Christopher reeve plays Superman and clark kent.
Christopher reeve was chosen to play Superman, but at first Selkind and his son didn't think highly of him. Brando didn't even read the script before he took part in the filming, and he took part in the filming for less than two weeks, not to mention playing a supporting role with few scenes, but he got $3.7 million in salary plus 1 1.75% of the box office profit. Superman was released during the Christmas period of 1978, and it was a great success in both business reviews and professional reviews. However, the producer of this film believes that there are not many other films competing on the same stage at the same time, which is an important factor for the success of this film.
Director: richard donner Screenplay: david newman/mario puzo Starring: Marlon Brando/gene hackman/Christopher Reeve/ned beatty/Jackie Cooper/Margo Kidd Type: Action/Science Fiction/Thriller/Adventure Producer Country/Region: UK/American Language: English Release Date:1978-12-/kloc.
Synopsis: The 1978 version of the film is played by christopher reeve, who plays four versions of Superman series. When Krypton was about to be destroyed, in order to keep the race going, the scientist Jor-El sent his youngest son Carl (played by christopher reeve christopher reeve) to earth by spaceship. Carl was brought up by Kents on the earth and changed his name to Yi Calaque. He has superhuman ability and will become the guardian of justice and truth on earth. When he grew up, Carl came to the metropolis and became a reporter for the Daily Planet. At ordinary times, he is a gentle and ordinary reporter. In times of crisis, he becomes a superman, the patron saint of flying freely in the air in tights and cloaks. Superman is the only one who can stop the evil Russo when he tries to rule the world. Donna and Selkind are not on good terms. Although richard lester mediated, Donner didn't finish the superman ii. After the film budget overspent, the director decided to suspend the filming of the sequel and put its climax scene in the first episode. Although Superman was a great success after its release, Donner did not come back to finish superman ii, which was later completed by Lester, and he also gave the film a more relaxed tone. Selkind and his son also cut the scenes of Brando's performance for financial reasons, and john williams, who composed Superman before, returned to the film because he needed to participate in the composition of another film. However, despite the strong competition from raiders of the lost ark, superman ii has achieved great success in both business and critical circles. In 2006, richard donner and producer Michael Thau released an edited version of superman ii: richard donner, which was released at the price of 165438+ on June 28th, 2006, and was well received by film critics and several actors in the original film.
Director: richard donner/richard lester Screenplay: david newman/mario puzo Starring: gene hackman/christopher reeve/ned beatty/Jackie Cooper/Sarah Douglas/Margo Kidd/Jack O 'Harald/Valerie Pellaine/Susanna York Type: Action/Science Fiction Producer Country/Region: US/British Language: English/French/Russian Release Date:/kloc. 980- 12-04 (Australia)/1981-04-19 (UK
Synopsis: Three villains of Cleeton, who were imprisoned in outer space, escaped and went to a small town on earth to spread their prestige. At that time, Superman was very much in love with his girlfriend in the ice palace. He had lost all his skills and became an ordinary person. In this unfavorable situation, the president of the United States had to beg for mercy from these three big bad guys. Later, Superman pulled himself together and launched a life-and-death struggle with three bad guys, finally defeating three big bad guys. In addition to maintaining the level of special effects, director richard lester strengthened Superman's description of human nature in this sequel, which has a strong comic effect and some ironic plots. The third Superman movie series conceived by Ilya Selkind extends the story to the cosmic level, and introduces superwoman and two super villains. This story is characterized by the father-daughter relationship between Superman and one of the super villains, and the relationship between Superman and Superman. According to the setting in the original cartoon, these two should be cousins. Warner Bros. did not accept such a plot design, and asked someone to write the script of Superman III. The movie 1983 June 17 was released in the United States, and the evaluation was far less than the previous two episodes, but the box office was not ideal. Selkind's rejected proposal was also published online in 2007.
Director: richard lester Screenplay: david newman/Leslie Newman Starring: Christopher Reeve/Richard Pryor/Jackie Cooper/marc mcclure/Annette O'Toole/Annie Ross/Pamela Stephenson/Robert Vaughan/Margo Kidd Type: Action/Science Fiction/Adventure Producer Country/Region: English/American Language: English/Italian/Spanish Release Date:/kloc- Kloc-0/7 (USA) Length:125min, also known as Superman vs Superman/Computer Devil/Superman Episode III Synopsis: Superman is back! This time, Superman Clark (christopher reeve christopher reeve) returns to his hometown to attend a high school reunion. At the party, Clark meets Lana (Annette Otoole Annette Authour), a girl he has always admired. Clark, who was rekindled in love, launched a love offensive against Lana, and they soon fell in love. Just when they were deeply in love, disaster happened. Clark, who should have been dispatched immediately, felt extremely guilty because he was immersed in the time with Lana, which delayed the disaster relief and caused more innocent casualties. At the same time, the ambitious super-rich use meteorological satellite technology to control the climate around the world to make profits, which has led to natural disasters in many places. Knowing that Superman would definitely get himself into trouble, he spared no expense to build a supercomputer robot to deal with Superman. Can Clark finally defeat evil this time? After purchasing the movie rights of Superman, Selkind and his son also obtained the movie rights of Superman's cousin "Superwoman". 1984, Superwoman, a derivative of Superman series, was officially released, and Helen Slater played Superwoman, which was also her first film. However, although Slater is the heroine, Faye Dunaway, who plays the villain Selena, is the highest paid film. The box office and reviews of Superwoman were terrible, worse than any Superman movie. Critics and audiences were not interested in it, but Slater was nominated for the Saturn Prize.
