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While the Arrowverse was mostly a mixed bag in terms of quality, one thing that the CW DC shows excelled at was the casting, whether it be Tyler Hoechlin’s Superman or his cousin, played by Melissa Benoist. Similar was the case for Arrowverse‘s Lex Luthor, Jon Cryer, who remains one of the most comic-accurate versions of the Superman foe in live-action.

Jon Cryer in Two and a Half Men | Credit: CBS

Cryer’s history with the Comic book releases goes back decades, back to his time alongside Christopher Reeve’s Superman. But although his foray into the realm of CBMs wasn’t exactly exceptional, the actor finally got to set things right with his stint in the Arrowverse.

Supergirl Allowed Jon Cryer To Overcome His Superman 4 Regrets Jon Cryer in Supergirl | Credit: CW

Notable for his stint in Chuck Lorre‘s Two and a Half Men, Jon...

In Todd Phillips' "Joker: Folie à Deux," conservative comedian Tim Dillon has a very brief cameo as one of the guards at Arkham Asylum. It's almost literally a blink-and-you'll-miss-it cameo, and Dillon has even admitted that, when he finally watched Phillips' film, he didn't see himself.

The reason he didn't see himself is because he was on his phone, posting on social media how much the film sucked. Dillon hated it that much.

Dillon, for those unfamiliar, is a queer standup comedian who is perhaps best known for mocking Millennials and Gen-z for being whiny and privileged. He also, however, pokes fun at Boomers for "refusing to retire" (squarely giving him a classic Gen-x disaffected tone) and pals around with right-wing pundits and bro-doggs like Joe Rogan, having described himself as right-leaning (although Dillon claims he has become too bitter to vote). Beyond that, Dillon has been doing standup comedy...

As much of a beloved character Superman is, he has also found some really perfect real-life counterparts to bring him to life. That said, the first names to have popped into most fans’ minds must have been Henry Cavill and David Corenswet, for the former’s performance as the Man of Steel was widely acclaimed while the latter’s performance is expected to do the same.

Henry Cavill as Kal-El. | Credits: Man of Steel/Warner Bros.

While these names have gained wide publicity, one name that many might have been unaware of being connected with Clark Kent is Brendan Fraser. For a movie that never happened, the actor was one of the contenders screen-testing for the role. And, whether you like to admit it or not, both Cavill and Corenswet would have looked puny standing next to Fraser’s Kal-El.

Brendan Fraser Could Have Dwarfed Even Henry Cavill in His...

It's fortunate that Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix) is no stranger to booing audiences, because "Joker: Folie à Deux" isn't exactly a crowd-pleaser. Director Todd Phillips' follow-up to his billion-dollar 2019 hit "Joker" made history this week when it received a D CinemaScore from opening day audience polling.

It's the first comic book movie ever to earn such a low score since CinemaScore's records began in 1978. Yes, it's even lower than "Morbius" (C+), "Madame Web" (C+), and "Superman IV: The Quest for Peace" (C-). On Rotten Tomatoes, the critic and audience scores are currently in perfect synchronicity, with both giving "Joker: Folie à Deux" a "rotten" score of 32%.

The earliest box office forecasts had pointed to a potential $100 million opening weekend, but projections were downgraded to $70 million last week in the wake of bad reviews. With Friday ticket sales counted, "Joker: Folie à Deux" is set to fall far short of even...

Unlike Superman and Superman II, Superman III didn’t even bother teasing the next installment in the franchise. Really, by the time that movie’s end credits hit, did anyone even want another entry? Hadn’t the Salkinds done enough damage to the Man of Steel? And yet, as we all know, a fourth installment in the Superman series did indeed hit theaters…with a nearly unmatched thud.

If you remember from our previous instalment of What Happened to This Movie?!, Superman III was plagued with all sorts of problems both on and off the screen. So what happened this time around? Turns out, the series would be facing its greatest battles yet, with the rights being passed to another studio, its star only signing on so he could finance another movie altogether and the budget getting chopped in more than half!

And so, let’s suit up one more...

Considering the first two Superman movies made over $500 million at the worldwide box office, it was absolutely no surprise that a Superman III would take flight. Besides, it was promised in the closing credits of Superman II!

With the success of Superman and its sequel, superhero movies were in the earliest iteration of franchise mode. In short: strong box office numbers guaranteed another movie, no matter how bad it could possibly turn out. And Superman III is just about as bad as it could possibly turn out, generally ranking among the worst superhero sequels ever and a prime example of what happens to a series’ reputation when things go wrong with the script, cast and, hell, even the opening credits sequence!

So, let’s go from Superman to Super-Mean to Super-Machine as we find out: What Happened to This Movie?!

Superman III was announced at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival, well...

