Following a mysterious absence of several years, the Man of Steel comes back to Earth in the epic action-adventure Superman Returns, a soaring new chapter in the saga of one of the world’s most beloved superheroes. While an old enemy plots to render him powerless once and for all, Superman (Brandon Routh) faces the heartbreaking realization that the woman he loves, Lois Lane (Kate Bosworth), has moved on with her life. Or has she? Superman’s bittersweet return challenges him to bridge the distance between them while finding a place in a society that has learned to survive without him. In an attempt to protect the world he loves from cataclysmic destruction, Superman embarks on an epic journey of redemption that takes him from the depths of the ocean to the far reaches of outer space.
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September 15, 2009: No plans for Supes:
SUPERMAN has been through hell and back lately. From being dragged through a lawsuit to Routh's contract expiring now to top it off the new head of DC Entertainment is saying that SUPERMAN just isn't on the current agenda.
One might figure that it...
April 22, 2008: C'mon Hollywood #158:
... give us Batman Vs Superman already!
by Sturdy
I continue to be disgusted that the JLA movie is progressing as much as it is. I still see no way it’s going to work with the OC cast...
October 19, 2007: C'mon Hollywood #136:
... drop the JLA movie!
by Sturdy
I have to say from the very beginning that I was never the biggest Justice League of America fan. I always felt that it was a lame excuse to get all of...
May 11, 2007: C'mon Hollywood #123:
... bring Spidey back…but do it right!
by Sturdy
Like everyone else in the world, I saw SPIDER-MAN 3 over the weekend and I have to admit...I loved it! The action was great, the story was...
March 31, 2006: Supes in your face!:
If you thought Superman's bulge was big on your computer, wait until you get a glimpse of that Superpackage in Imax 3-D. Imax and Warner Bros. have announced that SUPERMAN RETURNS will be the first live-action feature to have scenes remastered from 2-D to 3-D...
March 20, 2006: Routh interview:
Latino Review continues their impressive run of SUPERMAN scoops today with an exclusive 1:1 interview with Clark Kent himself, Brandon Routh. Routh was honored recently at ShoWest as the "Male Star of Tomorrow" and Kellvin was one of the few that was graced with...
December 29, 2005: 2 new Supes pics:
So KING KONG has underperformed. It's not a flop by any stretch of the imagination but the hype - if you bought into it, which many people did - was that KONG would be one of the top-five grossing movies of all-time. As of now it's still trying to fight off THE...
December 7, 2005: More Supes pics:
More photos from SUPERMAN RETURNS are online today and they're all looking pretty great. This coupled with a return visit to X2 recently is making me wish that somehow/someway Bryan Singer could've returned for X3. I'm sure the film will be fine but man he...
December 6, 2005: '06 WB preview pics!:
Our official 2006 Warner Bros. preview will be up soon, but in the meanwhile I wanted to pass along a few new pics of some of their higher profile films for your perusal. There's a little movie called SUPERMAN RETURNS, as well as the latest Shyamalan flick and...
September 7, 2005: Official Lex pic online:
Though those of us at the Comic-Con got a great shot of Lex Luthor in the SUPERMAN footage, I've been wondering when a nice pic of Lex would show up online. Apparently that day is today. Latino Review scored a pretty good look at Lex giving someone a menacing...
September 6, 2005: Superman pic & article:
A while back Newsweek was able to visit the set of SUPERMAN and delivered a pretty interesting report in their latest issue. There are definitely a few spoilers mixed in and if you read carefully some other implied spoilers. As for the supposed SUPERMAN RETURNS...
September 1, 2005: Superman poster!:
Bryan Singer told a collected group of journalists at the Comic-Con that the SUPERMAN shield is one of the most iconic symbols in the world. He said you could take a crucifix and the SUPERMAN "S" around the world and they'd be equally recognized. So it's only...
August 8, 2005: CON: Bryan Singer:
SUPERMAN
Interview with Bryan Singer
Here it is - Part One of Comic-Con Interview Week on JoBlo.com. I apologize for the delay in getting them up but there were just so damn many of them this year (with Eva Mendes, Kate Beckinsale, Charlize...
July 26, 2005: 1st Lex pics online:
It seems that despite Kevin Spacey, Bryan Singer and Warner Bros. collective best efforts to keep the paparazzi from getting pics of Spacey as Luthor while filming scenes for SUPERMAN, there were pics taken and they are online. The shots are from a scene with...
