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First Photo of Henry Caville as the 'Man of Steel'

The actor gives a whole new meaning to 'Man of Steel.'

On the heels of the announcement that actor Laurence Fishburne will be playing Perry White in the upcoming 'Man of Steel' film, comes our very first look at the costume design for Superman.

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Courtesy of Warner Brothers Pictures and Legendary Pictures, we got our very first look (and a hell of an action shot) of actor Henry Caville as 'Superman' from the upcoming 'Man of Steel' movie, currently in production and slated for a June 13th, 2013 release. The texture of the costume is completely different from any Superman suit we have seen, and the "S" insignia is slightly different, and looks a lot like a throw back to the original Superman suit. What do you guys think of the suit? Does Caville look like a convincing Superman? Full image below!

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In a recent interview, Caville revealed that his training regimen for the Man of Steel has him consuming upwards of 5000 calories a day:

"I'm on 5000 calories a day... You've got to eat protein first, then a little bit of carbs...you've gotta keep your hunger levels going. I'm training two and a half hours a day, pushing my body beyond its normal limits, putting on a lot of muscle mass and just making myself look like Superman."

And for those of you who are afraid that Supes won't sport his iconic hair curl, photos of Caville from Comic-Con may put those fears to rest:

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Source: DC Source, Moviehole

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The texture looks a lot like the Superman Returns suit (which I like) except the S shield on this new costume sucks. Also, what is with the greasy hair?

Anyway, it is not too bad. I don't think the actor looks at all right for the part but at least he has the right build. :]

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Edited By greeneagle

I really want to like this costume cos it looks like they are going with the new superman costume but the scales, the scales, the scales...too much, toooo much!!!

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@Queen's Halo said:
That hair is so stupid. I can't give an opinion on the rest of the pic 'cause the stupidity of the hair is blocking my sight.
The hair could be better. Otherwise it looks good.
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So gutted it got pushed back to 2013 :(

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@spiderbat87 said:
I hope and pray this blows all marvel movies out the water and brings Kal back to the forefront of superheroes
I hope that too
even though for some reason even in costume this guy just doesn't look like superman to me, can't put my finger on exactly why. Have to see him acting the part to really be able to form an opinion.
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Hmmm...could be right about the hair though. The hair does look kinda funky to me on second look.

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Is he wearing the red trunk!!! I can't tell

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Edited By Feliciano2040

No doubt this is going to be an amazing movie, as always, Zack Snyder will deliver.

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I'm okay with his costume but his hair looks stupid.

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Grease Is The Word.

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I just wanted the suit were more like the Superman revamp style . At least I hope they don´t avoid to add the shield in the cape this time. Please!

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I can see why everyone has a problem with the texture of the suit but then again nobody seems to have had a problem with Batman's second suit in Dark Knight (that I can really remember) and that thing is a texture overload with the different pieces and such. 
 
I don't think texture on the suit is a bad thing because it does make the suit look more real than a straight piece of spandex/tights. Even the comics are acknowledging the fact that older designs of costumes are flat to look at over and over again. Most of Superman's immediate appeal to an audience has to come from his look and I think people are more likely to instantly draw their eyes to a more textured suit than a plain one.......which if you think about it fits Superman's character perfectly because he wants to draw attention away from his face. 
 
But overanalysis aside my first reaction to the photo was that this doesn't look like Henry Caville. The face just seemed off a bit and I thought this was just a stunt guy posing for a story pitch photo. After that initial thought I will say I like the look of the suit and Superman in general for a few reasons. 
 
1) the darker color scheme looks good 
2) the shield looks awesome. thank you Synder for going with a larger symbol than last movie because it makes the dark colors of the suit look better. I actually liked the color scheme of the SR suit but the small symbol made it look weird. 
3) the belt looks metallic/functional. another plus for trying to represent the suit in a real world environment 
4) their appears to be a cape clasp at the neck. anyone else notice that? on the right side of the neck it looks like there is a gold circle and then a gold band going across the neck. so this movie is actually giving a visual to how the cape stays on. in my mind another good move for realism but also because it brings a bit more gold into the costume. 
5) the slick back hair of Superman vice the tangled/spit curl look of Clark. this is something that the Lois and Clark tv series did as well and something I thought was a great idea to switch the hairstyles because Superman should be very put together, straight cut and looking very stoic while Clark should look more natural and carefree. hopefully this also means that the movie will have a good split of Henry as both Superman and Clark and not push Clark's aspects of the character to the background. 
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Superman looks pissed.