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace has a rather negative reputation. It was released in 1987 and has gone down in history as one of the worst superhero movies of all time, bringing about a quiet, controversial end to the game-changing Superman movie franchise led by Christopher Reeve.

However, the infamous movie has aged rather well. Superman IV is a diamond, although it has a reputation for being rough. There are some high points that deserve to be appreciated.

Superman vs Lex Luthor

Superman and Lex Luthor are one of the most iconic hero/villain duos of all time. Lex famously faced off against Superman in Christopher Reeve's first movie, and played a much different but important role in Superman II. The character was absent from Superman III, leaving the fourth and final installment in the film series to finish their story.

That's exactly what happened in Superman IV: The Quest For Peace...

Superman, Superman II, Superman III and Superman IV are becoming slightly more affordable on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray: more here.

Last year, Warner Bros released a boxset of all four Christopher Reeve-headlined Superman movies, and not for the first time. What was new though was that this set brought three of the movies to 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray for the first time, and thus those who’d craved a high-def overhaul of Superman IV: The Quest For Peace could finally stop refreshing Amazon.

The set though – which included Superman, Superman II (both cuts), the wonderful Superman III (huge fan of that film) and the aforementioned Superman IV: The Quest For Peace – was only available in a posh Steelbook collection. As such, the price was north of £100 when it was released in the spring of 2023, and that’s proven to be a bit rich for many of us.

It’s taken a while,...

While Bloodsport, the 1988 martial arts tournament movie, is widely considered by fans to be Jean-Claude Van Damme’s best film, it almost never saw the light of day. Indeed, according to Nick De Semlyen’s book, “Last Action Heroes” (buy it here), the film was deemed unreleasable by Cannon Pictures head Menachem Golan. The film sat on the shelf for fourteen months and was considered so bad that Golan intended to release the movie direct-to-video. Things got so heated that Golan refused to go ahead with a proposed sequel to Lone Wolf McQuade, which would have featured Van Damme teaming up with Chuck Norris (who was an early mentor to Jcvd). He wanted Michael Dudikoff instead.

According to the book, Van Damme, who had returned to his old job as a limo driver when Bloodsport wrapped, convinced the studio to allow him to re-edit the film with Towering Inferno editor Carl Press.

From the genre-defining classics A Nightmare on Elm Street and Scream to such transgressive works as The Last House on the Left and The Hills Have Eyes to cult favorites like The People Under the Stairs and The Serpent and the Rainbow, Wes Craven’s reign of terror spanned not only decades but generations.

But there’s much more to the man than just horror movies. In Harker Press’ The Soul of Wes Craven, author Joseph Maddrey allows readers to see the entire person rather than just a collection of his work.

The Soul of Wes Craven is not the first biography on the master of horror, but it is the definitive one. In addition to a profusion of thoroughly-researched sources, Maddrey interviewed over 80 people from Craven’s life — from professional collaborators like Robert Englund, Heather Langenkamp, Alexandre Aja, and Patrick Lussier to family members, friends, and college classmates — for...

We all know who Superman is.

Superman, created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Schuster in 1938, wasn't the first superhero character in modern media, but he tends to be held up as one of the genre's central archetypes. His red wrestler's cape and red strong man's trunks, paired with his super strength and ability to defy gravity, have all become central symbols of what a superhero is, how a superhero should behave, and what a superhero looks like. Hundreds of thousands of superheroes have been invented since 1938, but many of those produced by mainstream comics outlets like Marvel or DC owe Superman a direct debt. In the same way that every on-screen Dracula is a riff on Bela Lugosi's performance in Tod Browning's 1931 movie, Superman is either being enhanced or subverted by every comic book superhero character. But he is the mainstay.

Superman first made his way to the...

Prime Video is the place to be in August with an incredible month of new releases. The month kicks off with the premiere of the animated series Batman: Caped Crusader on Aug. 1. The series was produced by J.J. Abrams and The Batman‘s Matt Reeves. We also return to Middle Earth this month with the premiere of The Rings of Power season 2 on Aug. 29.

As far as movies go, the Amazon original Jackpot! arrives on Aug. 15 starring Awkwafina and John Cena. This comedy is set in a world where Lottery winners have to survive until sundown in order to claim their multi-billion dollar jackpot – anyone who kills them before that gets to claim their prize.

The Hobbit trilogy also joins the Prime Video library this month, as do 21 and 22 Jump Street, Superman I-iv, Superman Returns, Night Swim, Drive Away Dolls, and 10 Cloverfield Lane.

Here’s everything coming...

By the power of Umbrella Entertainment! Australia’s indie distribution treasure has given us another banger of a release with 1987’s Masters of the Universe. Now we can all watch the live-action production from the defunct, yet beloved, Cannon Films pitting He-Man versus Skeletor battle for Eternia re-Mastered via a new Blu-ray!

