It took a lot to bring "Superman" and "Superman II" to the big screen. Director Richard Donner and producer Alexander Salkind didn't get off to the best start, with Donner having to salvage a truly disastrous script that Salkind evidently felt was "perfect." But once "Superman" debuted in 1978, things started looking up. Or so it seemed.
With "Superman," Donner helped invent the modern blockbuster, setting a blueprint for every superhero movie that would follow and breaking box office records in the process. What made "Superman" an even more impressive feat was that during production, Donner had simultaneously shot most of the sequel. "Superman" and "Superman II" were filmed simultaneously, which meant the crew worked from a hefty script that required Donner to film scenes for both movies alongside one another.
Unfortunately, in order to make the "Superman" release date, Donner and co. had to stop filming "Superman II" before it was finished.
With "Superman," Donner helped invent the modern blockbuster, setting a blueprint for every superhero movie that would follow and breaking box office records in the process. What made "Superman" an even more impressive feat was that during production, Donner had simultaneously shot most of the sequel. "Superman" and "Superman II" were filmed simultaneously, which meant the crew worked from a hefty script that required Donner to film scenes for both movies alongside one another.
Unfortunately, in order to make the "Superman" release date, Donner and co. had to stop filming "Superman II" before it was finished.
- 3/25/2023
- by Joe Roberts
- Slash Film
Ava DuVernay’s arts and social impact collective Array has taken the wraps off plans for its first masterclass, headlined by Ethiopian filmmaker Haile Gerima. Liberated Territory: A Masterclass by Haile Gerima will be a five-day workshop in Los Angeles that explores the catalyst of storytelling and a story’s structure crafted from personal narrative accents. That is a hallmark of Gerima’s work as a leading member of the film movement known as L.A. Rebellion birthed in the late 1960s and early1970s, with titles including Bush Mama, Harvest: 3000 Years, Ashes & Embers and the 1993 epic Sankofa the latter of which he self-distributed after studios passed.
Array, which earlier this year won the Peabody Awards’ institutional prize, recently rereleased 1982’s Ashes and Embers, which won the Fipresci Prize at the 1983 Berlin Film Festival.
“Ava has always been a supporter of me and my work,” said Gerima. “I come from...
Array, which earlier this year won the Peabody Awards’ institutional prize, recently rereleased 1982’s Ashes and Embers, which won the Fipresci Prize at the 1983 Berlin Film Festival.
“Ava has always been a supporter of me and my work,” said Gerima. “I come from...
- 7/26/2021
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
You don't need to be a die-hard fan of the Man of Steel to get excited about today's release of "Superman: The Motion Picture Anthology (1978-2006)."
A massive collection that features the last three decades of big-screen, live-action Superman adventures (everything from "Superman: The Movie" through the recent "Superman Returns"), the new anthology gives the high-def treatment to all five of the films, as well as alternate versions of "Superman: The Movie" and a special cut of "Superman II." The collection also includes a long list of documentaries and bonus features that will make comics and movie fans drool.
In the run-up to the release of the anthology, I spoke to celebrated "Superman: The Movie" director Richard Donner, who made the world believe a man could fly more than 30 years ago.
MTV News: I didn't really grasp how much is packed into this collection until I had it sitting in front of me.
A massive collection that features the last three decades of big-screen, live-action Superman adventures (everything from "Superman: The Movie" through the recent "Superman Returns"), the new anthology gives the high-def treatment to all five of the films, as well as alternate versions of "Superman: The Movie" and a special cut of "Superman II." The collection also includes a long list of documentaries and bonus features that will make comics and movie fans drool.
In the run-up to the release of the anthology, I spoke to celebrated "Superman: The Movie" director Richard Donner, who made the world believe a man could fly more than 30 years ago.
MTV News: I didn't really grasp how much is packed into this collection until I had it sitting in front of me.
- 6/7/2011
- by Rick Marshall
- MTV Splash Page
Actor and writer Danny Arroyo was recently welcomed to The Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation as an ambassador.
The foundation works to improve the quality of life for those with paralysis. Arroyo says he became involved because Superman actor Christopher Reeve was his inspiration and his icon.
He told Foundation organisers: "The reason I am an actor today is because of Christopher Reeve. I caught the 'acting bug' after seeing an interview with Chris about playing Superman; and then, watching his movies... I was hooked. Chris to me as a kid growing up was, and always will be, the comic icon Superman.
"As I got older and saw not just the trauma Chris suffered, but how he endured and continued to achieve and inspire others, he then became to me a real 'Super Man'."
Danny's a self-confessed comic book and movie geek and it's clear that Reeve's portrayal of the Man...
The foundation works to improve the quality of life for those with paralysis. Arroyo says he became involved because Superman actor Christopher Reeve was his inspiration and his icon.
He told Foundation organisers: "The reason I am an actor today is because of Christopher Reeve. I caught the 'acting bug' after seeing an interview with Chris about playing Superman; and then, watching his movies... I was hooked. Chris to me as a kid growing up was, and always will be, the comic icon Superman.
"As I got older and saw not just the trauma Chris suffered, but how he endured and continued to achieve and inspire others, he then became to me a real 'Super Man'."
Danny's a self-confessed comic book and movie geek and it's clear that Reeve's portrayal of the Man...
- 4/19/2010
- by David Bentley
- The Geek Files
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