Variety.com reports that German actress Antje Traue has joined the cast of Zack Snyder's Superman reboot, "Man of Steel".

Traue, whose first English language film was "Pandorum", will play the Kryptonian warrior Faora and form a villainous duo with General Zod (Michael Shannon).

There have been many versions of Faora since her comic book debut and Variety is currently uncertain which version Traue will portray.

"The first Faora was introduced in Action Comics 471 as a beautiful Kryptonian woman with an intense unexplained hatred for all men. She was an expert at the Kryptonian martial art of Horo-Kanu, which utilises pressure points on the Kryptonian body and made her a dangerous foe for Superman to fight in hand-to-hand combat. In fact, he was forced to flee from their first encounter.

"It's more likely that Traue will be playing the version of Faora that debuted in Action Comics 779 as an aide of Zod. That character was an orphan metahuman with the ability to disrupt molecular bonds, which allowed her to create a mutagenic virus that served as the lynchpin of Zod's plan."

Faora was the basis for the villianess Ursa in "Superman: The Movie" and "Superman: II" and has also appeared on Smallville.

Traue is the fifth cast member to join the new film following Henry Cavill (Clark Kent/Superman), Amy Adams (Lois Lane), Kevin Costner (Jonathan Kent), Diane Lane (Martha Kent) and Michael Shannon (General Zod).

Production is scheduled to begin this August in the Chicago area with a tentative release date set for the December, 2012 Christmas season.