And Zod is Cast
 

Michael Shannon Is Zod in

Film officially titled "Man of Steel" and Michael Shannon has been cast as General Zod. The guy has been around for a while. Here's Michael Shannon's credits.

Michael Shannon - IMDb

Thoughts?

I can handle it. Looks like he can be a bit tougher rather than prissy.

I didn't know they were bringing Zod into it either, so that's good to hear. Give him someone to fight for real.

Luthor is cool, but the Hackman/Spacey style can't cut it anymore. They need a President Luthor, mixed with a bit of Smallville style vendetta ish going on for that to work.

I was kind of hoping they would have gone for a different enemy, other than Luthor or Zod. I wonder if this means we'll see the phantom zone as well.

As for Michael, I can't remember anything he's been in, or rather scenes from movies he's been in, but he does look like he'd be an interesting fit.

Zod was the easy choice. This movie has to come out next year. There's no room for delays. A character like Darkseid, Metallo or Doomsday would have required extensive CGI work. Braniac could have been a potential, but doesn't have the general public draw that Zod does. Zod requires the least amount of work to make him a formidable opponent.