After some intense dieting and work out routines to play his recent role in Tarsem Singh’s The Immortals, Henry Cavill is back to transforming his body for his latest role as Superman. Changing things up, and going from lean to bulky, Cavill has dished to USA Today that he had to gain 20 pounds in order to play Clark Kent’s powerful alter ego, the Man of Steel. With intense training and a high calories intake, Cavill has shaped his physique into the believable form of Superman. His only complaint seems to be trouble fitting into his regular clothes. “I am 20 pounds heavier,” but “just as lean. I genuinely had…

It’s that time of year again – Comic Con comes to New York City! Naturally the Javits Center has been packed with just about everything from comic books to film studio booths, autograph sessions, diehard fans dressed as their favorite characters and so much more. Not in town to catch the action for yourself? Take a peek at what’s going down on the convention center floor courtesy of Shockya cam. By Perri Nemiroff

Sure, it’s fun getting early peeks at upcoming productions, but it’s a different story if those first looks are coming from anywhere else, but the studio in charge. Hearing that John Travolta, Chuck Norris and Jean-Claude Van Damme may be in The Expendables 2 from the Nu Boyana Studios CEO? Good. Seeing official images of Anne Hathaway, Henry Cavill and Rihanna in full costume for The Dark Knight Rises, Man of Steel and Battleship respectively? Awesome. A parody video by Miles Fisher starring the entire cast of Final Destination 5? Bloody fantastic! Amateur photos and video of folks hanging around the set of Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises? Now…

Comic Book Resources has posted Warner Bros. first look at Henry Cavill as Superman in “Man of Steel”. The image, which you can view here or below this post, has Cavill’s Superman busting through what looks like a safe. Disclaimer: I’ll say up front that I’m not the biggest Superman fan, but I do have an affinity for the character. With that said, I’m cautiously intrigued by Cavill as Superman. Some people in the CBR forums have said that they think Cavill’s hair is too poofy to be Superman. I’m just perplexed at the lack of the cowlick/curl. I think that’s probably what’s throwing a few people off; you can…

Director Zach Snyder (Sucker Punch) is putting some finishing touches on his all star cast line up for Man of Steel.  This time around news comes that Synder is looking to actress Julia Ormond to play Superman’s biological mother, Lara.  Nothing is concrete as of yet, but Ormond is a great choice for the role of the kryptonian! She rocked in Legends of the Fall, opposite Brad Pitt and Aidan Quinn, back in the 90′s, and has since gone on to star in episodes of Law and Order, Nurse Jackie and the TV movie The Wronged Man. Making her way back to the big screen, Julia Ormond is currently wrapping…

The Superman franchise is currently one that’s going through a revision. Perhaps while they’re in the planning stages, they could give YouTube user “kashchei2003″ a call. This Superman fan made his own short films from existing movie clips to tell a boss “what-if” story: What if “Superman Returns” was less about Lex Luthor and more about Doomsday? It was intended to be a small, flashy [two] minute trailer for a ‘Man of Steel’, ‘Superman Returns’ sequel, but during the creative process, it became more so I don’t consider it a typical ‘trailer’,” kashchei2003 wrote in the YouTube description for “Superman: Doomsday (MAN OF STEEL fan sequel)-The Death of Superman (1…

‘Smallville’ executive producers Brian Peterson and Kelly Souders are standing by their decision to stay true to their “No Tights, No Flight” philosophy during the May 13, 2011 series finale, The Hollywood Reporter is confirming. The two continue to maintain that the hit CW sci-fi drama, which chronicled Clark Kent’s life before he became Superman for 10 seasons, wasn’t about showing lead actor Tom Welling in the full famous Superman suit. Souders told The Hollywood Reporter that she and Peterson are happy that ‘Smallville’ fans are still debating whether or not Welling wore the entire suit once Clark became Superman. The final episode featured the actor in the top-half of…

Actor-director Jackie Cooper, who is remembered for playing Daily Planet editor Perry White in four ‘Superman’ movies, died at the age of 88 on May 3, PEOPLE is reporting. He died in a Beverly Hills hospital from natural causes after a brief illness. Cooper is also known as still being the youngest person to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. At nine-years-old, he was the first child star to ever be nominated for the award in 1931 for his portrayal of the title role in 1931′s ‘Skippy.’ Ronnie Lief, who served as Cooper’s agent, said his client “was a lovely man and I…

According to ScreenCrave, Lindsay Lohan has garnered an audition for a role in Zack Snyder’s “Superman: Man of Steel”. Okay, some questions: Who can she play? What woman aside from Martha Kent and Lois Lane are necessary for a Superman film?(Lana Lang certainly is not necessary), 2)Is she or is she not in rehab at this point in time? Shouldn’t she be concentrating on getting well, not getting movie roles? I’m not up on my Superman-lore like I am my Batman-lore, so maybe I’m missing something. But, IMDB aggregated this bit of news from ComicBookMovie, which states that Lex Luthor’s assistant/love interest Miss Teschmacher might be in the film, and…

Warner Brothers has long since given the impression that the “Justice League” movie would have nothing to do with the Nolan-verse Batman or subsequent DC character films, despite rumors. Well, now that the news that the “Justice League” movie is set for 2013, questions have again flared about about whether the film will have any connection to other DC films, namely, “Superman: Man of Steel”. HeyUGuys approached “Superman” director Zack Snyder about whether his film will have any connection to “Justice League”, and he said no. “It doesn’t,” he said. “Like what Chris Nolan is doing and what I’m doing with Superman, what they’ll do with Justice League will be…