Everyone is wondering why WB’s and Zack Snyder picked General Zod to be the villain again for the new Superman movie. Keep in mind that Warner Bros. and DC Comics are in a middle of a legal war with the Siegel heirs. WB’s, Zack Snyder and Christopher Nolan are rushing this movie. Why? Because they need to get this movie started by 2011. Well it’s 2011, and this is why the movie is starting so quickly. WB’s and DC will lose all rights to Superman in 2013.

I’m pretty sure WB’s and Zack Snyder could use other Superman villains like Darksied, Brainiac, Metallo, or Doomsday easily, but creating those characters would take so long and would be very expensive to create. With use of CGI, costumes, and make up for those characters. I bet this is why they picked a human villain like Zod because it’s quicker to nail down.

I bet this is the main reason why Zod was picked. It’s their way of getting things done quickly because of this lawsuit against the Siegel heirs. Warner Bros./DC sued the Siegel’s in return to fight back for the full Superman rights, so if Warner Bros. win the full Superman rights, maybe they’ll use the other villains for the sequel if they do one?

Warner Bros. and the Siegel’s owns half of the Superman material, so we might not even see Superman in costume and Clark Kent in the new film. Not sure how they’re gonna do this film when the Siegel’s own most of the important material.

Read this earlier article on the Superman legal battle, here.

I pray Warner Bros. will win the full rights. I’m sure they will. The Siegel family are egotistical douchebags trying to make a huge pay day out of WB’s, that’s all they want. It’s about the money. The Siegel’s are greedy people and this is a harsh battle.

I bet this is another reason Zack was hired for “Superman” because Zack dealt with a similar copyright lawsuit with “Watchmen”, remember that legal battle? Zack was hired for “Superman” because he was brave enough to not care about this legal bullshit and get to work anyway.

Kev