15 Facts About Superman II

Superman II is a 1980 superhero film directed by Richard Lester and written by Mario Puzo and David and Leslie Newman from a story by Puzo based on the DC Comics character Superman.

Lois suspects Clark and Superman II are the same person after Clark is absent when Superman II appears and saves a child who falls.

Superman II declares his love for Lois and his wish to spend his life with her.

Superman II arrives, after having found the green crystal that restores his powers, and battles the three.

Zod realizes Superman II cares for the humans and takes advantage of this by threatening bystanders.

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Superman II realizes the only way to stop Zod and the others is to lure them to the Fortress.

Superman II tries to get Luthor to lure the three into the crystal chamber to depower them.

Luthor deduces that Superman II reconfigured the chamber to expose the trio to red sunlight while Superman II was protected from it.

Principal photography for both Superman II films began on March 28,1977 at Pinewood Studios for the Krypton scenes, but by May 1977, production had run two weeks behind schedule.

In July 1977, Richard Lester—who had previously directed The Three Musketeers and The Four Musketeers for the Salkinds—came on board the project as an uncredited associate producer and intermediary on Superman II to mediate the relationship between Donner and the Salkinds, who were no longer on speaking terms.

However, Hamilton was unavailable, but by the time Superman II was ready to begin filming, Lester had completed Cuba and was available to direct.

The new script featured newly conceived scenes such as a new opening involving Superman II thwarting the nuclear terrorists at the Eiffel Tower, Clark rescuing Lois at Niagara Falls, and a new ending in which Clark causes Lois to forget his secret identity through a hypnotic kiss.

On its opening weekend in the United States and Canada, Superman II broke box office records with a first day gross of $4.

In 2004, the fan-restored DVD known as Superman II: Restored International Cut was released through many Superman fan sites.

The film restores several cut scenes including Marlon Brando as Jor-El, an alternate prologue and opening sequence at the Daily Planet that omits the Eiffel Tower opening from the original, as well as the original scripted and filmed ending for Superman II featuring Superman reversing time before it was cut and placed at the end of the first film.