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Check out a whole slew of interviews with the cast and crew for "Man of Steel" at the Roadshow YouTube channel.

Henry Cavill, Russell Crowe and Zack Snyder will attend the Australian Premiere of "Man of Steel" in Sydney on June 24.

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Available This Week: June 19, 2013.

The following products are expected to ship to comic book specialty stores this week, with all comics also available for digital download. Note that this list is tentative and subject to change. Please check with your retailer for availability.

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• ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN - CHAPTER #8 (Digital Comic) [June 17]
• INJUSTICE: GODS AMONG US - CHAPTER #23 (Digital Comic) [June 18]
• SUPERGIRL #21
• SMALLVILLE: SEASON 11 - CHAPTER #52 (Digital Comic) [June 21]
• SUPERMAN BEYOND - CHAPTER #20 (Digital Comic) [June 22]

• TEEN TITANS - VOL 02: THE CULLING TP
  

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Source: Empire Magazine.

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While chatting to Empire, "Man of Steel" director Zack Snyder speaks at length about the decision to have Superman kill General Zod in order to save a family of innocents. He reveals that in the original version of the script the character was simply once again banished to the Phantom Zone, but Snyder was adamant that Kal-El should kill Zod - because otherwise where does his aversion to killing originate from? He also shares details of another action scene on Kryton that didn't make the final cut, in which one of Jor El's AIs takes humanoid form and battles Zod's pack of genetically engineered dogs! It's all great stuff so be sure to take a listen from the time Snyder comes in around the 50 minute mark, and then David S. Goyer chimes in too, revealing that Chris Nolan was against Zod's death at the hands of Superman at first. Plus, he once again speaks about WB's plans for a shared DC movie universe.

Source: Empire Online

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Check out the Target.com Justice League Shop online.

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Before it was announced which character you were playing, fans speculated that you might be Lex Luthor. Was there a part of you that wished you were?

Sure! Of course. You want to be recognized as a franchise name, but Colonel Nathan Hardy, I enjoyed his arc. I thought it was an important arc. And when they told me he was named after a Navy SEAL who had lost his life in combat, I was really honored and I felt kind of a sense of importance and duty or something to approach it respectfully. It really added a sense of gravitas to what I was doing, because I felt like I was carrying along a real person. And the Air Force gave me all the information, if my character was what he was, where he was, what his educational trajectory would have been, what he would have accomplished, so that helped. And I researched my guy, because they were using his name out of a sense of respect, to honor him in a small way.

You almost died in hand-to-hand combat with Faora, but Superman saved you ...

I had her. [Laughs.] He didn't need to swoop in. I had her right where I wanted her.

Faora says a good death is its own reward, and Hardy's last words indicate that he agrees. What about you?

You know, that's one saying I've chewed over in my head since I shot the film. Hmmm. I guess it is. I guess if you are a warrior, that's your credo, and a good life and a good death is its own reward.

Did you have to train a lot for those scenes?

We did some weapons training - shooting guns, making transitions from one weapon to another. I just had to make sure I didn't shoot my stunt guy that was sitting next to me - which I almost did. I pulled out the weapon one time, and it went off. It was loaded with blanks and exploded out, and it put a hole in the seat. They were cheap seats, come on! [Laughs.] And I didn't hit him. He's a stunt guy, stop crying! Come on!

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Man of Steel: Superman Variant 1:6 Scale Icon Statue
Sculpted by Gentle Giant Studios
US$129.95

This statue will only be available at the Graphitti Designs Booth (#2315) at Comic Con.

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"Ring of Fire" by Allison Crowe.
"Seasons" by Chris Cornell.
"The Long Walk" by Marco Beltrami & Buck Sanders.

Allison Crowe actually makes a cameo appearance in the movie singing "Ring of Fire".

Thanks to WhatIsThatSong.net for the song list.

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One major cameo casting probably occurred on purpose. Aaron Smolinski was a communications officer in the scene where Superman surrendered himself to the military. He was the toddler Kal-El after landing on Earth in the 1978 Superman film as well as the boy at the photo booth that Superman gave a picture to in the comedic opening sequence of Superman III.

The Lexcorp logo can be seen at least twice in the film during the Zod fight in Metropolis. Once on the side of a gas truck and again when the Waynetech satellite falls to Earth in pieces. Lexcorp was first introduced in the 1986 comic book reboot that turned Lex Luthor from a mad scientist into a businessman/billionaire.

Of course the Waynetech satellite also bears mentioning. It most certainly belongs to Bruce Wayne. The logo flashes upside down and it happens quickly, so it can be difficult to catch.

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This is the Official Man of Steel training T-shirt that we created to commemorate our involvement with the movie. The front is printed with the Man of Steel logo and the back says "The bridge from man to Superman" with our logo.

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The book will feature versions of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern and the Flash as redesigned by artist Howard Porter, presumably taking the iconic heroes one millennium ahead of where we are now. And while the creative team on the book doubtlessly have comedy chops, touches from a militaristic Superman to a mace-wielding Wonder Woman hint that "Justice League 3000" will take up the torch of the creators more serious adventure stories - of which many were included in their original JL run.

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