Film Thrasher: THE NEWS BUNDLE: 'Man of Steel' Writer Says Film ...

There is easily a lot riding on this summer's Man of Steel. On one hand, the film's success could ultimately greenlight the long in development Justice League film that has sparked multiple rumors across the internet. On the other, we get our first bout of Superman for the first time in seven years for a hero that has certainly had troubles making it back to the big screen.?

Though early rumors had it that the third act of the script was in trouble, the approach of the hero from the men who brought you The Dark Knight trilogy's Bruce Wayne is still very much up in the air. Now, one of those writers is speaking out and revealing just what makes the new film tick as the goal is to take an alien and make him compelling through human nature.

In the latest issue of Empire (via CBM), screenwriter David S. Goyer discussed Man of Steel and how grounded the script for the film actually is, saying,?"We're approaching Superman as if it weren't a comic book movie, as if it were real...I adore the Donner films. Absolutely adore them. It just struck me that there was an idealist quality to them that may or may not work with today's audience. It just struck me that if Superman really existed in the world, first of all this story would be a story about first contact."

Goyer continues, saying that one of the man focuses will be the fact that despite his human appearance he is still very much an intergalactic species. "He's an alien. You can easily imagine a scenario in which we'd be doing a film like E.T., as opposed to him running around in tights," he continues. "If the world found out he existed, it would be the biggest thing that ever happened in human history. It falls into that idea of trying to humanise the inhuman. He's made out of steel, he's not made out of flesh, metaphorically speaking. We are portraying him as a man, yet he's not a man." Finally, he states that while it was a lot easier to ground Batman due to his vulnerability and humanity, "It is obviously a much longer process with a character like Superman. It is much easier to do a realistic take on Batman. You know nothing can hurt Superman, presumably other than Kryptonite. The challenge was simply: can we figure out a way to make those elements work, quote unquote, in the real world? It's very much a story of a man with two fathers."

Starring Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Michael Shannon, Russell Crowe, Antje Traue, Christopher Meloni, Kevin Costner, Diane Lane, Richard Schiff, and more, while also directed by Zack Snyder, Man of Steel flies into theaters on June 14th.

Source: http://www.filmthrasher.com/2013/01/the-news-bundle-man-of-steel-writers.html

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