While we still don’t know if ‘person of interest’ Kevin Costnet will end up as Clark Kent’s earthly father Jonathan in the new Superman movie Zack Snyder is connecting, he now has a mother, with Warner Bros. announcing that Diane Lane (Unfaithful, Secretariat) has signed up to play Martha Kent.
Snyder said of the casting, “This was a very important piece of casting for me because Martha Kent is the woman whose values helped shape the man we know as Superman. We are thrilled to have Diane in the role because she can convey the wisdom and the wonder of a woman whose son has powers beyond her imagination.”
Lane will star opposite Henry Cavill, who’ll be the Man Of Steel himself, with the hope being that production can begin in the summer for a November 2012 release.