In this film, Skeletor (in an amazing and underrated performance by Frank Langella) and his legion wreak havoc on Eternia that results in imprisoning the Sorceress (Christina Pickles) and capturing Castle Grayskull. And he accomplishes these great feats by using a stolen portal-hopping musical device, the Cosmic Key, thanks to the help of Evil-Lyn (Meg Foster). He uses the Key to penetrate the Castle’s defenses, thus giving him “the power of Grayskull.”

In an attempted rescue effort, He-Man (Dolph Lundgren) and his squad featuring Man-At-Arms (Jon Cypher) and Arms’ daughter Teela (Chelsea Field) track down the inventor of the Cosmic Key,...

As the cameras continue to roll on James Gunn‘s highly anticipated Superman film, a special connection to the franchise’s iconic past has emerged. The son of legendary Superman actor Christopher Reeve, Will Reeve, has been confirmed to make a cameo appearance in the future DC Studios production.

The production, which is filmed in Cleveland, has unveiled Reeve’s involvement, with the young journalist set to portray a Metropolis TV reporter in the movie. This casting decision serves as a tribute to the Reeve family’s legacy within the Superman mythos.

Christopher Reeve’s portrayal of the Man of Steel in the 1970s and 1980s remains one of the most iconic interpretations of the character in cinematic history. His lookalike son, Will Reeve, has followed a different path and made a name for himself as a correspondent for ABC News. However, this cameo role allows Reeve to honor his...

James Gunn’s Superman has added Will Reeve, son of the late Superman star Christopher Reeve, in a cameo role, according to local reporting out of Cleveland, where production is currently in motion.

While reps for Warner Bros and DC could not be reached for comment, the younger Reeve will reportedly be playing a TV reporter, which is fitting given his real-world work as a correspondent for ABC News.

Reeve’s father Christopher is indelibly linked to the Superman franchise, having become the definitive portrayal of the iconic superhero for an entire generation. His relationship with the franchise began in 1978, when he was cast as the titular character in Richard Donner’s Superman: The Movie, and he went on to don the cape in three sequels between 1980 and 1987: Superman II, Superman III, and Superman IV: The Quest for Peace.

The elder Reeve’s story is at the heart of Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story,...

Possession is a relatively common topic on this channel and show and that’s probably because it’s something that has been recorded and pushed as factual by the people claiming to be possessed or investigators for a long time. It generally falls under the scope of he said/she said with most of the presented evidence as fact being very up for interpretation. These are almost always then turned into movies as that open for interpretation aspect of it can lead to a bunch of elements being added for entertainment and dramatic purposes. Today we look at a movie that is based on a book that was inspired by a true story. It’s not exactly possession but it is a poltergeist of a movie that is something very different and was taken quite seriously in both real life and as a movie. The Entity (buy it Here) is...

When it comes to superhero movies, we often see lists ranking the best ones ever made. Superhero films only started being seen as good in the last decade, thanks to better CGI and effects that made superheroes look less cheesy on screen.

But before ‘Endgame’ and ‘Dark Knight,’ there were plenty of bad superhero adaptations. Some are so bad they’re still laughed at today. Fans on Ranker gathered and cast over 500K votes to decide: What’s the worst superhero movie ever?

10. ‘The Fantastic Four’ (1994)

Just by looking at the costumes and Thing’s latex suit in ‘The Fantastic Four’ (1994), you can tell what direction it’s headed. The film was so poor that it never saw an official release, though copies can still be found with some effort. Surprisingly, despite its objective flaws, it’s not terrible enough to be shelved forever. Certain aspects, like its script and...

Speaking of superhero movies, we’re often dealing with “top 10” lists in terms of the greatest movies ever made. Superhero movies started being considered “good” only during the last decade when advances in CGI and practical effects allowed superheroes not to look extremely corny on-screen.

But, before ‘Endgame’ and ‘Dark Knight’ there was a series of bad superhero adaptations, some of which are so bad they are relentlessly mocked even today. Fans gathered on Ranker and cast over 500K votes to determine, what is the worst superhero movie of all time?

10. ‘The Fantastic Four’ (1994)

Honestly, just looking at these costumes and Thing’s latex suit you can see where this is going. ‘The Fantastic Four’ (1994), was so bad it never got released. You can however obtain a copy if you look hard enough. The sad thing is, despite the movie objectively being bad, it’s not that bad to be shelved forever.

There is yet another Superman reboot on the horizon, this time courtesy of James Gunn and Peter Safran, and much of it is being kept under wraps. This is, dare I say, a good thing, because the last thing we need is yet another troubled Superman production. Despite the character's enduring cinematic legacy, almost none of his cinematic solo outings can be discussed without their lingering baggage: creative infighting, script leaks, casting rumor mills, and even the occasional director's cut long after release. For a hero that is seemingly impenetrable, the Man of Steel sure has taken a beating in development hell.

