He in turn suggested Kate Bosworth, who played his wife, Sandra Dee, in the film Beyond the Sea, for Lois Lane, and she was hired after Singer saw her screen-test. Superman Returns is a 2006 superhero movie.It is based on the DC Comics superhero Superman and his archenemy Lex Luthor.The movie was directed by Bryan Singer.It was produced by Bryan Singer, Gilbert Adler, and Jon Peters.. The neck-line of Superman's top has been changed from a wide scoop-neck to a crew-neck cut. He returns to work as Clark Kent at The Daily Planet in Metro… On November 17, 2005, Warner Bros. released the teaser trailer, containing John Williams' music and Marlon Brando's dialogue from Superman. National Comics Publications, Inc. v. 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However, two major changes significantly deviate from the movie: Superman … Lois Lane Antagonists: 1. (The Channel Awesome logo is shown, followed by the NC title sequence. Luthor launches the crystal (now encased in kryptonite) into the sea, causing a chain reaction resulting in its massive growth. It was the first theatrical Superman film since 1987's Superman IV: The Quest For Peace. The film became the best-selling DVD of 2006 on amazon.com in both the HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc formats. While certainly tapping on ideas that could be made interesting, it retreaded way too much of what's already been done before, resulting in a major bore-fest. When his father Jor-El realized that the planet was doomed, he and his wife Lara Lor-Van sent Kal-El to Earth, where he would be found by Jonathan and Martha Kent. Luthor also shows knowledge of the workings of the Fortress of Solitude, as he had previously visited the place in Superman II, though when asked if he'd been there before, he does not answer. He returns to work as Clark Kent at The Daily Planet in Metropolis, where he learns Lois Lane is now a mother and has won the Pulitzer Prize for her article "Why the … Along with input from Bryan Singer, the documentary contains commentary from other past and present actors, directors, writers, artists, and fans, and was narrated by Kevin Spacey. The camera flies through space at breakneck speed throughout the entire sequence, following the path of Superman's return to Earth from Krypton. He had supposedly admitted that the former amount was closer if not slightly less than the full amount spent, according to a statement made by Rotten Tomatoes. The most noticeable of these links is the use of John Williams' original themes from Superman, much as Bond films continued to reference the original "James Bond Theme", and the use of Brando's voice and archive footage. But Metropolis isn't as fortunate, there is a damage meter - if too much damage is done to the city during a mission (in other words, if the damage meter is fully depleted) then the game ends. He was born with the name Kal-El, on the planet Krypton. During Superman's absence, Lex Luthor has been releas… Superman Returns is an American feature film of the superhero fantasy genre. On May 19, 2006 with UK prints of The Da Vinci Code, the studio released the film's international trailer. The video is available on the 2-Disc special edition DVD release of the film, but different music plays and the video ends with credits. Superman (Clark Kent) (First appearance) Supporting Characters: 1. Club gave it a D and stated that "A making-of documentary on how such a precious franchise was so flagrantly mishandled would be far more entertaining than anything the game has to offer. Lois Lane (Single appearance) 4. He returns to Earth with his spacecraft crashing back into his adoptive mother's crop field, and awakes the next morning reminiscing of his childhood. [33] The A.V. According to various articles, the development process had utilized "pay or play" contracts, meaning that those involved were paid even if production did not commence as planned. : The Return of Black Adam, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, Look, Up in the Sky: The Amazing Story of Superman. Clark Kent's name is a combination of the names of actors, Clark Gable and Kent Taylor. Mongul first puts him against an elite team of warriors known as the Plahtune, but the Man of Steel easily beats them. Jason White (Single appearance) 2. [5][6] IGN criticized the game's lack of a concluding villain saying that "The final boss in Superman Returns: The Videogame is a tornado. The single-disc edition has no extra features, while the 2-disc edition has over 3 hours of bonus material, including deleted scenes and a behind-the-scenes documentary titled Requiem for Krypton: Making Superman Returns, created by Ludovico Technique. Superman Returns is an American feature film of the superhero fantasy genre. Brandon Routh reprised his role for sixth Arrowverse annual crossover event Crisis on Infinite Earths. Bryan Singer, who directed the first two X-Men films, crafted Returns as both a sequel and an homage to Superman and Superman II -- while also ignoring Superman III, Superman IV, and Supergirl. Superman had been missing for several years, having traveled to where astronomers believed they had discovered the remains of Krypton. On October 25 2006, IESB.net reported that a deal between director Bryan Singer and Warner Bros. had been finalized for a sequel. In the game, Superman combats Bizarro, as well as other classic villains (including Metallo, Mongul, and Riot) as well as being able to play as Bizarro in one of the minigames. Warner Brothers promoted Superman Returns very heavily prior to its cinematic release. Edit. Though Bizarro is of equal might, Superman is a much more experienced warrior. As stated above, each power will have different levels of energy. Lois and Jason sneak onto Luthor's ship, not realizing who owns it, and are captured. The game has an 80 sq. The four 40-page editions served to bridge the story of Superman