The biggest change here is the strange decision to alter Superman’s origins so much that it now involves the participation of alien bounty hunter Lobo (who seriously need his own DC Animated movie, really!) and J’onn J’onzz, aka Martian Manhunter a character whose appearance here is more akin that of the CW show Supergirl rather than the Martian Manhunter I am more familiar with in the comics – though to be fair that version was the straight man in the comedic take on the Justice League in the late 80s/early 90s! Whilst using these character within Superman’s origin story is a little odd, the idea that J’onn J’onzz and Superman, aka Kal-El, are both the last of their kind is a really nice tough that adds some emotional resonance to a animated film that seems more interested in showing Supes in action – fighting Lobo, fighting the alien parasite – than digging into Superman’s “new” beginnings. Which in this case leads to the creation of the aforementioned power-hungry alien parasite. Superman: Man of Tomorrow is not only a rebooting of the DC Animated Universe, no longer required to stick to the continuity of DC’s “The New 52” which previous entries followed, but it’s also a retelling of the backstory for The Man of Steel, taking the audience to his early days as an intern at the Daily Planet and his beginnings as a learning-on-the-job Superman… Essentially this is like DC’s version of Spider-Man Homecoming – complete with a pre-costume Superman flying around and not quite getting the hero thing right. Follow the budding hero as he engages in bloody battles with intergalactic bounty hunter Lobo and fights for his life to halt the attack of power-hungry alien parasite. But as Daily Planet intern Clark Kent – working alongside reporter Lois Lane – secretly wields his alien powers of flight, super-strength and x-ray vision in the battle for good, there’s even greater trouble on the horizon. It’s the dawn of a new age of heroes, and Metropolis has just met its first. 1.Featuring the voices of: Darren Criss, Ryan Hurst, Ike Amadi, Zachary Quinto, Alexandra Daddario, Brett Dalton, Neil Flynn, Bellamy Young | Written by Tim Sheridan | Directed by Chris Palmer 2 the prior week, while Grown Ups 2 fell to No. 2 now that their 28-day holdbacks from Netflix and Redbox are over. On Home Media Magazine’s video rental chart for the week, 20th Century Fox’s The Heat and Warner’s Pacific Rim shot up to No. Man of Steel generated 68 percent of its total unit sales from Blu-ray Disc, Nielsen data shows, compared to 43 percent for Turbo. 5, respectively – both unchanged from the previous week. On the Blu-ray Disc sales chart, Warner’s The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and Disney’s The Little Mermaid came in at No. 2 the prior week) and White House Down, also from Sony, at No. Rounding out the top five on First Alert were Sony Pictures’ Grown Ups 2 at No. 3 on both sales charts after two weeks at No. Walt Disney Studios’ Monsters University dropped to No. And while Turbo only mustered a domestic theatrical gross of $82.9 million (compared to $187.2 million for The Croods), both films are credited with lifting DreamWorks’ profits above analysts’ estimates for the third quarter, sending the studio’s stock in October to a four-year high. The DreamWorks Animation film, distributed by 20th Century Fox, was one of DreamWorks’ two big 2012 theatrical features, along with The Croods. The animated family film Turbo, about a suddenly supercharged snail who dreams of winning the Indy 500, also scored an impressive debut, bowing at No. STORY: Ben Affleck Is Batman for ‘Man of Steel’ Sequel It also garnered generally favorable reviews, something many of the previous “it’s a bird, it’s a plane…” cinematic excursions did not.
theaters and racked up a worldwide theatrical gross of more than $660 million.
The latest Superman retooling generated more than $291 million in U.S. 17, topping both the Nielsen VideoScan First Alert chart, which tracks overall disc sales, DVD and Blu-ray Disc combined, as well as Nielsen’s dedicated Blu-ray Disc sales chart. Warner Home Video’s Man of Steel was the clear victor in the week ending Nov. The fourth-quarter disc frenzy continues to accelerate, with week after week of summer tentpoles arriving on DVD and Blu-ray Disc - and easily topping the sales charts.