Russell Crow is in talks to play the biological father Jor-El of Superman in Christopher Nolan’s upcoming ‘Man of Steel’ starring Henry Cavill, reprising the role that screen legend Marlon Brando played in 1978. The Warner Bros.movie which co-stars Diane Lane, Kevin Costner, Amy Adams, and Michael Shannon is still looking for a name to play Superman’s biological mother and starts production next month. Apparently Sean Penn and Clive Owen turned down the role.