II and Superman Returns and are entitled Krypton to Earth (which reintroduces the origin from the 1978 Film, with Jor-El as the main protagonist), Ma Kent (in which Martha Kent recalls finding her son, his life growing up, and contemplates if she'll ever see him again), Lex Luthor (discussing Lex Luthor's time in jail, how he met Kitty and Gertrude Vanderworth (the old rich woman) and Lois Lane (going over Lois' heartbreaking loss of the Man of Steel, her first meeting with Richard, and the birth of Jason). Jimmy Olsen 3. The boots have also been changed, they are now a shorter, mid-calf length with a slightly rubbery appearance for the sole as well as the Superman emblem in varying sizes on the bottom. Superman Returns (Movie) Characters. The lesser opponents are of little consequence to the Kryptonian, but Metallo is another matter. He sees on YouTube the teaser trailer for Superman Returns, from the Trailer Guy) NC: Man, I remember that being a good teaser. Superman is now a famous icon and the hero of Metropolis. Perry White (Single appearance) 6. After viewing hundreds of auditions and casting calls from the previous directors who were attached, he found a 24-year-old bartender from Iowa named Brandon Routh, whose mid-western roots and meekness seemed to fit Clark Kent's bumbling persona and his frame and charisma suited the role of Superman. Lex Luthor is the main antagonist of the 2006 film Superman Returns. References to the Christopher Reeve films. His physical design is believed to be modeled after science fiction fan Walter Dennis, who sent Joe Shuster his photograph. Superman Wiki is a FANDOM Comics Community. He then discovers the gigantic new island forming as a result of the crystal. Superman Returns is a 2006 American superhero film directed and produced by Bryan Singer. Lex Luthor is the main antagonist of the 2006 film Superman Returns. After Superman rescues the airplane, a reprise of "The Fortress of Solitude" from Williams' original 1978 score is heard as he asks after Lois' well-being. In the main game, Superman is invincible: no matter what happens to Superman in the game, he cannot be killed. The object is made transparent to the player so it will not obstruct the player's point of view during gameplay. 1. Superman uses his full array of powers, including his strength, freeze breath, and heat vision to destroy the deadly rocks before they can strike the city. In 2005, Brandon Routh was introduced for the first time to the media as the new Man of Steel. Lois faxes their co-ordinates to The Daily Planet and is attacked by a henchman. en:Superman Returns (soundtrack)」および「en:Sound of Superman」も参照 脚本完成以前の段階でシンガーとの常連コラボレーターである ジョン・オットマン が編集技師・ 映画音楽 作曲家として雇われ … Story. The world rejoices in Superman's return, but Lois is more concerned with the blackout. The Return of Superman (Hangul: 슈퍼맨이 돌아왔다; also known as Superman Is Back) is a South Korean reality-variety show that airs on KBS2. Trending pages. Nevertheless, the misfortune, Singer admitted, is what helped him choose Routh because he saw Clark's clumsiness in the young actor. Because of the number of co-production credits that precede it, the 'S' symbol arrives slightly later on screen. From 00:21:26 to 00:21:56, a John Ottman original is used when Clark Kent first goes back to Daily Planet until he catches Jimmy Olsen's falling camera. Kitty Kowalski … Superman has been missing for five years after astronomers discovered the remains of Krypton. The games were ultimately released on November 22, 2006 in the United States and November 30 in Australia, to coincide with the DVD release of Superman Returns. Next, he confronts Overkhast, an alien who can fire energy from his hands and who can also transform into a gigantic energy-based creature that can emit shock waves of power. Requiem for Krypton: Making Superman Returns, Look, Up in the Sky: The Amazing Story of Superman. Clark flies into action as Superman and stops the plane from crashing into a baseball field. The growing crystal causes a blackout, affecting the take off of a space shuttle-like vehicle tethered to a Boeing 777, which Lois Lane is aboard, covering the story. Superman Returns is a 2006 American superhero film directed and co-produced by Bryan Singer and written by Michael Dougherty and Dan Harris, from a story by Singer, Dougherty, and Harris. Opening titles reveal Superman has been missing for five years after astronomers discovered the remains of Krypton. Superman regains consciousness, gathers more energy from the Sun, and lifts the landmass into the atmosphere. Shooting of Superman Returns began during February 2005 in Australia, on locations that included a farm outside of the regional town of Gunnedah in North West NSW and Sydney. mile free-roaming map, and the character is able to fly into the stratosphere generated in the game though not into the depths of the ocean surrounding the fictional city. However, the comic does include scenes from Superman's journey in Krypton, unrealized scenes shot for the movie. Superman shows Metallo no mercy, gathering all of his powers and charging the villain, tearing through his body and ripping out his power source. Lois Lane is growing increasingly suspicious that her co-worker Clark Kent is in fact Superman. However, director Bryan Singer initially debunked this figure, claiming it was "a little lower than $200,000,000". He returns to Earth with his spacecraft crashing back into his adoptive mother's crop field, and awakes the next morning reminiscing of his childhood. According to Singer, Lois' son Jason is a permanent reminder of this. Superman then returns to Earth and resumes his day job at the Daily Planet in his Clark Kent identity. After the Superman film franchise languished in Development Hell for years (following the failure of Superman IV), Superman Returns brought The Man of Steel back to the big screen in 2006. Marlon Brando's role as Superman's