April 11, 2011 
Warner Bros has officially announced Michael Shannon as the villain in Zack Snyder‘s upcoming Superman reboot, now titled Man of Steel.
As was originally rumoured, Oscar-nominee Shannon will play Krypton-native General Zod opposite Henry Cavill’s Clark Kent/Superman, and Amy Adams’ Lois Lane.
Here’s hoping this Zod is as mentally deranged, and as much of a sexual deviant, as the other characters in Shannon’s body of work!
In honour of his casting, here is a scene from Revolutionary Road, the film for which Shannon scored an Academy Award nom. He’s also the only good thing about the movie. (Warning: some swearing, and a truly annoying performance from everyone that isn’t Shannon.)
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Not fussed either way..however Terence Stamp’s Zod in the now-classic Superman 2 means he has huge shoes to fill. Oh this movie had better be very very good.