[Joe Moore]

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?

[Tony_Bacala]

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.

[MegaPrime33]

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.

[Joe Moore]

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.