Directed by Eric Matthies. With Kevin Smith, Geoff Johns, Amy Adams, Ben Affleck. Kevin Smith hosts a look behind the scenes of upcoming movies from the DC Films. The fictional character Superman, an American comic book superhero in DC Comics publications, has appeared in movies almost since his inception.

Warner Bros. Batman is a 1960s American live action television series, based on the DC comic book character of the same name. It stars Adam West as Batman and Burt Ward as Robin. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice 3D Blu-ray (plus Extended Cut on 2D Blu-ray) (2016): Starring Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill and Amy Adams. Fearing the actions of a god.

Henry Cavill - IMDb. Henry William Dalgliesh Cavill was born on the Bailiwick of Jersey, a British Crown dependency in the Channel Islands. His mother, Marianne (Dalgliesh), a housewife, was also born on Jersey, and is of Irish, Scottish and English ancestry. Henry's father, Colin Richard Cavill, a stockbroker, is of English origin (born in Chester, England).

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Superman in film - Wikipedia. The fictional character Superman, an American comic book superhero in DC Comics publications, has appeared in movies almost since his inception. He debuted in cinemas in a series of animated shorts beginning in 1.

An independent studio, Lippert Pictures, released the first Superman feature film, Superman and the Mole Men, starring George Reeves, in 1. Ilya and Alexander Salkind and Pierre Spengler purchased the Supermanfilm rights in 1. After numerous scripts, Richard Donner was hired to direct the film, filming Superman (1.

Superman II (1. 98. Donner had already shot eighty percent of Superman II with Christopher Reeve before it was decided to finish shooting the first film. The Salkinds fired Donner after Superman's release and commissioned Richard Lester as the director to finish Superman II. Lester also returned for Superman III (1. Salkinds further produced the 1. Supergirl before selling the rights to Cannon Films, resulting in the critically panned Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1.

Ilya Salkind commissioned a fifth Superman script before Warner Bros. Superman, and the J.

Abrams scripted Superman: Flyby, which went between directors Joseph . The studio hired Bryan Singer to take over the franchise in 2. Superman Returns in 2. Brandon Routh. Donner's director's cut for Superman II was also released that year.

Despite positive reviews, Warner Bros. The studio nearly went in production of a Justice League film with George Miller directing and D.

Cotrona as Superman, but it was shelved in 2. Man of Steel, directed by Zack Snyder and produced by Christopher Nolan, with Henry Cavill starring as Superman. Snyder, Nolan and Cavill worked together again in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Early films and serials. They were released by Paramount Pictures. Of those seventeen, nine were produced by Fleischer Studios and further eight by its successor, Famous Studios. Film serials. Superman in 1.

Kirk Alyn and Noel Neill. Superman and the Mole Men (1. The film was produced by Barney Sarecky and directed by Lee Sholem with the original screenplay by Richard Fielding (a pseudonym for Robert Maxwell and Whitney Ellsworth). Shot on a low budget, it served as a trial run for the syndicated TV series. Adventures of Superman, for which it became a pilot two- part episode titled . They hired Mario Puzo to pen a two- film script, and negotiated with Steven Spielberg to direct, though Alexander Salkind rejected him as Jaws went over budget.

However, Brando was faced with an obscenity lawsuit in Italy over Last Tango in Paris, and Hamilton was unable to shoot in England as he had violated his tax payments. The Salkinds hired Richard Donner to direct the film. Donner hired Tom Mankiewicz to polish the script, giving it a serious feel with Christ- like overtones.

The Salkinds also cut Brando for financial reasons. In 2. 00. 6, after receiving many requests for his own version of Superman II, Richard Donner and producer Michael Thau produced their own cut of the film and released it on November 2.

The new version of the film received positive response from critics. The retooled script.

However, Cannon decided to cut the budget of Superman IV: The Quest for Peace from $3. Cannon's bankruptcy resulted in the film rights reverting to Ilya and Alexander Salkind. The premise of Superman's death and rebirth coincidentally predated . Salkind, Bates and Jones developed two drafts of the script, with Christopher Reeve set to reprise the title role. You've got to have villains whose powers and abilities demand that Superman (and only Superman) can be the one who stops them.

