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Superman Returns
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Superman Returns is a 2006 American action and science fiction film directed by Bryan Singer. The screenplay was written by Michael Dougherty and Dan Harris, with production handled by Gilbert Adler, Jon Peters, and Singer. The cast includes Brandon Routh, Kate Bosworth, Kevin Spacey, and Frank Langella. John Ottman composed the score, while Newton Thomas Sigel served as director of photography. The film was produced by Warner Bros. Entertainment, Legendary Pictures, and DC Comics, and distributed by Netflix.
The movie has a runtime of 154 minutes and was filmed in New York City, Los Angeles, Sydney, and Central Park. It was released on June 28, 2006, with a budget of 223000000 and revenue of 391081192. The film received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects. Audience ratings include a 6.1 score from 303354 votes on IMDb and a 5.81 average from 4557 votes on TMDb.
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5.8Superman returns to discover his 5-year absence has allowed Lex Luthor to walk free, and that those he was closest to felt abandoned and have moved on. Luthor plots his ultimate revenge that could see millions killed and change the face of the planet forever, as well as ridding himself of the Man of Steel.
Cast
- Brandon Routh as Clark Kent / Superman
- Kate Bosworth as Lois Lane
- Kevin Spacey as Lex Luthor
- James Marsden as Richard White
- Parker Posey as Kitty Kowalski
- Frank Langella as Perry White
Themes
- saving the world
- superhero
- invulnerability
- based on comic
- sequel
- alien
- super power
- superhuman strength
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Bryan Singer
- Screenplay by
- Michael Dougherty Dan Harris
- Story by
- Bryan Singer Michael Dougherty Dan Harris
- Based on
- Characters appearing in comic books published, by DC Comics
- Produced by
- Jon Peters Bryan Singer Gilbert Adler
- Starring
- Brandon Routh Kate Bosworth James Marsden Frank Langella Eva Marie Saint Parker Posey Kal Penn Sam Huntington Kevin Spacey
- Cinematography
- Newton Thomas Sigel
- Edited by
- John Ottman Elliot Graham
- Music by
- John Ottman
- Production companies
- Warner Bros. Pictures Legendary Pictures DC Entertainment Peters Entertainment Bad Hat Harry Productions Outback Pictures Inc.
- Distributed by
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Release dates
- June 21, 2006 ( 2006-06-21 ) ( Los Angeles ) June 28, 2006 ( 2006-06-28 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 154 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $223 million (gross) $204 million (net)
- Box office
- $391.1 million
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Encyclopedic overview
Superman Returns is a 2006 American superhero film based on the DC Comics character Superman. The film was directed by Bryan Singer, and written by Michael Dougherty and Dan Harris from a story by Singer, Dougherty, and Harris. It serves as an homage sequel to Superman (1978) and Superman II (1980), ignoring the events of Superman III (1983), Supergirl (1984), and Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987). The film stars Brandon Routh as Superman, Kate Bosworth as Lois Lane and Kevin Spacey as Lex Luthor, with James Marsden, Frank Langella, Eva Marie Saint and Parker Posey in supporting roles. In the film, Superman returns to Earth after five years and discovers that his love interest Lois Lane has moved on from him and that his archenemy Lex Luthor is planning to kill him and reshape North America.
After a series of unsuccessful projects to resurrect Superman following the critical and financial failure of The Quest for Peace, Warner Bros. Pictures hired Singer to direct Superman Returns in July 2004. The majority of principal photography took place at Fox Studios Australia, Sydney while the visual effects sequences were handled by several studios, including Sony Pictures Imageworks, Rhythm & Hues Studios (R&H), Framestore CFC, Rising Sun Pictures and The Orphanage; filming began in March 2005 and ended in November.
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