16 Facts About Superman Returns

Superman Returns is a 2006 American superhero film directed by Bryan Singer and written by Michael Dougherty and Dan Harris from a story by Singer, Dougherty and Harris based on the DC Comics character Superman.

Superman Returns has been missing for five years, since traveling to the location where astronomers believed they had discovered the remains of Krypton.

Clark flies into action as Superman Returns and stops the plane from crashing onto a baseball stadium.

Meanwhile, Superman Returns is attempting to minimize the destruction in Metropolis caused by the new landmass' growth when Richard arrives in a sea plane to rescue Lois and Jason.

Superman Returns soon arrives to help and then flies off to find Luthor.

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Superman Returns is stabbed by Luthor with a shard of Kryptonite before he falls into the ocean and is left to drown.

Superman Returns, after regaining his strength from the sun, lifts the landmass after putting layers of earth between him and the Kryptonite.

Superman Returns pushes the landmass into space with the crystals trapped on the landmass, but is weakened by the Kryptonite and crashes back to Earth.

Superman Returns reassures her that he is back to stay, and flies off to low orbit, where he gazes down at the world .

Jack Larson, who portrayed Jimmy Olsen in the 1950s television series Adventures of Superman Returns, makes a cameo appearance as Bo the bartender, possibly based on Bibbo Bibbowski.

Director, screenwriter and producer Bryan Singer conceived the storyline of "Superman Returns returning to Earth after a five-year absence" during the filming of X2 .

The script required a scene of Superman Returns safely delivering a Boeing 777 in a baseball park where computer-generated imagery was used as it would have been impossible to assemble the number of extras for the shots.

The opening credits for Superman Returns are presented in an intended recreation of the style used for Superman, again to the accompaniment of John Williams's theme music.

Superman Returns was released on June 28,2006, in the United States and Canada in 4,065 theaters.

Superman Returns was nominated for both the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects and BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects, but lost to Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest.

Superman Returns debuted on DVD on November 28,2006, in two versions, one with a single disc, and a double-disc edition which featured over three hours of behind-the-scenes features.