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Laurence Fishburne as Perry White in “Superman: Man of Steel”

By this point, a number of significant casting for Zack Snyder’s forthcoming comic book franchise reboot Superman: Man of Steel has been surfaced. There are our favorite superhero Henry Cavill as a long-run Superman, Amy Adams as Lois Lane, Kevin Costner and Diane Lane as Pa and Ma Kent, Russell Crowe as Jor-El, and Julia Ormond as his wife. With filming set to embark on shortly, we finally dig up other cast name to play the boss of Clark Kent, Perry White. A hint for you that this current man is totally different to former Perry White casts.  

Some of you perhaps have heard that the new Spider-man in Ultimate series is becoming a half Latino and half African American (and possibly gay) Brooklyn teenager, named Miles Morales – that is pretty shocking. Similar to that, it seems that Zack Synder has decided to tap a unique Perry White in Superman: Man of Steel. It was announced last week that an African American actor Laurence Fishburne is going to portray the used-to-be Caucasian character, Perry White. Laurence Fishburne is probably best known for his exceptional role in The Matrix as Morpheus and in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Dr. Raymond Langston.                                                                                                            

Firstly appeared in Superman #7, Perry White is widely recognized as the tough and abrasive editor-in-chief of the Daily Planet in the thriving city of Metropolis, where Clark Kent and Lois Lane worked. If we track the history of Superman, either in television series, movies, or even animated adaption, we always get a Caucasian Perry White. We have an African American president, so why not an African American Perry White as well? Yet, Warner Bros. production still remains to keep their lips locked regarding this new cast.

Some comic book purists are perhaps disappointed with this decision. For me, having a different side of Perry White is exciting than ever. We live in 21th century where diversity is not a new thing for us. Laurence Fishburne is definitely a great choice to play the gig in Superman: Man of Steel. His voice should be pretty intimidating for the big boss of Superman.

Superman: Man of Steel will open June 14, 2013.

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“Superman: Man of Steel” Release Date Moved to June 14, 2013

During these past months, all of us widely believe that Zack Synder’s “Superman: Man of Steel” is scheduled for a tentative December 2012 release. However, just as San Diego Comic-Con International kicks off, Warner Bros. has sadly scored a new release date of Man of Steel and it is about six months later than expected.

According to Box-Office Mojo, the new Superman reboot will slate on a specific date which is June 14, 2013. This surely drops the Krypton-sized bomb to the fans, including me.

On last Thursday, a representative from Warner Bros. Pictures has disputed the initial release date as well, stating “a release date has not been announced”. So with this, I assume they have decided to space out their tent-poles and move Superman: Man of Steel into 2013, just between Iron Man 3 in May and Thor 2 in July. Meanwhile, Warner Bros. has also announced the release date of Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: an Unexpected Journey set on December 14, 2012.

This is what we got from The New York Times.

Warner had some wiggle room because of The Hobbit — it doesn’t need two enormous movies in one month — and so the unofficial release plan for Man of Steel was changed and it now gets a prime spot in the lucrative summer season.

Apart from “two enormous films in one month”, I still have no idea why they changed the date. Is it because they just hired the new co-write to give polishing touch to Man of Steel’s script? For those who have not known, few weeks ago, Synder has just hired ‘300’ co-writer Kurt Johnstad, coupled by Jonah Nolan, to rewrite the final screenplay because the main writer, David S. Goyers, has been involved to handle a new project on Legendary Pictures’ Godzilla. Should these two events be related but odd who knows!

Man of Steel will star Henry Cavill as Superman, Amy Adams as Lois Lane, Diane Lane as Martha Kent, Kevin Costner as Jonathan Kent and Michael Shannon as General Zod, Amy Adams, and Russell Crowe. Directed by Zack Synder, Superman: Man of Steel will start filming this summer around August.

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