Weta's Joe Letteri Is A Big Fan Of Zack Snyder's "Man of Steel"

Compared to the fan friendly production of Superman Returns, the new installment of Superman has been shrouded in secrecy. The Brothers Warner have released a minimal amount of media related to Man Of Steel, but what they HAVE released has been pretty damn intriguing, especially the theatrical trailer.

Fans on forums & bloggers are none to happy about it, but when the marketing explodes over the next 45-60 days, they won't have time to come up for air before being greeted by a new poster or TV spot. In the mean time, Weta's Joe Letteri spoke with BLEEDING COOL but not about special effects, about the story itself.

Joe Letteri: "I can’t talk too much about Man of Steel yet, and I haven’t seen the whole thing yet, but overall it’s the story that’s most exciting. It’s a nice re-envisioning of the story of Superman leaving his homeworld and coming to this new one.

"If you look at what Zack [Snyder] has done you’ll see that they’ve abandoned a lot of the pretense that was in the comics and asked “Can we still make this work?”

"They’re sticking to realism as much as possible. Fantastic elements are still there but a lot of it that been trimmed back to make it feel as though this actually happened."