On the heels of yesterday’s news that Laurence Fishburne will play Daily Planet newsman Perry White, today we have our first glimpse of Henry Cavill as Superman in “Man of Steel.”

In the picture from Warner Bros, the suit looks like it has an armor-like sheen instead of a flat spandex quality, but Cavill still has the boots, cape and trademark “S” on his chest.

The Zack Snyder-directed film, slated for June 14, 2013, also stars Amy Adams as Lois Lane, and Diane Lane and Kevin Costner as Clark Kent’s adoptive parents Martha and Jonathan Kent. Superman’s Kryptonian parents Jor-El and Lara Lor-Van will be played by Russell Crowe and Julia Ormond.

Superman’s villains include Michael Shannon as the evil General Zod and Antje Traue as Zod’s partner, Faora. Rounding out the cast are Harry Lennix as U.S. military man General Swanwick, as well as Christopher Meloni as Colonel Hardy.

Superman by Jim Lee (DC Comics)

Snyder has said he will take the hero into new places on screen. “Superman is the one constant in the universe,” Snyder told Hero Complex in March. “You know that if you do Superman right — or at least if you do him with respect — you know you end up with something great. … [but] in some ways [beyond] that is virgin territory. No one knows what that is. In some ways Superman is the most recognizable superhero on the planet but also the most unknown. Just what he can be? People have preconceived ideas about him but probably all of them are wrong.”

– Noelene Clark

via ‘Superman’ photo: Henry Cavill as the ‘Man of Steel’ | Hero Complex – movies, comics, fanboy fare – latimes.com.