That's the only way to make the movie exciting and a dramatic challenge. Peters in turn hired Jonathan Lemkin to write a new script. When Superman professes his love to Lois, his life force jumps between them just as he dies, giving Lois a virgin birth. Their child, who grows 2.

Superman and saves the world. Superman has romance problems with Lois Lane and visits a psychiatrist before he is killed by Doomsday. An alien named Cadmus, a victim of Brainiac, steals his corpse. Superman is resurrected and teams with Cadmus to defeat Brainiac.

Powerless, Superman wears a robotic suit until his powers, which, according to the script, are a mental discipline called . Brainiac teams up with Lex Luthor, but Superman is resurrected by a Kryptonian robot, the Eradicator. Brainiac wishes to possess the Eradicator and its technology.

Powerless, the resurrected Superman is sheathed in a robotic suit formed from the Eradicator itself until his powers return, courtesy of sunbeams, and defeats Brainiac. Warner Bros. Smith was disappointed, stating, . Then Tim Burton got involved, and when he signed his pay- or- play deal, he turned around and said he wanted to do his version of Superman. So who is Warner Bros. The guy who made Clerks, or the guy who made them half a billion dollars on Batman? Burns doing the Brainiac role.

Strick's rewrite featured Superman as an existentialist, thinking of himself to be an outsider on Earth. Superman is threatened by Brainiac and Lex Luthor, who later amalgamate into . It was basically a toy show. Burton gave Despretz a concept drawing for Brainiac, which Despretz claims was .

Imagine you take Merlin's hat, and you stick a fish bowl on top, with a skull in it. Film Noir Movies Steve Mcqueen (2015) here. So we used Kevin Smith's script as a guide to the sets we might be doing, and we waited and waited for the new script to come in, but it never did. Gilroy lowered the $1.

Strick's draft to $1. However, the studio was still less willing to fast track production, due to financial reasons with other film properties.

A year is a long time to be working with somebody that you don't really want to be working with. Ford pitched his idea for a film series consisting of seven installments, and his approach impressed Warner Bros. Their audience isn't you and me who pay $7. It's for the parents who spend $6. It is a business, and what's more important, the $1.

Batman (2. 00. 1–2. Abrams was hired to write a new screenplay. It would ignore . Superman, attaching Petersen as director. Abrams' script was put on hold.

Dick Grayson, Alfred Pennyworth, and Commissioner Gordon are all dead. Meanwhile, Clark Kent is down on his luck and in despair after his divorce from Lois Lane.

Clark serves as Bruce's best man at his wedding to the beautiful and lovely Elizabeth Miller. After Elizabeth is killed by the Joker at the honeymoon, Bruce is forced to don the Batsuit once more, tangling a plot which involves Lex Luthor, while Clark begins a romance with Lana Lang in Smallville and tries to pull Bruce back. In return, Bruce blames Clark for her death, and the two go against one another. Part of the script took place in Smallville, where Clark goes into exile with Lana Lang. However, Lex Luthor is held to be responsible for the entire plot of Batman and Superman destroying each other. The two decide to team up and stop Luthor.

Peterson confirmed in a 2. Superman was Josh Hartnett.

In the opening scene of I Am Legend, a large banner displays the Superman symbol within the Batman symbol in Times Square. It is meant as an in- joke by writer Akiva Goldsman, who wrote scripts for Batman vs. Superman and I Am Legend. Abrams' Superman: Flyby was an origin story that included Krypton besieged by a civil war between Jor- El and his corrupt brother, Kata- Zor. Before Kata- Zor sentences Jor- El to prison, Kal- El is launched to Earth to fulfill a prophecy. Adopted by Jonathan and Martha Kent, he forms a romance with Lois Lane in the Daily Planet. However, Lois is more concerned with exposing Lex Luthor, written as a government agent obsessed with UFO phenomena.

Clark reveals himself to the world as Superman, bringing Kata- Zor's son, Ty- Zor, and three other Kryptonians to Earth. Superman is defeated and killed, and visits Jor- El (who committed suicide on Krypton while in prison) in Kryptonian heaven.

Resurrected, he returns to Earth and defeats the four Kryptonians. The script ends with Superman flying off to Krypton in a spaceship.