SUPERMAN RETURNS

Production Company: Original Film / Red Sun Prods. / Peters Entertainment

Studio: Warner Brothers

Cast: Brandon Routh as Clark Kent/Superman, Stephan Bender as Clark Kent at 15, Kate Bosworth as Lois Lane, Marlon Brando as Jor-El (archive footage), Sam Huntington as Jimmy Olsen, James Karen as Ben Hubbard, Frank Langella as Perry White, James Marsden as Richard White, Noel Neill Kal Penn as Stanford, Parker Posey as Kitty Koslowski, Eva Marie Saint as Martha Kent and Kevin Spacey as Lex Luthor

Crew: Brayan Singer (director); Michael Dougherty and Dan Harris (writers); Gilbert Adler, Neal H. Moritz and Jon Peters (producers); Stephen Jones and Eyal Rimmon (co-producers)

Synopsis

Following a mysterious absence of several years, the Man of Steel comes back to Earth in Superman Returns.

Superman – born on a planet which has long since died – has been raised by adoptive parents on the Kent farm in Kansas. The young boy Kal-El is renamed Clark Kent, and though he has grown up among humans, he is not one of them. Under Earth’s yellow sun, he can do things humans can only dream of, but to co-exist with them he must live a dual life as mild, unassuming Clark Kent, secretly transforming into the Man of Steel when the world cries out for him.

But now, the world’s crises have gone unheeded for five long years since Superman’s mysterious disappearance. Without him, crime has risen in the city of Metropolis and beyond; that’s not even counting the future destructive acts of Lex Luthor, who has been sprung from prison with the specific intent of using Superman’s technological secrets for his own personal gain and glory.

Lois Lane, star reporter for the Daily Planet and the love of Superman’s life, has moved on since Superman left without a word. She has even won a Pulitzer Prize for her essay, "Why the World Doesn’t Need Superman." Lois has other issues to contend with – she is now engaged to the editor’s nephew and has a young son to look after.

But for Superman, the long search for his place in the universe ends back at the Kent farm, among the only family he has ever known. His destiny lies in Metropolis, where one look in Lois’s eyes tells him that this place, among the flawed but ultimately good people of Earth, is his true home. And with Lex’s plan coming to fruition mere hours after his return, the world will never need Superman more than it does now.

Other Info:

Film Fetish trivia:
Director Bryan Singer also directed X Men parts 1 and 2 for 20th Century Fox Studios.

Some actresses that were considered for the role of Lois Lane included Elisha Cuthbert, Claire Danes and Keri Russell.

Johnny Depp was considered for the roles of Lex Luthor or Jor-El.

Brett Ratner, Tim Burton and McG were all set to direct the film at one point.

Kevin Smith, Tim Burton and JJ Abrams have re-written the script for Warner Brothers at various times during the development of the film.

When Tim Burton was working on the film in 1997, it was titled Superman Lives.

Taglines: Returns 2006

Official Websites

Warner Brothers Official U.S. site

www.bluetights.net

www.myspace.com/supermanreturns

Trailers

Quicktime Trailer 2

Quicktime Teaser Trailer

Video Diary

Release Dates: JUNE 30, 2006

Genre: ACTION / ADVENTURE / FANTASY