Zack Snyder Confirms "Crazy" 'Man Of Steel' Trailer In Front Of 'The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey'

Yes, that's right, you now have an additional reason to see Peter Jackson's The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey on December 14. The film itself, Jackson's first in a trilogy, was likely enough. But that release is also the first film ever in HFR 3D, and it will have the trailer (or prologue) to Star Trek Into Darkness attached. And now Zack Snyder has confirmed what we all expected: the second trailer for his Superman reboot, Man of Steel will be attached too. Here's Snyder:

I can't wait for 'The Hobbit,' so it will be fun to see our crazy 'Man of Steel' trailer and then enjoy 'The Hobbit' because that's going to be great. It just feels like a fun Christmas thing to do, drag the whole family out for that action.

Read some more of Snyder's thoughts on the status of the June 14 film after the jump.

Snyder said the above quote to MTV News (via SHH), who also asked him about the film's villain, Michael Shannon:

Shannon is great, he has such great enthusiasm and dedication constantly. You can imagine that you could get actors who go, 'Oh right, it's Zod, it's not 100 percent serious,' or [you can play it] slightly with a wink, there is none of that with him. His effort is to make it realized and to understand this character and what he has to go through, so you have that on one side and you have Henry, who basically is Superman, on the other side and that dynamic.

I also believe that's Snyder's first confirmation that Shannon is Zod, even though Shannon himself has said so on multiple occasions.  He added the following discussing the importance of the actors taking their comic book personas totally seriously:

I was just incredibly fortunate to play with those guys who really were giving all they had to bring a level of commitment to the scenes they have together so that audiences will get an opportunity to really have their heroes taken seriously. As serious as I was taking it, and I don't mean that from a depressing kind of way but from a, 'This is important and fun and needs to be given the respect that it deserves,' from that perspective it was so exciting to watch them drink the Kool-Aid of that concept and go all the way.

Be sure to check back here for that "crazy" trailer in the coming weeks, we'll get it up as soon as possible. Until then, here's the teaser trailer and description of footage from the Comic-Con reel, which I assume will be similar to the trailer.