There's well over a year until Man of Steel arrives at a theater near you, but it's not to early to reveal the Superman reboot's official logo via a banner baring a familiar symbol.  That would be a new variation on the iconic "S" that Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster's creation has worn on his chest ever since his first appearance almost 75 years ago.

It's been awhile since we heard much from Man of Steel, the new Superman movie currently being directed by Zack Snyder.  In fact, the last thing we posted on the reboot was a picture of Henry Cavill kindly posing for a picture with a young lad whilst wearing his full Superman gear.  Two months later, there are some new, albeit bite-sized, info-nuggets on the film from the guy who designed that costume, Michael Wilkinson.

Months ago, when Man of Steel was shooting on location in Illinois, we were seeing photos from the set of the Superman reboot regularly.  These included plenty of looks at Henry Cavill in the newly redesigned Superman costume, as well as a small sense of the scale on which director Zack Snyder is setting up the film's action sequences.  Since the production began shooting on soundstages in Vancouver, British Columbia, though, set photos and the like have become rare.  A new behind the scenes image reminds us of the good times and provides a solid, close up look at Cavill in costume.

After a flurry of set photos gave some insights into the Superman reboot Man of Steel months ago, when it was shooting on location in rural Illinois and Chicago, things have been while the production shoots studio stuff in Vancouver.  In that time, our collective attention has been focused pretty firmly on The Dark Knight Rises, but the Christopher Nolan-produced retelling of Superman's origin is indeed still in principal photography.  As if to remind us of this fact comes news that Richard Schiff has joined the supporting cast as a character very much familiar to fans of Kal-El's DC Comics history.

Though it never actually became a real movie, Superman Lives exists now as a notorious example of what could have been.  The story of the film long ago passed into infamy, thanks in part to the public stories of its one-time screenwriter Kevin Smith, online script drafts, images of costume tests, and the general batshit craziness of the fact that Tim Burton almost directed a Superman movie starring Nicolas Cage and based on the famous 90's "Death of Superman" comic arc.  The project ended up having the plug pulled shortly before production, becoming just one of the would-be Superman projects that never actually happened.  Now there's some new photographic evidence indicating how grateful we ought to be that it never actually happened, as some concept designs for Superman toys have made their way online for your perusal and judgment.

in 2006, 300, adapted from the comic book by Frank Miller, was a big enough hit that it turned Zack Snyder into a household name and allowed many a heterosexual male to unapologetically love a movie featuring no end of sweaty men in leather diapers.  Of course, Warner Bros was interested in franchising the surprise hit, but with almost every major character meeting their end, it was going to have to be a sequel without the familiar ripped, lathered-up dudes.  So now we have a sequel, 300: Battle of Artemesia, and Australian beefcake Joel Edgerton is in talks with Warner Bros to play the presumably shirtless lead character.

Remember about three weeks ago, when unofficial images from the set of the Superman reboot Man of Steel showed new Clark Kent Henry Cavill in a mocked-up Alaskan fishing village with a distinctly un-Kentish beard and vagrant's outfit?  Sure you do.  How about those other unofficial images with an equally bearded Cavill topless and sporting nothing but tattered pants?  Of course you remember those.  New photos from the Vancouver Man of Steel set prove beyond the shadow of a doubt that 300 director Zack Snyder will indeed be providing plenty of super-shirtlessness in the newly rebooted Superman adventure.

In 1978's Superman, as directed by Richard Donner, Marlon Brando played Superman's Kryptonian father Jor-El, a wise,beneficent, silver-coiffed scientist attempting to warn his doomed homeworld of impending planetary disaster.  Some digital work even allowed Brando to briefly reprise the role posthumously in Superman Returns, but in the currently-filming Superman reboot Man of Steel, Jor-El is played by none other than Russell Crowe.  Earlier this month, a batch of unofficial pictures from the Vancouver set gave our first look at Crowe in costume, which is traditionally regal, but more martial than past Jor-Els.  Now, Crowe himself has indicated that his version of Superdad is more physical, getting into a proper fight with a combatant the identity of whom is a minor spoiler.

Just yesterday, a slew of official images from the 3D action epic Immortals featured lead Henry Cavill looking ridiculously fit and consistently shirtless.  Today, a crop of photos from the British Columbia set of the Superman reboot Man of Steel indicate that the latest iteration of Clark Kent will be no stranger to occasional shirtlessness.  Last week, images from the set of the Zack Snyder-directed franchise restart showed Cavill looking rather destitute and bearded in an Alaskan fishing town, but these new pictures do the destitution one better.

Unless the creative team and Warner Bros have managed to keep a spectacular secret, the Superman reboot Man of Steel will not include the Big Blue Boy Scout's familiar nemesis, Lex Luthor.  But director Zack Snyder and screenwriter David S. Goyer couldn't really omit another alliteratively-named supporting character in the Superman mythology, so you can count on Clark Kent crushing on Lois Lane like crazy.  Last week, photos from the Canadian set showed our first look at three-time Oscar nominee Amy Adams in costume as the Daily Planet's star reporter.  Here again we have a new batch of images featuring Adams on set, and anyone hoping against reason that last week's images were a mistake and Lane would not have Adams' natural red hair is in for doubled down disappointment.