The Official Jude Law/General Zod Thread

[Dave Kocher]

check this out guys


http://www.lse.co.uk/ShowbizNews.asp?Code=AR83618A&headline=jude_law_vs_superman


what you guys think? I'm disapointed that Singer is not using villians from the comics. Cant he not be a carbon copie of Superman II????

[y2jversion1]

*prays* please be fake, please be fake, please be fake, please be fake :(

[boywonder13]

this was rumored before Superman Returns even started shooting....but those rumors have been picking up recently but dont think that this is a hundred percent sure with this movie coming out in summer of 2009....

3 years away with shooting beginning in Late 2007/Early 2008...

[Super Kal]

this is absolutely horrible... seems like Singer can't get out of Donenr's shadow and create something TRULY original.

He should be fired.

[boywonder13]

Zod could work as a villain but where would he have been during the gap between Superman II and Returns assuming SII is in Continuity...it would fit well if it was following Superman I continuity...

because Zod could come and get revenge on Superman and he learns that he has a son..

[I SEE SPIDEY]

I didn't even see the first one because of the rehash storyline.

[Mr. Thing]

If this is true, then **** Singer. If he's using Zod, WB should fire his ass.

[ReTrO JuNkIe 42]

Why Zod, if its true thats pretty dumb. and does one else think Jude Law when the hear Superman (I sure don't).......glad they never chose him

[Retroman]

****ing hell! Its not true dammit:mad:

[Kabuki_Jo]

this is absolutely horrible... seems like Singer can't get out of Donenr's shadow and create something TRULY original.

He should be fired.

We already know that, but when will WB realize they need to fire Singer?

btw, I voted "No"

[Bad Superman]

This really better be just a rumor. :mad:

Any of the regulars know how accurate those guys are?

[X-Maniac]

I feel sure we will get Zod. Remember how Zod and the others were freed from the phantom zone in the original movies...Superman threw a hydrogen bomb into space...

Something similar will happen, it will be New Krypton that he threw into space smashing into the Phantom Zone to open it...

So predictable...

We're going to get another rehash/requel/re-tread/remake....

Prepare for Zod folks... Singer doesn't know how to do anything else....

[Galactical]

Goodbye singer. Goodbye everyone. Enjoy his **** if you can.

[Bale]

ZOD is a great villain. Superman 2 was a great action packed movie.

Terence was a real evil ZOD. Great actor. But Singer wake up, we dont need a ZOD again, nor Luthor,Teschmacher,Otis and all the other stuff.

Donner is Donner, dont copy him.

Jude Law is a great actor, but Id like 2 know why Singer chooses him ? Why ? beacuse of Singers "orientation" ? Routh,Law ....hmmm

Donners Zod was an angry,hard man; not looking like a beau Alfie.

Cmon damn dont do this, please.

Do this:supes: and something new innovative like Metallo,Darkseid,Doomsday,Parasite,Brainiac.

[ReTrO JuNkIe 42]

I feel sure we will get Zod. Remember how Zod and the others were freed from the phantom zone in the original movies...Superman threw a hydrogen bomb into space...

Something similar will happen, it will be New Krypton that he threw into space smashing into the Phantom Zone to open it...

So predictable...

We're going to get another rehash/requel/re-tread/remake....

Prepare for Zod folks... Singer doesn't know how to do anything else....

but should'nt he be in prison with no powers,

[dpm07]

This is a horrible idea which appears to be true. Here's another source on it:

http://express.lineone.net/news_detail.html?sku=286 (http://express.lineone.net/news_detail.html?sku=286)

Singer has truly reached a level of egomania that I didn't think was possible. In spite of the fact that so many people were turned off by the fact that Singer provided a horrible story, and excluded most of the source material of Superman in lieu of only using the Donner film, it appears he is going to continue his debacle by using Zod in the sequel.

God forbid they use any of Superman's other rogues, i.e. Brainiac, Darkseid, Metallo, Parasite, etc. He's got some really great rogues, but since this is Singer we're dealing with, who hasn't got a clue about anything Superman other than the Donner film, we'll probably get the shaft at the box office again with another horribly written story by the whack pack of writers Harris and Daugherty, and by the arrogant ego nutcase Bryan Singer.

[X-Maniac]

but should'nt he be in prison with no powers,

Last we saw he fell into a fissure in the glacier under the fortress...

Singer will take what he needs, remember what he wants, and forget the rest. Expect more 'vague history'...