Director: jeannot szwarc Screenplay: David Odell Starring: faye dunaway/Helen slater/ Peter O'Toole Type: Action/Science Fiction/Adventure Producer Country/Region: UK/US Language: English Release Date: 1984-07- 19 (UK). Film length: 65,438+024 minutes (international version)/65,438+005 minutes (theatrical version)/65,438+038 minutes (director's cut version)/65,438+050 minutes (original cut version) Synopsis: In order to find the lost treasure on the earth, space Selena held a party to show off this priceless treasure, and this is the best time for Kara to get it back. Carla's behavior annoyed Selena. She tricked Carla into the city of terror and took away her strength and freedom. Knowing that Kara was in distress, zalta came to the rescue, but he didn't want to die at Selena's hands. Grieving, Kara tried her best to break free from Selena. In order to avenge zalta, get back the jewels, and maintain world peace, Kara is ready to fight to the death with selena. Main item: Superman 4
Cannon Pictures took over the production of the fourth Superman film, and christopher reeve was interested in the nuclear weapons theme involved in this film, so he agreed to star in it. However, Cannon decided to cut the budget of Superman IV from $35 million to $654.38 million+0.5 million. This decision led to the unsatisfactory special effects used in the film. Combined with obvious editing traces, the response of this film is the worst among all superman movies (excluding superwoman). Due to the poor performance of two consecutive films, Warner Bros. decided to shelve this series for the time being.
Director: Sidney J. Furie Screenwriter: christopher reeve/Lawrence Konner/Mark Rosenthal Starring: christopher reeve/gene hackman/marc mcclure Type: Action/Science Fiction/Family/Fantasy/Adventure Producer Country/Region: English/American Language: English/Russian/French/Italian Release Date: 1987-07-24 Film Length: 90 minutes (Theater United States: 134 minutes (original)/Finland: 93 minutes (1987) Synopsis: Superman, the first perceived hero, aimed at Superman's weakness, made an evil nuclear man with krypton, and faced evenly matched opponents with the most advanced scientific weapons. Superman confronts him in space ... Director: Bryan Singer Screenwriter: Michael Dougherty/dan harris/Bryan Singer/Jerry Siegel/Joe Shuster Starring: Brandon Routh/Kate Bosworth/kevinspacey fowler/james marsden/Eva Marie Saint/Marlon Brando/Carl Pan Type: Action/Science Fiction/Fantasy/Adventure Producer Country/Region: American Language: English.
Synopsis: Superman (Brandon Routh), who has always wanted to find his roots, returns to Krypton, hoping to find other companions, but everything there has long since disappeared. This is five years. Five years later, Superman returned to the earth, but everything around him changed. He discovers that the earth is used to protect Superman, and Louise (kate bosworth), whom he has always admired, won a Pulitzer Prize for writing a report on why the world doesn't need Superman. What broke his heart even more was that she was engaged to the nephew of the editor-in-chief and was the mother of a 5-year-old child. On the other hand, his arch-enemy Lex (kevinspacey fowler) uses despicable means to defraud a huge legacy in an attempt to make a comeback. Lex found clues about Superman's father and a crystal with super powers in the Antarctic, hoping to control the earth with the help of the power of the crystal. Can Superman defeat the demons and save the earth in from the mire again? Director: Zack Snyder, screenwriter: David .S. Goyer/Christopher Nolan/Joe Shuster/Jerry Siegel, starring: Henry Cavill/amy adams/Michael Shannon/Kevin Costner/Diane Lynn/Russell Crowe/Christopher Minoni/Angie Traw/Lawrence Fishbone/Elliot Zoller/Jardine Gould/Michael Kelly/Dylan. Julian Riches Type: Action/Science Fiction/Adventure official website: manofsteel.warnerbros.com Producer Country/Region: USA/Canada/English Language: English Release Date: 20 13-06-20 (Chinese mainland) /2065 438+03-03 Kryptonian Joe-El (Russell Crowe, Russell Crowe, Carl landed in a small town in Kansas, USA. He was lucky enough to become the adopted son of jonathan kent (kevin costner kevin costner) and Martha (Diane Lane Diane Lane) and was named Clark. Clark showed his unique abilities and characteristics since he was a child, but these brought him surprises and countless troubles. Under the guidance of his adoptive father, Clark (Henry Cavill Henry Cavill) gradually found his own life experience and mission. Finally, one day, the distant hometown "compatriots" came. Standing at the two ends of hometown and earth, evil and justice, Superman is about to face a major choice. ...
The proposal for the fifth film
Before Superman 4 was released, Cannon Pictures had planned to direct the fifth film in the series by Albert Pan. However, due to the fiasco of Superman IV in box office and evaluation, Cannon Film went bankrupt, and the copyright of Superman series belongs to Selkind and his son. From 65438 to the early 1990s, Ilya Selkind, together with the writers of TV series Superboy, cary bates and mark jones, wrote Superman V (another name is Superman: A New Movie), in which Superman came back from the dead in the capital of Krypton. But coincidentally, the main line of Superman story in 1992 DC comic also has a plot similar to rebirth after death, so Selkind, Bates and Jones developed two scripts and planned to invite christopher reeve to return to play Superman.