Latest Superman Updates

Let's throw in a couple of Superman items into the pot and make a tasty broth, shall we?

First up, Zack Snyder is still searching for his Man of Steel for the December 2012 reboot of the same title, last we checked. While it appears we'll get another "I'm sorry, who?" unknown actor, that hasn't stopped the enthusiasm of one of the biggest advocates for the role – Joe Manganiello.

Via the Press Association, the True Blood star reiterated his desire to sport the red-and-blue suit stating he'd be "honored." Gotta love his passion, and it's not in the same vein of any fucktard comic-book writer's "Look at me! Look at me! I'm just making shit up for the attention!" bullshit claims.

Meanwhile, Hans Zimmer is crying foul to Heat Vision of those reports last week that he was locked in to compose the new film. He says he's never met Snyder and doing a new theme after John Williams' iconic score would be like "rewriting Beethoven's ninth!" Funny, his hypothetical approach he gave a few weeks back sounded pretty convincing. Perhaps he let the cat of the bag too soon, and wasn't supposed to? Or yeah, maybe he's telling the truth. Time will tell.

And lastly, FX wizard Steve Johnson has unveiled (via Facebook) even more aborted Superman designs he worked on over the years. This latest entry is labeled "Bryan Singer Superman Concepts." Although there's a big fat writing to the side stating "Flyby" and I believe that was the code name for the Brett Ratner incarnation, and what appears to be (eh...maybe, it's unclear) Doomsday, one of several proposed "alien threats" for Singer's unmade Superman Returns sequel. None of them look bad (quite the contrary, in fact). But it doesn't look right for Kal-El.

OK. Breather now and we wait until the new guy's identity is revealed. Most likely, we'll hear another bullshit Internet rumor first.