

Filming in Plano, IL and Chicago, IL in August and September of 2011 was done under the code name of "Autumn Frost." It was such a badly-kept secret that on September 6, 2011, the Chicago Tribune published a full article about it.Other ways that Cavill has altered his appearance was that he changed his natural brown hair color to a rich, jet black. He wanted to look like the character seen in the iconic comics. The English actor gained approximately 20 pounds of muscle during his time of preparation, and inbetween breaks onset, keep up with his much muscular frame by performing push ups and pull ups to pass the time. To prepare himself for the role of playing the Man of Steel, Henry Cavill went through a rigorous workout regime to achieve his Superman physique.Costner played the title role in Wyatt Earp (1994), which also cast him opposite Gene Hackman (the original Lex Luthor) as his father. Glenn was cast in Tombstone (1993), but had to drop out. Both of them have been involved in competing projects about Wyatt Earp. Kevin Costner's role was previously played by Glenn Ford.Sean Penn was offered a major role in the film but turned it down.According to Nolan's wife/producer Emma Thomas, "They Nolan and Goyer brought it to an appropriate screenplay and it's now Snyder's picture." When Zack Snyder was later brought on as director, Nolan chose to hand all creative control over to Snyder and focus on The Dark Knight Rises (2012). This was merely as a creative consultant, it was never intended for Nolan to direct. Due to his success with the Batman franchise Christopher Nolan was brought on to help develop the reboot of Superman along with screenwriter David S.
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announced this film as a "clean reboot" from Singer's film, Routh still expressed interest in returning before Zack Snyder declared that this movie would have no ties to any previous cinematic incarnation of the character.

Amanda Seyfried auditioned for a role but was turned down.Before Diane Lane was cast, actresses considered for Martha Kent included Julianne Moore, Lisa Rinna, Jodie Foster, Bridget Fonda, and Elisabeth Shue.Anne Hathaway went on to play Selina Kyle in The Dark Knight Rises. Natalie Portman, Anne Hathaway, Dianna Agron, Kristen Stewart, Malin Akerman, Rachel McAdams, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Kristen Bell, Lake Bell, and Jessica Biel were considered to play Lois Lane.Matthew Goode, Armie Hammer, Matt Bomer, and Robin O'Donoghue were on the final shortlist for the lead role.Cavill was the front runner to play Superman in another Superman movie but Routh was cast instead. The part of Superman ultimately went to Henry Cavill. Actors Brandon Routh, Tom Welling, Joe Manganiello, Patrick Wilson, Erryn Arkin, and Sam Worthington have all been rumored to star in the movie.Darren Aronofsky, Duncan Jones, Ben Affleck, Tony Scott, Matt Reeves, and Jonathan Liebesman were considered to direct the movie.David Goyer, James McTeigue, Jonathan Nolan, and Chris Columbus were all linked with Directing the movie.The president of Legendary Pictures Thomas Tull said that "Superman needs a powerful antagonist, a worthy opponent." Tull also wants to evoke Superman as an "angry God.".However, once a reboot was announced, Millar pitched his trilogy idea to Warner Bros, where it was subsequently turned down. He had pitched a sequel idea whilst Bryan Singer was still attached, but due to his association with Marvel Comics, was turned down. Comic book writer Mark Millar planned a trilogy of films, running to eight hours, which would chronicle the life story of Superman.We should have had perhaps a little more action to satisfy the young male crowd." $175 million is the maximum budget the studio is aiming for The Man of Steel. Horn, "I thought Superman Returns (2006) was a very successful movie, but I think it should have done $500 million worldwide.
