Perry Black! Laurence Fishburne is Daily Planet's Editor-in-Chief in Superman Reboot MAN OF STEEL!

In what we would guess is the last notable casting news for Zack Snyder's currently prepping Superman reboot Man of Steel, EW reports that The Matrix actor Laurence Fishburne has joined the cast as Perry White, the editor-in-chief of the Daily Planet. The character's absence from the cast sheet always did look peculiar when we knew Amy Adams would be portraying Lois Lane, reporter for the Metropolis newspaper... and now we can presume the Daily Planet building will make an appearance in the movie. Fisburne is the first black actor to play the iconic Superman character who is slightly less meaner but no less demanding than his Spider-Man counterpart J. Jonah Jameson and he is stepping into the shoes of; the late Jackie Cooper who gave the best portrayal of the character in the Donner movies, Lane Smith in the 90's Lois & Clark series, whose portrayal suited the show; The excellent character actor Michael McKean in Smallville (who we would have loved to have seen given a big screen run at the character) and Frank Langella in Superman Returns, who for whatever reason never seemed to find the right tone in what was a grossly mis-cast movie. Now in my head Perry White has always been a white character and indeed all my five picks I made last year for the character were all white men, including Ed Harris and John Slattery. Personally, I would have PREFERRED a white actor to play the role just like I would never want to see a white Blade, a white Luke Cage or a white Lucius Fox. But Fishburne is a good actor whose dominerring screen presence, his demanding voice and intensity suits Perry White down to the ground. Zack Snyder and his Superman crew are currently constructing the sets for the new movie, with a fall shoot eyed. If you want an idea of what Henry Cavill might look like as Superman, Moviehole snapped him walking down the street recently with the Clark Kent curl! Man of Steel cast looks something like this - Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Diane Lane, Kevin Costner, Michael Shannon, Antje Traue, Laurence Fishburne, Russell Crowe, Julia Ormond Harry Lennix and Christopher Meloni. €œMan Of Steel is due June 14, 2013.