Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures have released the first full length trailer for Superman reboot  Man of Steel. Directed by Zack Snyder (300, Watchmen) and produced by Christopher Nolan, the new film stars  Henry Cavill (Immortals,Tudors)  in the role of Kryptionian superhero.

When a young Clark Kent learns that he has extraordinary powers and is not of this Earth he sets out on a lifelong journeys to discover where he came from and what he was sent here to do.  The hero in him must emerge if he is to save the world from annihilation and become the symbol of hope for all mankind.

The film also stars four-time Oscar nominee Amy Adams  as Daily Planet journalist Lois Lane, and Laurence Fishburne as her editor-in-chief, Perry White.  Diane Lane and Kevin Costner make their blockbuster return as Clark’s adoptive earth parents. Russell Crowe meanwhile steps into Marlon Brando’s shoes as Superman’s birth father Jor-El.

Squaring off against the superhero are two other surviving Kryptonians, the villainous General Zod, played by Boardwalk Empire star Michael Shannon  and Faora, Zod’s evil partner, played by Antje Traue.

Check out the full trailer below: