Zack Snyder is back highlighting Man of Steel, this time with a new Instagram video posted in vertical format and paired with the caption: “This vertical take on Man of Steel is seriously cool—reimagined and rebuilt for a whole new perspective.”
The clip puts the focus right where fans expect it: on the scale, the framing, and the kind of visuals that made Snyder’s Superman movie stand out in the first place.
Zack Snyder’s visuals still hold up
What jumps out again is how well Man of Steel has aged.
The movie was released in June 2013, yet the imagery still feels bigger, cleaner, and more cinematic than a lot of current comic book films.
Snyder’s use of scale, atmosphere, motion, and destruction gave Superman a real sense of power, and the VFX still look polished nearly 13 years later.
A big reason clips from the movie continue to circulate online is because fans still keep coming back to it.
Watch the video:
A quick look back at Man of Steel
Man of Steel was released by Warner Bros. in June 2013 and served as Snyder’s reboot of Superman for a new generation.
The film starred Henry Cavill as Clark Kent and Superman, with Amy Adams as Lois Lane, Michael Shannon as General Zod, Diane Lane as Martha Kent, Kevin Costner as Jonathan Kent, Laurence Fishburne as Perry White, and Russell Crowe as Jor-El.
It was directed by Zack Snyder from a script by David S. Goyer, with story credits shared by Goyer and Christopher Nolan.
Man of Steel made nearly a billion dollars in today’s dollars
At the original box office, Man of Steel earned about $670.1 million worldwide.
Adjusted using the CPI, that total works out to roughly $950 million in today’s dollars, which puts it in “nearly a billion dollars” territory by today’s value, the kind of box office most films today can only dream about.
Henry Cavill’s Superman remains a fan favorite
A big reason Man of Steel still gets this kind of attention is Henry Cavill.
For a lot of fans, Cavill remains one of the most popular live-action Supermen ever, and plenty would argue he ranks only behind Christopher Reeve.
His version of the character brought strength, presence, and a more grounded emotional weight that clearly connected with audiences and still does.
Snyder’s latest post is another reminder that fans have not let go of that era. This is not nostalgia for the sake of it. It is a reaction to a movie and a performance that still resonate.
