Superman Articles

Marlon Brando as Jor-El, Superman Long before Russell Crowe made his first film, Marlon Brando pocketed a reported $3.7 million for two weeks of work on the Richard Donner-directed 1978 version of Superman. Brando's wages made headlines at the time, being reported as the highest amount (per day) ever paid a performer. As Jor-El, Brando is briefly seen in a few sequences set on Krypton, [...]

Jackie Cooper as Jim Hawkins, Lionel Barrymore as Billy Bones in Victor Fleming's Treasure Island Jackie Cooper Dies: Youngest Best Actor Oscar Nominee, SKIPPY, THE CHAMP A series of programmers followed, among them Two Bright Boys (1939), once again pairing up Jackie Cooper with Freddie Bartholomew — who by then was sliding fast as well — and What a Life (1939), with Betty Field. In [...]

Zack Snyder (top); Brandon Routh in Bryan Singer's Superman Returns (bottom) Zack Snyder dumped from the upcoming Superman reboot, tentatively titled Man of Steel? Some have been wondering if someone else will be directing Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Diane Lane, and Kevin Costner, following the critical drubbing and underwhelming box-office performance of Snyder's Sucker Punch, which opened with below the $20m mark this past weekend. [...]

Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey, Enchanted Amy Adams, three-time Oscar nominee (Junebug, Doubt, The Fighter) and Enchanted heroine, will play Lois Lane in the upcoming Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures Superman reboot to be directed by Zack Snyder, whose Sucker Punch opened this weekend to underwhelming critical and audience reception. Henry Cavill — Stephenie Meyer's original choice for Edward Cullen (eventually incarnated by Robert Pattinson) — [...]