I think he should be fired from this franchise, before he does any more damage.

The only consolation is that he never went down the same ideas route as John Peters...

[jacob301]

the tv version of superman 2 showed the villains taken away with the police to jail.

Jacob

[buggs0268]

Oh for crying out loud...WARNER'S! Have you not learned the errors of your way yet. Damn this is stupid.

[Bad Superman]

Last we saw he fell into a fissure in the glacier under the fortress...

Singer will take what he needs, remember what he wants, and forget the rest. Expect more 'vague history'...

I think he should be fired from this franchise, before he does any more damage.

The only consolation is that he never went down the same ideas route as John Peters...

In Donner's cut The Phantom Zone criminals are arrested by the police The problem/question is that is how did they the police knew where the FOS was.

[Shang-Chi]

Zod's already been done, i want to see a new villain for the sequel.

[Super Kal]

this is complete crap... Brainiac would of been a better choice.

[M.E.H.Z.E.B]

this is complete crap... Brainiac would of been a better choice.

Ya, think? :cool:

[Steelsheen]

check this out guys


http://www.lse.co.uk/ShowbizNews.asp?Code=AR83618A&headline=jude_law_vs_superman


what you guys think? I'm disapointed that Singer is not using villians from the comics. Cant he not be a carbon copie of Superman II????

dammit! this is the second website thats reporting this :mad: :( the first one was here: http://express.lineone.net/news_detail.html?sku=286


can anyone PLEASE try to confirm if any of this is BS or if its real?

[The Kid]

Doomsday DAMMIT!

[boywonder13]

Why would Law and hi Zod casting be known 3 years before the release date and a year and a few months before filming....?????

[ScottishFogg]

i liked Zod in the first two movies and from what i've heard, most people have really liked this new movie. BUT, the one complaint i hear (other than fans nit-picking) is that it's too similar to the old movies and not different enough. i think this would only add fuel to that fire. while it does intrigue me what they would do (story-wise), i'd much rather see Bizarro or Braniac -- hell, i'd settle for Solomon Grundy, just to see someone new.

i'd like to see Braniac come to earth, find Zod frozen in the arctic, take from him everything he's learned about Superman, and then kill him -- telling us all Zod will not return and Braniac is a BAMF (to reference Dane Cook).

[The Kid]

We'll be seeing Zod. I can feel it through the force. + He's the only one who'd be like Khan in wrath of khan, a character who in the past was defeated by our main protagonist in battle, and is hungry for revenge. So get ready for more. More vague sequel stuff. More hiding under donner's shadow. More homages.

Voice your concerns now. Maybe singer will read them and we can promote a different approach but I highly doubt he gives one big juicy fruit about what we think.

[Steelsheen]

BRAINIAC DAMMIT!!!!!:up::up:

please? :(

[Kabuki_Jo]

We'll be seeing Zod. I can feel it through the force. + He's the only one who'd be like Khan in wrath of khan, a character who in the past was defeated by our main protagonist in battle, and is hungry for revenge. So get ready for more. More vague sequel stuff. More hiding under donner's shadow. More homages.

Voice your concerns now. Maybe singer will read them and we can promote a different approach but I highly doubt he gives one big juicy fruit about what we think.

Do you think there weren't ppl telling Singer his ideas for Supeman Returns sucked, and he chose not to listen to them?
He won't listen to us, sadly.

[Retroman]

I feel sure we will get Zod. Remember how Zod and the others were freed from the phantom zone in the original movies...Superman threw a hydrogen bomb into space...

Something similar will happen, it will be New Krypton that he threw into space smashing into the Phantom Zone to open it...

So predictable...

We're going to get another rehash/requel/re-tread/remake....

Prepare for Zod folks... Singer doesn't know how to do anything else....
Christ almighty, this just isn't true.You're going to believe some report from an english tabloid?:rolleyes:

[Retroman]

dammit! this is the second website thats reporting this :mad: :( the first one was here: http://express.lineone.net/news_detail.html?sku=286


can anyone PLEASE try to confirm if any of this is BS or if its real?
http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/5139/bullmk4.gif

[IAmHe9]

Jesus, Singer is such a tool. Is he planning on doing ANYTHING original with his Superman films? Seriously, give it to someone else.

[boywonder13]

I like the ideas u guys are saying of a Zod and Braniac Team :up:

[Garzo]

This does not have to mean bad news for the sequel. Zod's an awsome character and there's a lot you can do with him. Singer is making a film here, not a comic book -- that's a big difference that a lot of comic book fans need to understand when looking at his movies.