April 29, 2005: Jackman in Supes?:
Could another one of Bryan Singer's X-MEN vets have defected to the SUPERMAN cast? The Herald Sun newspaper in Australia is reportedly revealing that Hugh Jackman will cameo in SUPERMAN as Jonathan Kent, Clark Kent's adoptive father. I use the word "reportedly"...
April 12, 2005: Supes shield online:
Hot off the heels of debuting the GHOST RIDER HellCycle online yesterday, Superhero Hype is back with another exclusive today, a first look at the SUPERMAN shield. It's nothing too radically different in design, which is a good thing, but I'm real curious to see...
April 5, 2005: A Supes replacement?:
One of the cast members set to star in Bryan Singer's SUPERMAN has left the production and been replaced by a new actor. No this isn't the rebirth of that ridiculous Tom-Welling-for-Brandon-Routh rumor of a month or so ago but SUPERMAN will instead have a new...
March 18, 2005: Posey joins Supes:
A few weeks back, Bryan Singer commented that the last major role to cast in SUPERMAN was that of Lex Luthor's villainous female assistant. As production ramps up in Australia that final piece of the puzzle has been found. Parker Posey, no stranger to playing...
March 16, 2005: Supes set pics online!:
Production on SUPERMAN has gotten underway in Australia and Reuters nabbed some nifty bird's eye view shots of the Kent farm where our hero comes crashing down to Earth. Check them out below and then I'll get to the news about Lois Lane's 5-year-old son......
March 9, 2005: Jor-El cast in Supes?:
Latino Review, the site that broke the news that Brandon Routh would be starring as Superman, is back with another Kryptonian scoop, this time revealing the name of the actor playing Jor-El, Superman's dad in SUPERMAN RETURNS. And what actor is Jor-El? Marlon...
February 9, 2005: Supes cast complete?:
There was a report on Superhero Hype (that has since been removed) yesterday that the cast of Bryan Singer's SUPERMAN has been finalized. Take this for a BIG rumor right now since Warner Bros. has not confirmed it and SHH has taken down their original story but...
January 31, 2005: Meet Jimmy Olsen:
One of the last key roles in SUPERMAN has been cast with Sam Huntington (JUNGLE 2 JUNGLE, SLEEPOVER) officially signing on to play Jimmy Olsen in the upcoming film. Many thought that it was just a formality that X-MEN star Shawn Ashmore would be cast as Olsen...
January 13, 2005: 2 more cast in Supes:
Director Bryan Singer has added two familiar faces to the cast of SUPERMAN. James Marsden, who worked with Singer on both X-MEN films, and Hugh Laurie, who stars in the Singer-produced TV series "House," have joined Brandon Routh, Kate Bosworth and Kevin Spacey...
January 7, 2005: Spacey in as Lex!:
It's official! After months of rumors, Warner Bros. has confirmed that Kevin Spacey will star as Lex Luthor in SUPERMAN. The studio was also able to confirm that Kate Bosworth is currently in negotiations to join the cast as Lois Lane but that her deal is not...
January 3, 2005: Bosworth as Lois Lane?:
The oft-reliable guys at Superman-V.com are reporting that Kate Bosworth has won the role of Lois Lane opposite Brandon Routh in SUPERMAN. S-V.com claims that Bosworth was one of a handful of actresses in the final running with Elisha Cuthbert and Claire Danes...
November 22, 2004: Spacey is Lex!:
It seems that Kevin Spacey was just being coy last week in interviews when he said that scheduling conflicts would likely prevent him from starring in SUPERMAN. Our old pals at Superman-V.com are reporting that Spacey is a "lock" to star as Lex Luthor is...
November 17, 2004: Spacey in Superman?:
Ever since Bryan Singer came aboard to direct SUPERMAN, the name most commonly attached to star as Lex Luthor was Oscar-winner Kevin Spacey. Spacey's name was attached to the role all along but then again so was Johnny Depp and countless others. But the...
October 26, 2004: Singer talks Superman:
Some
of you might've read about X-MEN director Bryan Singer's Q&A
session at USC after a special screening THE USUAL SUSPECTS about a
week or so ago, in which he discussed the fact that he's no longer...
October 22, 2004: WB confirms Superman:
Well,
ladies and gentlemen, it's officially official. Warner Bros.,
through Jeff Robinov (President of Production for Warner Bros.
