The Man of Steel (film idea)

The Man of Steel is my concept of what 2013's Man of Steel should have been like.

Plot

 * Krypton is being destroyed by a planet destroying terrorist group called the Black Zero. In desperation, Jor-El releases prisoner Jax-Ur, a scientist who then helps Kryptonians develop a red missile, which impedes, but doesn't stop Black Zero from destroying Krypton. In desperation, Jax-Ur is able to find the controls to drive the Phantom Zone (containing the corrupt general Dru-Zod and others) away from Krypton while a baby Kal-El is hot into space.
 * Kal-El grows up in Smallville and eventually learns his powers
 * Learns that Black Zero is now threatening Earth from a hallucination from Jor-El
 * Zod is somehow released from the Phantom Zone with the intention of destroying Black Zero; he later discoveries it is going to attack Earth and thinks that it is a good place to build a New Krypton
 * Zod and Superman destroy Black Zero, but become at odds over his New Krypton idea
 * Zod kills Lana Lang on purpose to show how wimpy and un-Kryptonian he is
 * Zod continues destruction on Earth until he is placed back into the Phantom Zone

Cast

 * Clark Kent/Kal-El
 * Lana Lang
 * General Dru-Zod
 * Jor-El
 * Pete Ross
 * Faora Hu-Ul
 * Marha Kent
 * Jonathan Kent
 * Jax-Ur
 * Lara Lor-Van
 * Chief Douglas Parker
 * Tor-An
 * Kenny Braverman
 * Tomar-Re (cameo)