The opening match of the European Football Championship is on TV today, but of course that won’t last forever. We have the perfect sci-fi film for you afterwards, but it probably starts about five minutes before the final whistle: Man of Steel founded an entire cinematic universe at the time, but it still hasn’t had a proper sequel and it will stay that way.
Today on TV: This is what Man of Steel with Henry Cavill is about
Because his home planet is on the verge of destruction, the Kryptonian Jor-El sends his son Kal-El to Earth with the so-called Codex in a kind of rescue capsule. There, the small child is discovered, taken in and raised by a married couple in Kansas. However, it soon turns out that the foster son, now called Clark, very special, superhuman abilities has.
After the death of his foster father, Clark (Henry Cavill) sets out to search for his own identity and finds it – in the icy north in the form of an old spaceship. He decides to stand up for good from now on and to use his powers wisely. Clark aka Superman also meets the reporter Lois Lane, but soon the earth is plagued by the sinister General Zod and his terraforming plans.
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General Zod is not a good guy in Man of Steel.
Although Man of Steel founded an entire universe, the film never got a proper sequel
With Man of Steel, the DCEU was named DC Comics film universe launchedThe films did not come close to the success of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but in addition to Batman vs Superman and the Justice League with Wonder Woman and Aquaman, Suicide Squad and The Flash were also created.
But despite the many other films in which Henry Cavill appeared as Superman and had to fight against his fiercest rivals, no classic sequel grantedThere were always rumors and plans about a sequel, but the project never became a finished film. What remains the same is that it is now certain that the DC universe will be completely rebooted.
TV or stream: When and where is Man of Steel shown?
You can see the Man of Steel tonight from 22:40 on ProSieben Depending on how it goes, that will probably be 5 minutes before the final whistle of the opening match of the European Championship. The film will then run with advertising until 1:30 a.m. A repeat will then be shown directly at 3:15 a.m.
If you want to watch the Germany game to the end and don’t want to miss the beginning of Man of Steel, you can also stream the superhero action film. For example, on Magenta TV at no extra cost, or on Amazon, Maxdome, Apple TV and Google.
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