As a filmmaker, he obviously wants actors, and good actors at that, in the main roles rather than computer animated hulking aliens.

For all intents and purposes, Zod can play the "part" of a Darkseid-like character. Zod does not have a "real" set history in the Superman mythos and therefore he lends himself to imaginitive new reincarnations.

The red-sun treatment he suffered in "Superman II" can turn out to have been only temporary (as well it should be) and he could have regained his powers and fled into space and set himself up as the ruler of some distant planet somewhere, still intent on conquering Earth and destroying Superman.

For most filmgoers who appreciate this cinematic version of Superman, seeing Jude Law or another talented actor in the role would be more interesting than a CGI Darkseid or an Inspector Gadget-like Braniac -- sheesh, a villain named "Braniac" would only attract little kids and make the sequel laughable (with all due respect to Braniac).

[boywonder13]

Check out the Superman returns sequel FAQ I have started....

http://www.superherohype.com/forums/showthread.php?t=246217

[Garzo]

ZOD is a great villain. Superman 2 was a great action packed movie.

Terence was a real evil ZOD. Great actor. But Singer wake up, we dont need a ZOD again, nor Luthor,Teschmacher,Otis and all the other stuff.

Donner is Donner, dont copy him.

Jude Law is a great actor, but Id like 2 know why Singer chooses him ? Why ? beacuse of Singers "orientation" ? Routh,Law ....hmmm

Donners Zod was an angry,hard man; not looking like a beau Alfie.

Cmon damn dont do this, please.

Do this:supes: and something new innovative like Metallo,Darkseid,Doomsday,Parasite,Brainiac.


Terence Stamp an "angry, hard man"? Maybe as General Zod, but Stamp has also played plenty of dandyesque characters, not to mention his role as an aging drag queen in the classic "Pricsilla, Queen of the Desert" (which also starred other 'tough-guy' actors like Hugo Weaving and Guy Pearce as transvestite Abba imitators).

[ruhanv]

What if the press are only getting half the story...

If there is some truth to this, then I would wager that Law is involved but not as Zod. Instead he will be playing another villian.

Reporters are generally just so clueless when it comes to the mythos that they would presume it's Zod.

[Steelsheen]

http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/5139/bullmk4.gif

LoL! i'm keeping this :D

[Retroman]

What if the press are only getting half the story...

If there is some truth to this, then I would wager that Law is involved but not as Zod. Instead he will be playing another villian.

Reporters are generally just so clueless when it comes to the mythos that they would presume it's Zod.
Some journalists are pretty clueless.Especially those English tabloids.
They rarely or never check the facts or do actual research for stories like these.

In a time where you can do research fairly easily. A fax, e-mail, text message to a studio, agent/manager or better yet asking the person(s) in question does wonders for believability.:o

LoL! i'm keeping this :D
:D :up:

[Zigno]

sounds like the sean penn joker rumor

[DarkSuperman]

Well, It's offical. Singer doesn't have an original bone in his frail little body. I completely believe this rumor or whatever it is cause singer always manages to screw up something in all of his films. Like making rogue a young mousy girl, instead of the confident sultry southern belle she was supposed to be. Singer will quite readily alter/reimagine anything he desires just to fit something within the scope of his STUPID stories. He doesn't care that making superman a father out of wedlock is something he would never do. He doesn't care that Lex Luthor is too smart a villain to be so obsessed with Land. He doesn't care that Lois Lane is a much older wiser and snappier woman than Kate Bosworth is able to portray. An he certainly doesn't care that his kegger pals Dougherty and Whoever don't have the writing cred to justify them writing a flick for the hero of millions.

No my friends...Singer doesn't give a flying F*** about anything you're saying. Why? Cause regardless of how much crap he delivers, regardless of how many rehashed, reused, recycled ideas he throws at us. He's still going to get paid upwards of 10 million for his crappy services.

The best thing we as an audience can do is show our dissapproval is by not buying the SR DVD or going to see the Sequel. Fanboys are gonna see it anyway mind you, but until you send a LOUD and CLEAR message that you don't want ridiculous plot and horrendous alterations of the characters you love. You're going to KEEP getting Singer's own special brand of Bulls***. :supes:

[Hiruu]

Roflol...