Part of the problem is that nobody can quite agree on who Superman is or should be. In the early days, Warner Bros. avoided bogging Superman down in comics lore. Then, when fans became outraged over creative liberties, the studio frantically tried to cater to them. Superman used to strive for a clean,...

As David Corenswet Debuts As Superman, Here’s A Look At Every Actor Who Has Played The Superhero So Far

David Corenswet has officially made his debut in the Superman suit as his first look from the upcoming eponymous film has been revealed. James Gunn, the writer-director of the film and the Co-CEO of DC Studios, unveiled the look himself. Now that David Corenswet is playing a new version of the Man of Steel, he has a legacy to live up to, as a number of actors have taken on the costume in the past.

Superman’s screen history goes way back to the 1940s when the first live-action film serial based on the DC superhero arrived in cinemas. Since then, the baton has been passed down from generation to generation, with each actor bringing their own charisma to the character. Let’s have a look at all the actors...

Dan Goozee, the acclaimed artist who created posters for such films as Clash of the Titans, Superman IV and the James Bond movies Moonraker, Octopussy and A View to a Kill, has died. He was 80.

Goozee died April 7 at West Hills Hospital & Medical Center of an age-related condition he had battled for two years, his son, Rob, told The Hollywood Reporter.

The unassuming Goozee spent years as a Walt Disney Imagineering theme park consultant, crafting conceptual artwork for Disneyland Paris and Tokyo DisneySea, for Splash Mountain and Big Thunder rides, for the Imagination Pavilion and Seas Pavilion at Epcot and for the Tree of Life attraction at Animal Kingdom.

He also handled effects work for Battlestar Galactica (1978) and Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979).

Born in 1943 in Astoria, Oregon, Daniel Goozee worked on weekends at movie theaters that his father and uncle owned and operated in nearby Seaside, then graduated...

Christopher Reeve was initially unsure about landing the role of Superman when he heard that Marlon Brando and Gene Hackman were going to appear in the movie. Since he was not as famous as these actors, he doubted his chances of getting the role. Working with Brando was a big deal at the time. However, in an interview, Reeve revealed that he did not enjoy working with him.

Christopher Reeve in Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)

Christopher Reeve’s career quite literally went skywards with his appearance as the DC superhero Superman in the eponymous 1978 movie. His first professional screen appearance as an actor came with his role as Ben Harper in the 1974 CBS soap opera Love of Life. He did not appear in a Hollywood movie until 1978 when he starred in Gray Lady Down. He once told David Letterman the reason behind the hostility between him and Brando after working in Superman.

Superman, the iconic superhero created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, has graced the silver screen in numerous adaptations over the years. From the golden age of cinema to the modern era of superhero blockbusters, the Man of Steel has captivated audiences worldwide.

Christopher Reeve as Superman

Whether you’re a die-hard fan or just starting your exploration, here’s a guide to every Superman movie in chronological order, providing a glimpse into the evolution of the Last Son of Krypton on the big screen.

SUGGESTEDJames Gunn Renames Superman: Legacy With First Look at Logo That Has a Deeper Meaning Than You Thought Superman: The Movie (1978): Superman (1978)

Directed by Richard Donner and starring Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder, and Gene Hackman, this film is considered a landmark in the superhero genre. The film beautifully portrays Superman’s origin on the doomed planet Krypton, his upbringing in Smallville, and his...

James Gunn’s Superman movie is now in production, but that doesn’t mean that there aren’t a few more cast members to be announced. THR has reported that Wendell Pierce, best known for his work on The Wire, will play Perry White in Superman, the editor-in-chief of The Daily Planet.

We’ve seen a few actors portray Perry White on the big screen, including Jackie Cooper, who played the role in Superman: The Movie, Superman II, Superman III, and Superman IV: The Quest for Peace. Frank Langella took over the role for Superman Returns, with Laurence Fishburne stepping in for Man of Steel and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.

Related Superman: Legacy gets a title change as production begins, plus a first look at Superman’s new suit

Wendell Pierce joins quite the cast with Superman, which is set to star David Corenswet (Pearl) as Clark Kent...

Dceu’s fifteenth and final movie Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom starring Jason Momoa, Patrick Wilson, Amber Heard, and more is the sequel to 2018’s Aquaman. Directed by James Wan, Aquaman 2 follows the story of Momoa’s Arthur Curry a.k.a. Aquaman working with his half-brother Orm played by Wilson to prevent Black Manta from killing his family.

