The movie, from director Zack Snyder, stars Henry Cavill (The Tudors) as
Superman/Clark Kent, three-time Oscar nominee Amy Adams (The Fighter)
as Daily Planet journalist Lois Lane, and Oscar nominee Laurence Fishburne
(What's Love Got to Do with It) as her editor-in-chief, Perry White. Starring as
Clark Kent's adoptive parents, Martha and Jonathan Kent, are Oscar nominee
Diane Lane (Unfaithful) and Academy Award winner Kevin Costner
(Dances with Wolves).
Squaring off against the superhero are two other surviving Kryptonians, the
villainous General Zod, played by Oscar nominee Michael Shannon
(Revolutionary Road), and Faora, Zod's evil partner, played by Antje Traue.
Also from Superman's native Krypton are Lara Lor-Van, Superman's mother,
played by Ayelet Zurer, and Superman's father, Jor-El, portrayed by Academy
Award winner Russell Crowe (Gladiator).
