Details of a potential plot for Superman: Man of Steel have leaked online, and if true could see the Son of Krypton given the Batman Begins treatment by Christopher Nolan and Zack Snyder, making Superman more relevant than ever before.

Details on the plot have been few and far between, but for the first time fans can get an idea of where Nolan and Snyder plan to go with the franchise reboot.

Website Bleeding Cool reports, "A young reporter named Clark Kent roams the world covering various news stories. When he is compelled to use his secret powers to intervene in a crisis in West Africa, he returns to Smallville to learn more about his origins and the hero he was born to be."

If this is the plot, then it bares a lot of similarities to that of the Mark Waid comic series Superman: Birthright, giving credence to the story.

Superman: Man of Steel stars Henry Cavill in the lead role, with support coming from Amy Adams, Kevin Costner, Diane Lane and Michael Shannon, with the film due for release in December 2012.