june 2013 | VOLUME 14 | NUMBER 6 Inside Will smith jesse eisenberg isla Fisher Move over IRON MaN. TakE a sEaT kIRk. ThIs gUy’s fasTER ThaN a spEEdINg BULLET, aNd hE’s MakINg a BEELINE fOR ThEaTREs Man of Steel guide, page 38 PUBLICATIONS MAIL AGREEMENT NO. 41619533 World War Z helmer marc Forster on the zombie apocalypse, PAGE 32! Contents june 2013 | VOL 14 | nº6 CoVer storY 38 steeL YourseLf he’s back! superman returns to the big screen in director Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel. We look at how snyder, producer Christopher Nolan, star Henry Cavill and a stellar supporting cast joined forces to reboot the franchise. how does Cavill stack up against former men of steel? Who are his big-name co-stars? and what exactly is superman’s Canadian connection? By ingrid randOja reGuLars 6 EditOr’s nOte l 8 Snaps stee 10 In Brief of 14 SpOtLight MAN 16 All dressed up in LL i 18 In theatres V a 42 Casting CaLL C 44 Return engagement 48 At hOme er: henry 50 FinaLLy... cov features On the 22 team Work 28 smith 2.0 32 War Path 36 moVie maGiC We chart the connections proud papa Will Smith talks World War Z director Isla Fisher and Jesse Eisenberg between This is the End’s about co-starring with his Marc Forster hopes when reveal the tricks to playing cast of real-life pals, including 14-year-old son jaden in audiences see his zombies daring magicians in the Seth Rogen, James Franco director m. night shyamalan’s they’ll forget all about the show-stopping heist pic and Jay Baruchel sci-fi flickAfter Earth film’s troubled production Now You See Me By marni Weisz By jim Slotek By Lianne maCdOugaLL By andrea miLLer 4 | CINEPLEX MAGAZINE | JUNE 2013 EDITOR’S NOTE PUBLISHER SALAH BACHIR EDITOR MARNI WEISZ DEPUTY EDITOR INGRID RANDOJA ART DIRECTOR TREVOR STEWART ASSISTANT ART DIRECTOR STEVIE SHIPMAN ExecutivE Director, PRODUCTION SHEILA GREGORY CONTRIBUTORS LIANNE MACDOUGALL, ANDREA MILLER, JIM SLOTEK ADvERTISING SALES FOR CINEPLEX MAGAZINE AND LE MAGAZINE CINEPLEX IS HANDLED BY CINEPLEx MEDIA. 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QUEBEC 514.868.0005 SALES DIRECTOR, EASTERN CANADA There was a certain amount of hand-wringing south of the border (and a bit of gloating across the pond) GEORGE GOULAKOS (EXT. 225) about why Americans were losing these iconic American parts to Brits, and the consensus seemed to be DIRECTOR, SALES LOUISA DI TULLIO (EXT. 222) that American actors just aren’t manly enough to play superheroes anymore; they are too boyish and have OTTAWA 613.440.1358 become soft compared to their British counterparts. ACCOUNT MANAGER Hmm. That doesn’t pass the smell test for me. It’s not like we’re talking about Daniel Craig and NICOLE BEAUDIN MANITOBA/SASKATCHEWAN 204.396.3044 Clive Owen here. I could be wrong, but I don’t imagine the rather boyish Andrew Garfield driving a truck to ACCOUNT MANAGER The Home Depot to pick up a stack of lumber on his day off. 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Anderson, will be The Heat, a potty-mouthed Hollywood’s hottest female in The Heat is based on her shot indoors at Cinespace Film but extremely funny-looking comedians, Amy Poehler. own friendship with a fellow Studios in the city’s west end. comedy with Sandra Bullock The New Jersey native comedian who, unlike most Actors Kiefer Sutherland, and Melissa McCarthy as also performs — appearing of her female friends, always Jared Harris, Kit Harington, battling, mismatched law- in sketches on Conan, as a tells her if she’s being an ass. Emily Browning, Paz Vega enforcement officers. stand-up comic, and with “I wasn’t used to that straight and Carrie-Anne Moss are all But there’s a third funny lady the renowned improv group talk, and it was an interesting joining Anderson in T.O.