comics>became a comic character in 2006). Basically, Faora was a Kryptonian serial killer who hated all men who received one of the longest prison sentences to the Phantom Zone ever.

If the rumor's to be believed, I've got no problem with Krypton looking like Coruscant; the comics have presented the planet as an incredibly advanced society (with practically no mention of the crystals that appeared in the original movies). The rest of the rumors also sound rather promising, but these should still be treated as rumors until they're confirmed by the studio or Mr. Snyder, himself.

Source: <a href=http://www.latinoreview.com/news/exclusive-man-of-steel-will-reveal-a-new-krypton-more-13234>Latino Review via <a href=http://io9.com/#!5792310/the-superman-reboot-could-feature-a-whole-new-krypton-plus-whats-the-future-of-doctor-whos-arch+enemy>io9

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[Tomo Stryker]

Well I'll be a Chimpanzee injected with a special genius brain induced drug, I didn't think that Zack Snyder would have the balls to add the villain's from Krypton. Thought this was going to be a Lex Luthor thing.

 

[Dr. wonderful]

Well I'll be a Chimpanzee injected with a special genius brain induced drug, I didn't think that Zack Snyder would have the balls to add the villain's from Krypton. Thought this was going to be a Lex Luthor thing.

Me neither, Hell I love the kyrpton from JLU more.

 

[subtlefuge]

I'd like a little bit of a reboot of the Phantom Zone, if it's included.

Smallville proved that the older effect looks really out of place with today's level of effects.

 

[Kpt._Rob]

Krypton being super advanced has always felt like a big plothole to me. If it was so super advanced, then how comes it wasn't able to predict that their sun would explode? Also, even if it did explode then why did it not have any colonies on other planets that would insure that Krypton would keep on living even in spite of the loss of the homeworld when its confirmed that Kryptonians have mastered space travel?

Just saying.

Actually, Superman's father, Jor-El did predict that Krypton would be destroyed (hence his decision to jettison Superman away from the planet).

Spoiler

He tried to convince the council of elders on the planet that it was going to be destroyed, but he only managed to convince one man, the same General Zod who is to appear in Snyder's new film. Zod rebels against the Kryptonian government, but since his rebellion is a violent one Jor-el helps defeat him even though he knows that Zod might've helped to save the planet. Zod is sent to the phantom zone, along with some of the other Kryptonians who rebel with him.

Or at least, that's my understanding of what happened, based mostly on what I can remember of the story as told in Superman: Last Son.

 

[gundamrx101]

As long as someone will kneel before Zod then it's all good.

 

[Kpt._Rob]

So this is what? Just confirmation that Snyder doesn't really have any thoughts about how to do something new with Supes? He's just going to take take tried and true and put his spin on it?

"Yeah, let's redesign Krypton" ..... even though there's no reason for Krypton to actually be in the new movie.
"Yeah, let's have Ursa again.. but 'not' Ursa.. yeah that's new"
"Yeah, let's redo Zod.. it'll be new and cool"

Hey Snyder, you wouldn't know 'new' if it bit you on the arse. Isn't there enough stuff about Superman that he doesn't have to just redo do stuff?

This is going to be worse that SR.. and I NEVER thought I'd ever say that.

It doesn't necessarily have to be bad, I've been trying to keep up faith that Snyder will make something really good out of this. Besides, if Zod and Jor-El (as well as a not yet destroyed Krypton) are going to be in the film, we can probably assume that it's going to be an origin story, and even if that's not new territory, if Snyder's looking to present Superman in a way that will make him as interesting a character as he can be when told right, then maybe starting at the beginning is a good place.

Who's to say? Snyder's not perfect, I wasn't a big fan of his reboot of Dawn of the Dead, and 300 didn't seem that great to me, but at the same time Watchmen could hardly be called anything but a masterpiece, and I felt that Suckerpunch was crazy good too. So, maybe we can just give the man the benefit of the doubt for now? See what he has to offer us before outright dismissing it, if he brings the genius to it that he has to his last two films then I have no doubt it'll be excellent.

