May 17, 2011: Super Dad and New Doc

By Sylvia Gurinsky

Sorry, fellow Costner fans. I know it's been a while since the last post, and a lot has happened. Life happens, which is why I haven't been updating the blog.

Of course, it has been well publicized that Kevin Costner will play Jonathan Kent, father of Clark Kent, in "Man of Steel." (Incidentally, Glenn Ford played the character as "Pa Kent" in the terrific 1978 film "Superman.")

These days, superhero movies tend to take on lives of their own with rumors and counter-rumors, so the focus here will be exclusively on KC's role until the movie is released.

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If you visit southern California, you don't have to wait for "Man of Steel" to catch KC in a new production. He's narrated a new documentary about the Channel Islands, part of the National Park Service.

Also, "The Company Men" DVD will be released June 7. It will include various extras, including deleted scenes, an alternate ending, a making-of documentary and commentary by John Wells, the movie's director. It can already be pre-ordered online, of course.