[Venom71]

I voted no but I still don't buy this and to me it is just a rumor until confirmed. They haven't even said if their will be a sequel yet...why would they announce the villain before even okaying the sequel? It is just a RUMOR.

[The Overlord]

This does not have to mean bad news for the sequel. Zod's an awsome character and there's a lot you can do with him. Singer is making a film here, not a comic book -- that's a big difference that a lot of comic book fans need to understand when looking at his movies.

As a filmmaker, he obviously wants actors, and good actors at that, in the main roles rather than computer animated hulking aliens.

For all intents and purposes, Zod can play the "part" of a Darkseid-like character. Zod does not have a "real" set history in the Superman mythos and therefore he lends himself to imaginitive new reincarnations.

The red-sun treatment he suffered in "Superman II" can turn out to have been only temporary (as well it should be) and he could have regained his powers and fled into space and set himself up as the ruler of some distant planet somewhere, still intent on conquering Earth and destroying Superman.

For most filmgoers who appreciate this cinematic version of Superman, seeing Jude Law or another talented actor in the role would be more interesting than a CGI Darkseid or an Inspector Gadget-like Braniac -- sheesh, a villain named "Braniac" would only attract little kids and make the sequel laughable (with all due respect to Braniac).

So lets just rehash Superman II, hooray. :whatever: Who needs an original storyline.

[Zor-El]

I voted no but I still don't buy this and to me it is just a rumor until confirmed. They haven't even said if their will be a sequel yet...why would they announce the villain before even okaying the sequel? It is just a RUMOR.
I agree. Maybe it's true, maybe it's not. It's a rumor. A really old rumor at that... as far as i know, it started in the imdb trivia section, and thats all user submitted stuff, nothing official. We'll see....

[The Eradicator]

I think a lot of the anger here is unwarranted. Let's wait for official confirmation before we whine and *****. I have no doubt in my mind that Zod will be one of TWO villains, and that other baddie will be none other than Brainiac. A Zod/Brainiac team-up would make this the greatest sequel ever, and if it isn't too much trouble, Singer should throw the Eradicator in there for good measure and give us a nice Kryptonian bloodbath.

[newmexneon]

Singer must die!!! (if Zod is in the sequel).

[KING ZOD]

Ok,... now after reading peoples comments here,... it is quite clear you guys don't want Zod to return. Lets remind ourselves something. Zod is the exact opposite of Superman, same powers & also to add 2 side kicks in Ursa & Non, who both also possess the same powers. Zod & Co would wipe the floor with any baddies mentioned or hell any other HERO in DC COMICS & Marvel put together!!! We're talking about beings that are like Superman who do not need oxygen to live. Chuck spidey out in space,... lol he will die. Chuck the HULK out in space. Hmmm. Not so incredible. Who? Batman?!!! Yeah and Arnold Schwarzenegger will be president in the next election! Give me a break people. Braniac???!!! I'm done listening to these suggestions. Zod should be, by right,... the BIG villian. A new ZOD with todays CGI would give us a mind blowing visual to how evil he is. The joker returned in the Dark Knight & that is what made the Dark Knight enjoyable. I for one will welcome Jor-El's arch enemies, superman's enemies my all time greatest villians, General Zod, Ursa & Non.
P.S. i REALLY HOPE JUDE LAW IS ZOD. :)

[Ultra Lantern]

I like the fact that General Zod is in the new Superman movie.

[EtherMagic]

Considering MOS is more of an origin story, I have absolutely no problem with Zod in this Pic, it makes all the sense in the world. You also have to consider the fact that there will be 2 other villians as-well, not just Zod. Anything beats what we got in Superman Returns.


I also love the fact that we are getting some action on Krypton this time around, it's about time we get to see a modern version of Krypton! And what would an origin story of Krypton be without Zod?


I would also love to know if anyone has changed there mind since they voted on this poll, considering we have a more detailed idea of the storyline since this poll began?

[Bruce_Begins]

Singer must die!!! (if Zod is in the sequel).

LOL. Now that Snyder is directing reboot with Zod what do you think ? :doh:

[BH/HHH]

The thing is though you can guarantee if someone had played General Zod (Jude Law or not) in a Singer Superman movie it would have been someone taking off Terrence Stamp's portrayal whereas in Man of Steel it looks like we're getting something completely different.

I would love to have known how different the plot was for Superman Returns when Zod was involved though. Did they ever add him to the script or was he just in the planning phases. As we know Jude Law was offered the role.