Kevin Costner Announced as Father Kent in Zack Snyder’s ‘Superman’

Warner Bros. just issued a press release confirming previous rumors that Kevin Costner would play Jonathan Kent, the father who raised Clark Kent as his own son, in Superman: Man of Steel to be directed by Zack Snyder (300).

Costner will star alongside Diane Lane, who plays his wife, Martha, and the film’s star, Henry Cavill, who will play the new Clark Kent/Superman.

Quoted in the release Snyder said, “Jonathan Kent is the only father figure Clark has ever had, the man who was there to help Clark understand what he was meant to do in the world as Superman. Kevin will be able to communicate the quiet strength of this rural American man who raised the greatest super hero of all time.”