J.J. Abrams Talks SUPERMAN: FLYBY And Zack Snyder's MAN OF STEEL

Warner Bros. can't take risks.

Well I can see some similarities. They def read JJs script and used some ideas. Even the concept art looks like the same suit.

As for Clark not using his powers. I can understand why The Kents would not want him to use his powers. If the gov found out they would freak. That's why the realism is being brought in. What would really happen if an alien with all these powers came to earth. People would prob think its the end of the world.

The script is online and was half decent for a first draft. Ironically, Superman Returns borrowed some of the weaker elements of JJ's story and completely left out the good ones. MOS looks like its borrowing the stronger elements from the same story. If you've read the script you'll probably find it as bizarre as I do that both movies really seem to take pieces straight from the JJ script. The Superman Earth 1 story also shares some similarities with JJs script. If I hadn't known the JJ script was from 2003, I would've assumed he was ripping off ideas, but he predates them all.

@Kevberg
He's not assuming that at all! Only that Kal is more powerful than a kid should be.He doesn't say that he's fully fledged in childhood.
You assumed.

I think the point many are missing is why they chose to go with the lesd cheesy more realistic. Its actually makes sense.

The truth and honestly I'm sure many would agree and I'm sure this is where they might go with it. In reality if there ever were such a being flying around the planet with all this power and practically invulnerable. People would prob randomly start bowing down their knees without question believing him to be God. That's Real Talk. A point Watchmen tried to make with Dr Manhattan. Superman has to prove he is there for the people not meant to rule them. Zod on the other hand.

I have always thought that a baby from Krypton would become a toddler and have absorbed so much yellow sun radiation than a cuddle or a slap (as smost babies do in frustration could kill the Kents easily or maim them for life, same as when Kal is having 'relations' with Lois at the time where you lose control and let your senses go crazy you have to be careful not to kill the poor girl with one almighty thrust. I hope they touch on my first point, as it is important, imagine having your kid at a park knowing that if it pushed another toddler it would fly a thousand feet in the air and end tragically. The Kents would be recluses and never mingle until they knew Clark could handle other people with control over his vastly increased strength and speed, I imagine heat vision and freeze breath came later in his years. CANNOT WAIT TO SEE THIS FILM, WE NEED A GREAT SUPERMAN MOVIE a blend of the emotional but with killer action, KILLER KILLER action, Iron Man and The Dark Knight are two near perfect films for me, all other are take it or leave it, Cap America I've seen, never want to see it again same as Thor I wont even mention GL!

@BallisticWhale, It wouldn't make sense that they did, X-men sure it does but with Supes he has no reason to develop these powers at puberty, I've always thought of him having his abilities from the moment he crashed well actually before that even, would a baby survive such a crash landing without super powers, in all film versions that rocket has hit the ground hard!

"If he bothered to research it, He's know the material , he wouldn't assume clark would slaughter the Kents."

He just had a DIFFERENT INTERPRETATION. Shocker, huh? That other people think differently than you. Just seems like a whole lot of fanboy whining that 'this guy doesn't get the character (and therefore doesn't get ME)'. You haven't read the script CLEARLY, but want to bitch and complain about it anyway. Sheesh ...

"It's a little mind-boggling to think that somewhere at Warner Bros. there's a vault with a Superman script from J.J. Abrams and a Wonder Woman script from Joss Whedon. I guess if you're a young, up and coming director who gets commissioned by WB to writer a script for a superhero movie that ultimately doesn't get made....you should consider yourself on the right career path."

lol! I like that quote.

His abilities come from the change in energy that comes from our sun as apposed to Kryptons so with that being said him all of a sudden unlocking powers at puberty makes less sense than if he was powerful as an infant. The minute he entered our solar system he would begin to get stronger; and because Earth is one of the closer planets to the sun, it explains why he is so powerful. Just putting this out there, World War Hulk would kill any superman.

P.S. - WWH? Please. Fly him into orbit, problem solved.

Do Green Lantern pleaseeeee!