Pictures) has finally come out and confirmed the news that's been...
October 18, 2004: Lois Lane scoop?:
After Latino Review had their SUPERMAN scoop this weekend, we at JoBlo have a SUPERMAN scoop of our own. I won't go out on a limb with the amount of confidence the guys at Latino had yet, but I've got a source says he knows who's close to getting the part of...
October 18, 2004: Superman cast!!:
Latino Review is reporting that Bryan Singer and Warner Bros. have found the actor to star in SUPERMAN. Latino reports that actor Brandon Routh, who has played bit parts in "Will & Grace" and "Cold Case", has signed on to play Superman/Clark Kent in the WB's...
July 19, 2004: Singer on Supes!:
Confirming the news originally scooped by Stax at FilmForce, Variety confirmed that Bryan Singer signed a deal with Warner Bros. on Friday to direct and develop SUPERMAN. It looks to be the final nail in the coffin to the JJ Abrams-scripted version of SUPERMAN...
July 12, 2004: McG is Ratnered:
Despite the fact that just over a week ago, Warner Bros. said they were "very much in business" with SUPERMAN director McG, the studio officially confirmed today that the two have of officially parted ways. It had been rumored since June that McG was off the...
July 1, 2004: Bay on Superman?!:
We brought you word early this week that McG was off SUPERMAN and part of the reason was that the studio became increasingly optimistic they could get the director they wanted all along - Michael Bay. As producer Neal Moritz was brought on to essentially replace...
June 28, 2004: McG lets Supes fly?:
So you went and got yourself all excited that SUPERMAN was getting ready to begin filming didn't you? All that talk about screen tests, new producers and FX teams had you thinking optimistically. To that I say, don't kill the messenger. The current SUPERMAN...
June 17, 2004: Superman flies again!:
Perhaps feeling invigorated by the overwhelming fan support for BATMAN BEGINS, Warner Bros. is prepping their other big superhero flick SUPERMAN to begin filming later this year. In addition, producer Jon Peters, long a frustrating presence for fans due in part...
June 9, 2004: Who tested for Supes?:
This Monday I posted a story and link to Superman-V.com where they reported that Warner Bros was "secretly" screen testing six actors for the role of SUPERMAN. At the time it wasn't known who the six were but Superman-V is back today with names of 3 of the 6...
June 7, 2004: Superman casting?:
The rumor du jour last week was that Jake Gyllenhaal was to star in SUPERMAN but considering that rumor originated at The Star, we all took it with a grain of salt. But today, Superman-V.com is reporting that casting is indeed underway...but Jake G. doesn't seem...
May 19, 2004: Stan designs Supes?:
If you'll remember a while back there was the news that McG had pitched his vision of SUPERMAN execs at Warner Bros. It finally seemed like some progress was getting made and we were one step towards having a definite director. Well the question of who is going...
May 10, 2004: Latest Superman news:
Ashton Kutcher as Superman? Elisha Cuthbert as Lois Lane? Will Ferrell as Lex Luthor?! Could this be the cast WB is looking at for SUPERMAN? According to a scooper for Ain't It Cool News, those are some of the names currently attached to the project. The...
April 16, 2004: Ross' new Superman?:
Slowly but surely the whispers of the almost forgotten SUPERMAN franchise
have been getting louder. Director, McG has kicked his involvement into high
gear with a presentation of conceptual art, storyboards and set designs to
executives over at Warner Bros....
April 13, 2004: Superman flies again?:
SUPERMAN, as we all know, never quite off the ground under the leadership of Brett Ratner and has been sitting on the shelf ever since. But perhaps based on the studio's newfound confidence from BATMAN BEGINS, things are starting to heat up again. Dan-El from...
February 9, 2004: Knowles as Lois Lane?:
Harry Knowles as Lois Lane in SUPERMAN?! Well that would certainly be...um, inspired , but the current rumor du jour regarding has it that another Knowles, Ms. Beyonce is in the running to star as Lois Lane. At first this was a rumor just too disturbing to be...
January 22, 2004: Huge casting roundup!:
Susan Sarandon (the woman with the biggest eyes in the world) and Robin
Williams (the man with hairiest forearms in the world) will team up for THE
CONSPIRATOR, based on historian James L. Swanson's "Manhunt: The Twelve Day
Chase for Lincoln's Killers". It...