biological father Jor-El is reprised with the help of computer-generated imagery and earlier footage. In addition, whereas the originals change direction (zooming away from the viewer after the appearance of the 'S' symbol), the new ones consistently travel towards the audience. Superman Returns is the novelization of the 2006 film Superman Returns, written by Marv Wolfman. Co-host Peter Guber stated a figure that was referring to the total cost of bringing Superman back to the big screen from Burton to Singer rather than a budget overrun on the current production. Superman rescues them and he flies off to find Luthor, who has returned to the landmass. DC Comics also released a comic adaptation of the movie written by Martin Pasko and illustrated by Matt Haley. The film revolves around Superman's return to Earth after a five-year absence. It is therefore unlikely that this version of Superman will see the light of day outside of an IMAX theatre in the near future. Plot. II." Superman is a fictional superhero, who first appeared in American comic books published by DC Comics.The character was created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster, and first appeared in the comic book Action Comics #1 (cover-dated June 1938 and published April 18, 1938). It contained over 55 minutes of the original score as well as some Enhanced CD multimedia content, including two trailers and a "Behind the Scenes" piece on the recording of the score, which includes the film take on the main titles which is edited on this album with the end credits to create the "Superman March," which does not appear in its entirety in the film. The presence of Martha Kent indicates that the events of Superman III and Superman IV: The Quest for Peace, in which Martha has died, have been discounted. Brandon Routh, Kate Bosworth, Kevin Spacey, Sam Huntington, Frank Langella, and Tristan Lake Leabu were to reprise their roles. From 01:30:40 to 01:33:28, the instrumental version of ", At the beginning of the film, Ottman adapted the opening of Williams' "The Planet Krypton" from. After her latest Superman interview, Lois focuses her attention on the blackout again and learns where it started. Wikis. on top of a building adjacent to the burning one) for a faster extinguishing effect. Trending pages. The second egg features several takes of Kevin Spacey yelling "wrong". There is one easter egg found on each of the discs included in the 2-disc Special Edition. From 00:59:40 to 01:00:36, a John Ottman original is used when Lex Luthor and his thugs prepares to steal kryptonite from Metropolis Museum of National History. The one exception is during the second part of the tutorial mission which is three boss fights in a row without a checkpoint on War World, here Superman does take damage to the point of mission failure. He is an evil criminal mastermind and genius scientist who schemes to defeat and kill Superman, his longtime archenemy, for taking away five years of his life. During Superman's absence, Lex Luthor has been released from prison, conned a rich widow into a sham wedding to get his hands on her money, and stolen Kryptonian crystals from the Fortress of Solitude. They are also of a taller font, with some letters visibly conjoined. Superman Returns Lois Lane has to deal with the return of Superman, her former love, after five years of absence. The kryptonite meteorite in the museum is labelled as having been found in Addis Ababa in 1978 -- the same location where the kryptonite meteorite was accessed by Luthor in the first film (released in 1978). Routh got the part after a meeting with Singer, spilling a drink on the director in the process, which a panicked Routh believed to have cost him the part. However, only certain seats in the theatre would provide full views of the screen, due to its large and curving nature. Luthor reveals his grand scheme: using one of the stolen Kryptonian crystals to grow a new landmass, even though he is aware it will destroy the continental United States and kill billions. Unknown to Superman during his absence, Lex Luthor broke into the Fortress of Solitude and stole his data crystals. Mongul and his minions have followed Superman to Earth. Superman throws the landmass into space, but weakened by the kryptonite, crash lands back to Metropolis. In another interview on Superherohype.com, Singer indicated a possible return of the New Krypton island. Official Xbox Magazine gave the Xbox version of this game the award of "Best Graphics... if They Were on [the original PlayStation]" in the 2006 Game of The Year Awards. Newsarama reported from the 2006 San Diego Comic-Con that director Bryan Singer had been in talks to direct a sequel for 2009. The screenplay was written by Michael Dougherty and Dan Harris, based on a story by Singer, Harris and Dougherty. The Gatling gun is supported by a mini… Clark meets her fiancé Richard White, nephew of Daily Planet editor-in-chief Perry White, and their son Jason. He added that there would be an alien villain. It stars Brandon Routh as Superman /Clark Kent, Kate Bosworth as Lois Lane , Kevin Spacey as Lex Luthor , James Marsden as Richard White , Frank Langella as Perry White , and Sam Huntington as Jimmy Olsen . Not General Zod; not that Nuclear Man -- not even Richard Pryor. Template:About Superman Returns is a 2006 American superhero film directed and produced by Bryan Singer. The handheld games were delayed in order to preserve a simultaneous release with non-handheld SKUs. It was directed by Bryan Singer and stars Brandon Routh, Kate Bosworth and Kevin Spacey. Player can fly Superman into the atmosphere and absorb sunlight to replenish the stamina meter faster, as performed by Superman many times in comic books. During his absence, Lex Luthor was released from prison and married a rich widow to obtain her fortune upon her death. 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