The release of Zack Snyder's massive Superman flick Man of Steel is just days away—it hits theaters a week from Friday—so the promotion for the film is starting to hit fever pitch. The latest riches? A slew of new stills from the flick and a 13-minute featurette about the making of the movie.

What's probably the most interesting about this behind-the-scenes clip is the pains it goes to in relating that Man of Steel is, in the words of screenwriter David S. Goyer, "not a comic book Superman" but rather a "Superman that exists in the real world." While this shouldn't come as a total shock—Snyder has said before that he wanted to make his film stand out from other Superman movies—it is surprising that this "real" talk is coming out now after a series of recent explosive trailers promising a flick packed with massive General Zod face-offs. So, perhaps this is bringing us back to the somber tone of the earlier Man of Steel teases?

"What Chris [Nolan] and David did was [say] 'Let's let the audience participate in the experience of being Superman without breaking the things that make him Superman,'" Snyder says in the clip. "They were able to make him sort of relatable, ground him, make him feel real."

Will it work? Will Snyder be able to balance the emotional core of Clark Kent's life on Earth with the necessary spectacle to make a summer blockbuster? That remains to be seen, but Lois Lane's iPad is a nice bit of realness. What we do know is that he's got an incredible cast behind him—Henry Cavill as the Man himself, Amy Adams as Lane, Michael Shannon as General Zod, Russell Crowe as Jor-El, Laurence Fishburne as Daily Planet editor-in-chief Perry White—as well as producer Nolan, who worked with Goyer on the story and, you know, did wonderful things with his Batman movies.

Check out the featurette, as well as a ton of new stills from Snyder's Superman flick above. Man of Steel hits theaters June 14.

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