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Frankly, he look... evil !

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meh!

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When i heard that Man of Steel was a reimagined Superman i was very scared.  Not anymore...he looks great
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I don't know why he reminds me of an older Tom Welling....from far shots . Especially that Clark Kent shot or Comic Con I mean lol But ho nestly, this looks awesome. I love how his costume is updated, bigger "S" for the win! 

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Wow, I superman movie I might want to watch.

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Looks good, although cape looks a bit long for Superman.

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This might work.

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@pikahyper said:

                eh looks pretty ugly to me, the texture looks the same as the new Amazing Spider-Man movie costume
           

Yup agreed.Now we cant have captian america in scale mail but we get supes in scale-ish baskeball like spiderman thing.Hollyweird realy doesnt care.
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Edited By caesarsghost

FANTASTIC... that is all.
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To just add to the majority here, I'll say that he looks damn good, though I'm not a fan of the heavy mesh texturing going on with the suit. 
It gives it a bigger degree of plausibility, but it's a bit much.

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I don't like the segmentation of the costume, it just looks weird, but I'll wait until I see it either on the big screen or FX, which ever comes first for me.

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Better than Brandon Routh...

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it looks more down to earth. last one looked a bit cartoony. thank god spacey saved it. power to the bald

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i guess this is the actualy costume                                                                                                               http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2011/050/7/9/superman_henry_cavill_by_rapha_leite-d39vrsr.jpg

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YAY! THE CURL!

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He looks kinda evil in that pic like the red kryptonite Superman from Superman III.  Maybe it's the lighting.

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looks good so far...........at least the cape loos RED and not burgandy
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Hopefully WB doesn't make the film too dark and Sucker Punch-esque.
 
Superman is the contrast of Batman.
 
He's no dark knight.

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It looks okay but I really need to see a nice, full-on hero shot in the bright light of day to really make any kind of final judgment on the costume.

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i am so disapointed this dude doesn't even look like super man and it's probably going to be very cheesy from the look's of it  
and couldn't they at least get a guy in like a really good physical shape

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Looks pretty rad. :)

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thats super
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Evil Snake Suit Superman?....sigh. Why is DC's answer to everything movie related is to make it "Dark and Gritty". That Batman cash is gonna run out eventually.

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looks like he just got owned

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@gibson said:
Evil Snake Suit Superman?....sigh. Why is DC's answer to everything movie related is to make it "Dark and Gritty". That Batman cash is gonna run out eventually.
That is because "Dark and Gritty" now means "Better", "Vastly improved", "Superior in every way."  Dark and gritty now is a superlative that describes in no uncertain terms how something used to be truly awful and is now infinitely better through the process of applying huge amounts of Dark.
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Well so far there's no stupid revamp blue jeans or glowy Burton costume... so yeah... made of win.
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not bad... not good either
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The last picture makes him look alot like Christopher Reeves when he played Superman :D
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I'm too picky with these things. I was never this picky when I was a kid.
Doubt I'd really watch the movie, anyway. It's not like I've watched anything else so far.

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the cape looks fine, it's just the symbol that bothers me

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Looks weird. His suit looks like aquaman's and his S seems to be cake icing.

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Looks good. 

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@.Mistress Redhead. said:

I loathe detest and despise Superman.. but this looks kinda hot!... well apart from the hair...

:( 

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looks great except the symbol.  It looks a little like it's forced.  It doesn't need to be. 
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ummmm... yeah sure why not
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@ImperiousRix: not sure how giving the costume texture makes it looks plausible.  Id say it makes it look even more implausible.  How would someone who doesn't have the resources of a movie studio make a costume like that or the new spidey costume?  Im an artist and a very creative and resourceful person and if I suddenly gained superpowers I dont know where Id start on making a highly textured costumes like this.  Maybe you can get cloth that has that textured look?  More than likely Id make something out of plain old cloth or maybe leather, but even leather is hard to work with and requires special tools.  So imo these kinds of costumes dont look plausible at all, especially in spideys case. 
 
With that said the only thing I dont like about what I see here are the muted colors.  Superman should be bright, its what hes all about.
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THERE'S MAH BOY! 8)
I think he looks great. The casting for this movie is really bring the whole project together for me but I'm going to reserve judgement at least until we see actual screen shots or a trailer. There's nothing to go on here.