 

[FalloutJack]

Krypton being super advanced has always felt like a big plothole to me. If it was so super advanced, then how comes it wasn't able to predict that their sun would explode? Also, even if it did explode then why did it not have any colonies on other planets that would insure that Krypton would keep on living even in spite of the loss of the homeworld when its confirmed that Kryptonians have mastered space travel?

Just saying.

I kinda' liked the Brainiac solution from the show.

Still, Krypton being GONE was sort of the point of the man. Bring it back and well...it's literally not the same story, but another different guy. You follow?

 

[Tireseas_v1legacy]

Well I'll be a Chimpanzee injected with a special genius brain induced drug, I didn't think that Zack Snyder would have the balls to add the villain's from Krypton. Thought this was going to be a Lex Luthor thing.

I don't think Zach Snider has ever had a problem with having enough balls, if Watchman, 300, and Suckerpunch are any indication.

Anyways, its nice to see Krypton as an actual planet instead of the crystal palaces that it's constantly referred to in the past.

 

[Rocketboy13]

If the rumor's to be believed, I've got no problem with Krypton looking like Coruscant; the comics have presented the planet as an incredibly advanced society (with practically no mention of the crystals that appeared in the original movies). The rest of the rumors also sound rather promising, but these should still be treated as rumors until they're confirmed by the studio or Mr. Snyder, himself.

That was true, but since "One Year Later" which happened following "Infinite Crisis" the Superman comics have been all about the crystals, because the comics have stupidly started taking direction from the films, and "Superman Returns" was full of crystals. At one point they have grown a giant crystal Mecha and an entire new planet from the magical MacGuffin crystal technology.

I was one to hope that Bruce Timm and Co's Kirby-Deco designs were going to inform the movies and comics at that point. I was wrong.

 

[WolfThomas]

Krypton being super advanced has always felt like a big plothole to me. If it was so super advanced, then how comes it wasn't able to predict that their sun would explode? Also, even if it did explode then why did it not have any colonies on other planets that would insure that Krypton would keep on living even in spite of the loss of the homeworld when its confirmed that Kryptonians have mastered space travel?

Just saying.

The canonicity of Krypton often changes over the years of course, but I believe that they've often been shown to have not mastered space travel (or any large scale version) simply because the gravity of their planet was so extreme it made it too difficult. The original idea was that Superman was the way he was because of Earth's easier gravity, not it's yellow sun, that came later.

But I'm not a DC expert.

Everyone KNOWS the origin of Superman.. there's no need to tell that story again regardless of how he want's to reimagine it (and if I hear the word reimagine again I'll puke)...

I agree with this.

Spoiler: Grant Morrison showed us that Superman's origins can be perfectly summed up with eight words and four panels

You could show that in less than a minute in a movie and it would work just as well.

 

[WolfThomas]

Crap, double post, boy is my face red.

 

[Something Amyss]

When it dies this time they're not going to be able to resurrect it again, it'll be dead for good.

I doubt that. There will likely ALWAYS be another Superman movie, no matter how bad. It might take time, it might still suck, but Superman always seems to resurface.

 

[Geamo]

I've got a bit disheartned about this movie. Instead of doing something new or interesting, they're going down the Krypton/Zod route. It just makes it all a bit..bland.

It's a shame, too, since they don't necessarily need to tell Superman's origins - most people have heard of him.

 

[008Zulu_v1legacy]

I'd like a little bit of a reboot of the Phantom Zone, if it's included.

As long as they keep the freaky mirror thing, then its all good.

Maybe the crystals we saw in previous movies were a kind of radiation shielding meant to protect the people from the harsh radiation spewed out by a red giant.

Or maybe what we saw was an experimental research facility looking to improve already existing crystal based tech.

We only did see a small part of the planet, who knows what was on the other side of it.