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Superman is not a role they give to movie stars. Christopher Reeve was unknown when he took the part. The same was true for Dean Cain, Tom Welling and Brandon Routh; the best any of them could claim is a multi-episode guest spot on a TV show or, in Routh's case, a supporting role on a daytime soap. Though some bigger names have been considered for the role (Nicolas Cage being the most bizarre among them), filmmakers seem to understand that when audiences look at Superman they should see only Superman, and not the actor who plays the part.

Given its history of early action figure image teasers, Hot Toys had seemed super quiet regarding any potential Man of Steel merchandise, but it appears that the toymaker was simply waiting for the right time to wow fans with its trademark so-real-you-can't-believe-it's-not-real 1/6th scale Superman collectible figure. Celebrated by Hot Toys as its 200th collectible figure in the ongoing Movie Masterpiece line, the toy, it's haunting Henry Cavill likeness, swappable hands and special S-shield base will come with an extra-special bonus: a 1:1 scale Kryptonian Command Key just as seen in the MoS movie.

You've heard the one about leaping tall buildings in a single bound, right? Well, Warner Bros. and DC Comics have done exactly that -- or at least come tremendously close -- in Man Of Steel, the big-screen Superman reboot from director Zack Snyder.

While Square Enix wasn't quite ready to unveil its Man of Steel Play Arts Kai figures during Toy Fair 2013, the toymaker has finally posted official product images of Superman and his Kryptonian foe General Zod. Modeled in the likenesses of stars Henry Cavill and Michael Shannon, respectively, each of the roughly 9...

Movies: Total Film's upcoming issue closes in on Henry Cavill as Superman and Amy Adams as Lois Lane with a Man of Steel cover. Video: Tony Swatton uses a plasma cutter to replicate Batman's batarangs in the latest Man at Arms. Movies: Captain Canuck is getting a five-episode live action webseries with a script by Arne Olsen (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie)...

Movies: Henry Cavill is standing tall in his Man of Steel suit on the latest cover(s) of Empire magazine. Movies: Director Bryan Singer has announced that X-movie veterans Anna Paquin (Rogue), Ellen Page (Shadowcat) and Shawn R. Ashmore (Iceman) will reprise their mutie roles in X-Men: Days of Future Past...

This week's Licensing Expo 2012 may not have yielded much information about the plot of Warner Bros. and DC Entertainment's upcoming Superman movie, Man of Steel, but some crazy Kryptonian fashions were on display to give some insights into the film...

Here's everything you need to know about Immortals, the new movie from director Tarsam Singh that's (extremely) loosely based on Thesus, the hero from Greek mythology: At one point, Zeus gets super mad at Apollo for interfering with the humans, so he blasts him through a stone wall...

With this week's release of Justice League #1, the flagship title of DC Comics' relaunch, our Superman attention has been mostly tuned to the hero's redesigned comic book look by Jim Lee. Don't worry Henry Cavill, we've got time for your equally different duds from the Zack Snyder-directed Man of Steel coming in 2013...

It's still too early to know for certain, but new photos and video from the Plano, Ill. set of Zack Snyder's Man of Steel seem to indicate that Amy Adams will bear some strawberry blonde hair in the role of Lois Lane, rather than sporting the character's traditional brunette look...