The highly awaited movie upon its release received a negative response from the audience and critics but praised the chemistry between Jason Momoa and Patrick Wilson. However, the critics also did not forget to mention that the movie was not impacted by the omission of Amber Heard’s scenes. Despite receiving a negative response from the audience, Aquaman 2 holds a record for Jason Momoa that only five actors have had the honor to hold till now.

Suggested“You can’t see that”: Jason Momoa Will Not Let His Kids Watch...

Zorro and Expats are the big shows coming to Prime Video in January. The former is what Amazon are calling a “bold reinterpretation” of the classic hero El Zorro for 2024. Starring Miguel Bernardeau as Diego de la Vega and Renata Notni as Lolita Marquez, it’s definitely an intriguing-sounding action-adventure series, with a ten-episode first season based on the iconic character originally created by Johnston McCulley all the way back in 1919.

Meanwhile, upcoming drama series Expats is based on the bestselling 2016 novel The Expatriates by Janice Y. K. Lee, and follows “the vibrant lives of a close-knit expatriate community” in Hong Kong. Nicole Kidman has been known for picking the right kind of shows to lead in the past, so let’s hope this is another banger for the actress, who is also on board as an executive producer here.

Here’s everything coming to Amazon Prime Video and Freevee this month.

DC Entertainment has some of the most iconic superheroes in modern fiction, including Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman. These characters have been adapted and reimagined for the silver screen and small screen for decades, often boasting some of Hollywood's biggest names in front of and behind the camera. However, not every actor who's appeared in a DC movie has had a completely satisfying production experience or fully enjoy the final films that they star in. These sentiments are often attached to specific scenes, striking a negative chord for the actor involved for a myriad of reasons.

From intense creative disagreements on how their characters should be portrayed to thoroughly uncomfortable behind-the-scenes ordeals, certain DC Comics movie scenes leave negative impressions on the actors in them. These raw feelings exist for some actors even years after the movie itself has since been released. Here are some of the DC movie scenes...

1990 was a peak year for Van Damage. The Muscles from Brussels was on the way to the big time after Bloodsport and Kickboxer (which made our list of the Best Fighting Movies) proved to be huge moneymakers at the box office. But, Jean-Claude Van Damme was different from some of his contemporaries because he was a hearthrob and a prime butt-kicker. His 1990 movie Lionheart was bought for distribution by Universal, paving the way to his breaking into mainstream studio work. But, before he could jump on that gravy train, he had one more movie left to make on his Cannon movie deal – but ironically, the company itself would not release the film theatrically due to its waning fortunes, with this being Van Damme’s first major studio release after MGM opted to distribute it. The movie? Death Warrant!

In this one, Jcvd plays a cop named Burke, who, after putting...

Masters of the Universe was one of three big-budget 1987 movies that sunk Cannon Pictures (the other two were Over the Top and Superman IV: The Quest for Peace). It was supposed to be their version of Star Wars, boasting a significant budget (for Cannon) and high production values. It was based on the toys and cartoon series He-Man and the Masters of the Universe by Mattel, but the film had a very rocky road to the big screen. While it’s now considered a camp classic, thanks mainly to the involvement of Dolph Lundgren, at the time, many thought that his performance helped tank the movie. He almost ended up being dubbed in the final cut.

Indeed, in the documentary Toy Masters (excerpted by THR), Mattel executives found Lundgren’s accent unintelligible, and director Gary Goddard wanted him dubbed. “We actually did bring in a few actors to loop test,...

This article contains The Marvels spoilers.

Be there when it happens! So declared the final trailer for The Marvels, a 90-second spot that contains almost as many images of past MCU glories as it does shots from the actual movie it claims to promote. The trailer only slightly tips its hand toward the one thing that could be deemed universe-altering, a mid-credit sequence in which Monica Rambeau (Teyonah Parris) awakens in another universe, tended to by a variant of her mother Maria, now in the Binary persona, and Dr. Henry McCoy aka Beast (Kelsey Grammer) of the X-Men.

The X-Men have been a long time coming to the MCU—ever since Disney bought 20th Century Fox, which among other things brought the X-Men characters back under the Marvel umbrella after the film rights had been licensed to Fox in the 1990s. And yet, every onscreen hint and...

Comic book fans in the late 1990s likely recall the ambitious plan by Artisan Entertainment, a then-rising indie film studio, to make a long series of mid-budget films based on Marvel superheroes. Avi Arad, then the CEO of Marvel Entertainment, had overseen a deal that would allow Artisan to make movies with Black Panther, Thor, Deadpool, Ant-Man, Iron Fist, and Morbius, as well as Power Pack, Longshot, and an irreverent dark comedy about Mort the Dead Teenager. The deal was finalized in 2000. In 2003, however, Artisan was acquired by Lionsgate, effectively ending what would have been the ambitiously planned early-2000s mid-budget version of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. 

Despite how successful Disney's MCU would become a decade later, Marvel was once considered a non-viable source of film revenue. Indeed, while comic book sales were up across the board in the 1990s, Marvel was struggling to make their characters more visible in the marketplace.

In the grand pantheon of superheroes, one figure shines with an enduring brilliance – Superman. He’s not just one of the earliest caped crusaders to grace the pages of comic books; he’s the embodiment of truth and justice, a beacon of hope in a world often shrouded in darkness.

As we delve into the cinematic realm of this iconic character, we unlock a treasure trove of storytelling that has captivated audiences for generations. From the Man of Steel’s inaugural flight on the silver screen to his most recent epic adventures, our journey will span decades of cinematic excellence, exploring every twist, turn, and triumphant moment in the history of Superman movies.

Related: The Evolution of Superheroes: 12 Movies That Shaped the Genre

So, fasten your seatbelts and join us on an exhilarating flight through time and space as we present “All the Superman Movies in Order.”

In this comprehensive guide,...

In the Marvel vs. DC debate, it's important to remember that the latter had a headstart of several decades. Some of DC Comics' most popular characters were introduced on the page in the late 1930s and early 1940s, allowing them to stand at the very base of the pop culture firmament. Superman, Wonder Woman, and Batman both enjoyed massive success on the page and on the screen before the hotshot company Marvel entered its Golden Age in earnest. Marvel's star characters Spider-Man, the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, the Incredible Hulk, et al, didn't hit shelves until the early '60s. While Marvel found its footing, Batman was starring in one of the best superhero movies ever made. 

In cinemas, it took Marvel equally long to find a toehold. Films like "Superman" and "Batman" were overwhelmingly huge for decades, while Marvel had to be content with the success of "The Incredible Hulk" on television.

A veteran special effects artist is suing for £150,000 over an injury sustained on set of Disney feature The Little Mermaid at Pinewood Studios.

According to the Evening Standard, model maker Christine Overs fell and broke her wrist when part of the set gave way in October 2020. The film — which stars Halle Bailey in the lead role — released on Disney+ this month after grossing north of $564M worldwide.

Her credits include work on GoldenEye, the original Dune, Aliens and Superman IV during a career spanning several decades. She also worked on the Thomas the Tank Engine animated series and worked at Jim Henson’s Creative Shop of Neverending Story III in 1994.

Sandcastle Pictures, the production entity Disney set up to make The Little Mermaid, has admitted full liability for the fall, but is contesting how much she is due, according to the Standard.

Overs had been working on a beach scene.

Refresh for chart…On the bright side for Independence Day bomb Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, its first five days at the box office of $82M aren’t as bad as Paramount/Skydance’s Terminator Genisys.

That sequel’s launch just prior to July 4, 2015 left a lot of methane in the air with $42.4M in its Wednesday to Sunday. The attempted Arnold Schwarzenegger comeback movie ended its domestic run at $89.7M, and Dial of Destiny will cross that mark before its first week is up.

Comparing July 4th tentpole hits and bombs can be tricky. Since the holiday skips around, sometimes studios launch on a Wednesday, sometimes a Friday so for the box office fanatics, everything is apples-to-oranges. The last time July 4th fell on a Tuesday was 2017 and 2006. In 2017, over the Friday-Tuesday frame, Illumination/Universal’s Despicable Me 3 led with $99M, followed by Sony/MRC’s Baby Driver with $29.97M.

Now that The Flash has hit theaters to reset the DC Universe, Awfully Good Movies is running back in time to watch the debut film for one of The Flash’s breakout characters, Helen Slater in 1984’s Supergirl!

In between the disappointment of Superman III and the catastrophe of Superman IV, original franchise producers Alexander and Ilya Salkind decided to switch focus from the Man of Steel to his female cousin Kara Zor-El with an in-universe spinoff that’d have a cameo from Christopher Reeve himself to mentor his fellow Kryptonian and star Helen Slater in the young actress’ debut role. But after Reeve turned the film down before filming, and Warner Bros. grew so fed up with the Salkinds that they sold the distribution rights back to them, Supergirl would instead flop so hard at the box office that the Salkinds just gave up on the Superman film rights altogether,...

James Gunn has already revealed who his favorite Lex Luthor is, telling Michael Rosenbaum on his own podcast that his portrayal of the supervillain on Smallville was the best he has seen. As for a name near the bottom of the list? Look no further than one of the greatest actors ever.

On the podcast, Rosenbaum asked James Gunn to promise him that if Lex Luthor is in the next Superman movie “he’ll have gravitas or…he’ll be Lex Luthor. He won’t be playing Lex Luthor but he’s more acting like this character…or goofy or crazy! He’s gonna be something that’s grounded and real.” Gunn gave hope, saying, “Everything’s grounded and real, yeah…everything’s grounded and real.” To which Rosenbaum defended his statement with, “I’m not saying anybody’s done that…” Gunn’s coy response: “Maybe somebody’s done that.

Get ready to witness worlds collide in “The Flash”. Releasing on June 16th, the DC film hailed by James Gunn as one of the greatest superhero movies ever made finds Ezra Miller getting their own solo movie, complete with crossover into multiple eras of DC films in dream team-ups that we never thought were possible, such as bringing back Michael Keaton as Batman (and plenty more cameos). Given that “The Flash” is something of the ultimate DC movie, you may be wanting to watch some other DC movies in advance (or afterward). No worries, we’ve got you covered.

With “The Flash” racing onto screens, we’ve rounded up where you can stream all the live-action DC movies.

Streaming on Max Warner Bros.

Max is going to be your one-stop home for everything DC-related. Literally. From the “DC Extended Universe” to the Michael Keaton-led “Batman” films, Max will have you...

This post contains spoilers for The Flash.

In our universe, the first Superman movie after the Cannon Films flop Superman IV: The Quest for Peace was Superman Returns, the pseudo II sequel starring Brandon Routh. But in in other realities, the J.J. Abrams and McG project Superman Flyby was next to bring the Man of Steel back to the screen, or the Wolfgang Petersen-directed Batman v Superman, featuring Johnny Depp as Batman. But in the greatest of all realities, Superman returned in Superman Lives, an adaptation of the Death of Superman story directed by Tim Burton and starring Nicolas Cage as Kal El.

And if there’s one thing that modern superhero movies love apparently, it’s alternate realities. In fact, the multiverse has been the primary selling point for the long-delayed DC movie The Flash. What was originally intended to be a spin-off from the DC Universe established...

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s the Superman movies as never seen before! Get to know one of the world's most iconic superheroes now in stunning 4K Ultra HD.

Follow the Man of Steel’s big screen debut, directed by Richard Donner starring Christopher Reeve. Then, witness Superman sacrifice his powers unaware that three Kryptonian villains are to descend on Earth.

Welcome Richard Pryor and Annette O’Toole as they join Christopher Reeve in Superman III, before seeing Superman clash with Lex Luthor and Nuclear Man to save the Statue of Liberty, plug a volcanic eruption and rebuild the demolished Great Wall of China in Superman IV.

Onwards!

We took Gene Hackman for granted, and he's making us pay for it.

Between 1964 and 2004, there wasn't a more reliably excellent film actor in the industry. He'd knock out two or three (or more!) movies a year, and even when they were dire propositions — like the Kryptonite-ridden "Superman IV: The Quest for Peace" or Bob Clark's laugh-free buddy-cop comedy "Loose Cannons" — you knew Hackman would be present and compelling. He also never went too long between watchable films, so the charge that he was phoning it in (which was also leveled at his prolific contemporary Michael Caine) never made sense.

Hackman was — and, oh, how I hate to refer to this still-very-alive master's career in the past tense — a true working actor. He was grateful for the gigs and took them eagerly. He knew what it was to not only struggle but to be told there is no future...

As part of the year-long centennial celebration for the 100th anniversary of Warner Bros. Studio, five films featuring the iconic DC Super Hero Superman – Superman: The Movie, Superman II, Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut, Superman III, and Superman IV – will be available for purchase in a five-film collection on 4K Ultra HD …

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If you were a movie fan in the 1980s, then you have at least a little soft spot for the Cannon Group. Walk through any video store, and you’d be greeted by covers featuring oiled up men, steely ninjas, and so many guns. If you wanted low-quality, instantly satisfying trash, you looked for the Cannon logo.

Although it had been around since the late 1960s, Cannon became Cannon in 1979, when Israeli cousins Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus took over, ushering in a golden age of low-budget, deeply satisfying shlock. Under the cousins’ reign, the Cannon Group pumped out movie after movie, hitting its peak in 1984, when it put out 42 features in one year. So dominant was Cannon that they very nearly produced a Spider-Man movie directed by none other than James Cameron. However, that same hubris drove the cousins to overreach, and after the flop of their big-budget play...

Thanks to the 15-year-long machinations of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, much of superhero cinema has become about — on a fundamental level — the elaborate, interconnectedness of its own widespread universe. While each individual superhero film may have its own miniature climax and any number of fantastical fist fights between supernaturally fueled pugilists, many of them now end with a hint or a preview as to the next chapter in a seemingly unending film series. The notion of a standalone superhero movie is more or less moribund.

This, perhaps, unfortunately, leaves many superhero movies feeling frustratingly empty. One would have to engage in some pretty difficult cognitive cardio to find the messages and the themes in something like "Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania." Is it about the dangers of fascism? The bonds of family? The eternal fight between good and evil? Couldn't any of these themes be applied to any superhero movie?...

