Directed by: Zach Snyder
Starring: Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Diane Lane, Kevin Costner, Michael Shannon, Russell Crowe, Lawrence Fishburne, Julia Ormond, Antje Traue, Christopher Meloni and Harry Lennix for the film, currently in production.

Man of Steel is set to be released in June 2013.

Director Zach Snyder has expressed the importance of making “the Superman character” relevant and also empathetic to today’s audience.

On-site Production Stills of the suit

Laurence Fishburne has joined the cast of Zach Snyder’s “Man of Steel” film. Mr. Fishburne will take on the role of the infamous Editor-in-Cheif of the Daily Planet – Perry White.

Fishburne, famous to genre fans for his role as Morpheus in “The Matrix” and Jimmy Jump in “King of New York” (my favorite), will join Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Diane Lane, Kevin Costner, Michael Shannon, Antje Traue, Russell Crowe, Julia Ormond, Christopher Meloni and Harry Lennix for the film, currently in production.

Man of Steel is set for release on a later date of the Summer of 2013.

“The Dark Knight Rises is an upcoming American superhero film under the development of Christopher Nolan, David S. Goyer, and Jonathan Nolan. Based on the DC Comics character Batman, the film will be the third and final installment in Nolan’s Batman film series. The film is scheduled for release in the United States and Canada on July 20, 2012, by Warner Bros.”

The Dark Knight Rises movie poster!!

Check out BANE

English actor Tom Hardy talks a bit of Bane…

I am beginning a new category in Matt’s Film Cellar called Manic Monday.

I usually spend a lot of my Mondays looking up Doomsday prophecies, ancient aliens, and conspiracy theories. So, every Monday I will post something that falls into the bizarre fringed realm of our culture.

Thundarr the Barbarian (1980-1982)

The year: 1994. From out of space comes a runaway planet, hurtling between the Earth and the Moon, unleashing cosmic destruction! Man’s civilization is cast in ruin!
Two thousand years later, Earth is reborn…
A strange new world rises from the old: a world of savagery, super science, and sorcery. But one man bursts his bonds to fight for justice! With his companions Ookla the Mok and Princess Ariel, he pits his strength, his courage, and his fabulous Sunsword against the forces of evil.
He is Thundarr, the Barbarian!

Check out the other Barbarian of the Cellar — CONAN!!!

The story of Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane‘s successful attempt to put together a baseball club on a budget by employing computer-generated analysis to draft his players. The film is based on the 2003 book “Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game” written by Michael M. Lewis.

Starring: Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Robin Wright, Darryl Strawberry
Directed by: Bennett Miller

Release Date: September 23rd, 2011

Russell Crowe has been rumored to portray Superman’s biological father Jor-El in Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel.

I wonder what the Kryptonian scientist thought about circumcision???

Variety exclusively broke the news of Crowe’s probable casting, saying that producer Christopher Nolan had long wanted a huge name to play the Man of Steel’s Kryptonian father. According to the piece, Sean Penn and Clive Owen were both considered but Crowe was the first choice to portray Jor-El.

Crowe will be joining Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Diane Lane, Kevin Costner, Michael Shannon and Antje Traue in the new film, coming to the silver screen in June 2013.

Christopher Nolan, Charles Roven, Emma Thomas and Deborah Snyder are producing the anticipated film, which is expected to start shooting next month in Illinois.

Green Lantern Trailer: Release Date – July 17th, 2011

Here is the first look at Christopher Nolan’s Batman villain Bane – - -

The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
Director: Christopher Nolan
Screenwriter: David Goyer, Jonathan Nolan
Starring: Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman, Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard, Juno Temple, Josh Pence, Daniel Sunjata, Nestor Carbonell, Matthew Modine, Tom Conti, Joey King