Ben Wan
- Jun 12
- 2 min read

Unused Man of Steel Concept Art (MoS Tenth Anniversary)

To celebrate the tenth anniversary of Man of Steel and the upcoming Flash, we go into the unused concept art of the Zack Snyder Superman film. Explore the unused concepts of Krypton and how Superman's red trunks almost made it into the movie!

Chapters

0:13 Episode Introduction

5:42 Christian Lorenz Scheurer's Krypton

You can check out Scheurer's site here: http://www.christianlorenzscheurer.com/htmlpages/htmlmovies/MOS/MOS_index.html

46:30 Phillip Boutte Jr.'s Lara & Character Designs

Check out Boutte's work here: https://conceptartworld.com/news/man-of-steel-costume-illustrations-by-phillip-boutte-jr/

50:33 Break

Our upcoming Flash review on The Flash Podcast with Andy B will premiere live on Saturday, June 17th at 10AM PST:

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1:04:14 Return from Break: Keith Christensen's Character Designs & Peter Rubin's Concept Art

Check out Keith Christensen's work here - http://filmsketchr.blogspot.com/2013/07/exclusive-man-of-steel-costume-concept.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter#.Udy2Uqy2-uk

And more of Peter Rubin's work here - https://ironroostercreative.com/man-of-steel

1:13:00 Ed Natividad's Character Concept Art

Check out Ed Natividad's work here:

http://filmsketchr.blogspot.com/2013/07/see-what-zod-almost-looked-like-in.html#.UfchxI2Tg4G

1:14:40 The Man of Steel Superman Suit from Warren Manser

Check out Warren Manser's work here:

https://mightymega.com/2013/06/26/man-of-steel-costume-design-and-concept-art/

https://www.warrenmanser.com/concept-art.html#gal_8=1

Snyder's comments on trying to keep the red trunks here:

"[It] was a big deal for me, and we played around for a long time.

"I tried like crazy to keep the red briefs on him. Everyone else said, 'You can't have the briefs on him'. I looked at probably 1,500 versions of the costumes with the briefs on."

https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a440808/man-of-steel-zack-snyder-i-tried-to-keep-supermans-red-underpants/

Other images from https://ukm.propstoreauction.com/lot-details/index/catalog/299/lot/80965

If you search for Warren Manser, you'll find that there a other MoS art but most those are Style Guide Illustrations. Let me know if you want to add those as well https://www.warrenmanser.com/illustration.html#gal_38=1

1:32:55 Closing: Fan Comments and Shoutouts

Big thanks to our research assistant Dan Yamat for providing the visuals for this YouTube experience, as well as the usual QC and chapter time codes.

Thumbnail by Dan as well

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