Out of all the legendary unmade movies across film history, few have surpassed the famed status of Tim Burton's fabled "Superman Lives," which was supposed to star Nicolas Cage. The behind-the-scenes stories about the project's failed development have taken on a mythical quality of their own as one of the strangest "What if?" scenarios in Hollywood. These tales may have stirred up a chaotic idea of what pre-production was like, but Cage himself proposed a relatively simple reason as to why "Superman Lives" never saw the light of day. It may have been simply that Warner Bros. didn't want to take another chance with Burton.

"Superman Lives" was supposed to be a new start for the Man of Steel after the colossal failure of "Superman IV: The Quest for Peace." The project started with indie filmmaker and mega comic book fan Kevin Smith, who pitched his idea to infamous...

Look, up in the sky! It's not a bird or a plane, but it's definitely one heck of a treat for fans of the big blue boy scout superhero. Superman may have experienced a bit of a rocky road in recent DC history on the big screen, despite an actor as capable and charismatic as Henry Cavill leading the action and even with James Gunn's promise that the immensely popular hero will be a "huge priority" moving forward. But even the biggest DC fans would have to admit that there's a certain ineffable charm to the original movies that first made audiences believe that a man could truly fly.

Christopher Reeve starred in four separate "Superman" movies, in addition to the special Richard Donner director's cut released for "Superman II," and now all 5 titles will be made available just in time for the 100th anniversary of Warner Bros., the...

Burbank, Calif., March 1, 2023 – As part of the year-long centennial celebration for the 100th anniversary of Warner Bros. Studio, five films featuring the iconic DC Super Hero Superman – Superman: The Movie, Superman II, Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut, Superman III, and Superman IV – will be available for purchase in a five-film collection on 4K Ultra HD Disc and Digital on April 18.

Based on the DC character created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, the Superman films star Christopher Reeve as the legendary “Man of Steel.”

On April 18, the Superman 1978 – 1987 5-Film Collection will be available to purchase on Ultra HD Blu-ray™ Disc from online and in-store at major retailers and available for purchase Digitally from Amazon Prime Video, AppleTV, Google Play, Vudu, and more.

The Ultra HD Blu-ray Combo Packs will include an Ultra HD Blu-ray disc with the feature films in 4K with Hdr, a Blu-ray disc with the feature...

1978's "Superman" has always been revered, but over successive sequels, the franchise slowly made a joke out of its source material. And even though star Christopher Reeve wasn't too happy with the way the saga developed, his one and only "Saturday Night Live" appearance in 1985 proved he not only had a sense of humor but that he remained a star even as his career-making franchise deteriorated.

Richard Donner's original Superman film feels just as relevant today as it did back in the late '70s. James Gunn is currently working on his upcoming Superman movie, which, in the post-Snyderverse era, will hopefully re-establish the character as an upstanding paragon of morality, just as Donner's movie did back in the '70s. Back when the director was first contacted by producer Alexander Salkind, he would have to salvage a truly disastrous first script before coming on board. Forty-five years later,...

The troubled production of Tim Burton's unproduced feature film "Superman Lives" may be common knowledge by now. The story briefly, for those unfamiliar: following the success of Burton's "Batman" and "Batman Returns," Warner Bros. was to work with the director on a new Superman feature film, the first since the disappointing "Superman IV: The Quest for Peace" in 1987. Many stories have circulated about that film's labored development, most of which can be summed up either by filmmaker Kevin Smith (who was hired to write a draft after his 1995 film "Mallrats"), or in Jon Schnepp's 2015 documentary film "The Death of 'Superman Lives': What Happened?" The film ultimately fell through, and another Superman feature film wouldn't be made until 2006. 

While filmmakers were stumbling over their feet, trying to make whatever version of Superman they could, the plucky Kryptonian was quietly enjoying massive success on the small screen. In 1996, Alan Burnett...

In January 2011, Warner Bros. announced (via Deadline) that British actor Henry Cavill had been chosen to star in the studio's latest Superman reboot. At the time, the then-untitled project's director, Zack Snyder, described Cavill as "the perfect choice to don the cape and S shield." Two years later, "Man of Steel" soared into theaters, bringing Kal-El back to the big screen after a seven-year absence and — in the words of Warner Bros. Picture Group president Jeff Robinov — taking a "first step" into a greater DC universe.

In December 2022, Cavill took to Instagram to announce that he would be stepping down as Superman. "My turn to wear the cape has passed," he wrote, "but what Superman stands for never will. It's been a fun ride with you all, onwards and upwards." This optimism belied the true story behind Cavill's Man of Steel, however, who left behind a tarnished legacy of behind-the-scenes drama,...