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FOR comic book nerds there are few things more sacred then the X-Men and any attempts to transfer the iconic characters from comic pages to the big-screen are mercilessly scrutinised.
AUSTRALIAN tough guy Russell Crowe is in negotiations to star as the Kryptonian father of Superman in Man of Steel, a role played by Marlon Brando in the 1987 superhero movie.
Details of his role – a scientist who foresees the destruction of his planet and squires his infant son into an escape rocket bound for Earth – are not being revealed.
