Superman: The Blog

In November 2006 Warner Home Video released the Richard Donner Cut of “Superman II” on DVD, HD-DVD, and Blu-ray, giving fans and film students alike the opportunity to witness the original concept of the film as conceived by Donner, screenwriter Tom Mankiewicz, and the many cast and crew members involved in its production throughout 1977.…

It began as a simple research assignment: analyze the scripts for Superman and Superman II written by David and Leslie Newman in 1976 and 1979, respectively; identify the specific elements written by the Newmans that would survive into the final films themselves; and point out those particular elements of the scripts that did not survive…

With a blog like this, there has to be an official logo to go along with it, right? Well, now there is! This will be the logo for my Facebook page and the blog page (as soon as I have time this weekend to get the blog’s cover page updated). I have to give thanks…

With the recent announcement that the four Christopher Reeve “Superman” films are coming out in 4K format next year, much speculation has been made about what will be included with the films. Will the extended TV versions of the first film be included? Will we see the original 134-minute version of “Superman IV”? Which version…

Upon the release of Superman II in theaters in December 1980 and throughout the first half of 1981, the first thing that we noticed in the end credits was the title card “Coming Soon – Superman III”. It was a foregone conclusion that a third film was happening right from the start, and in one…

So I woke up just a little while ago, and I noticed this pertaining to the Superman: The Blog Facebook page… I’ve done some checking, and I can’t find one thing on the blog where it supposedly violates any Facebook standards. I’ve put in a request to find out what’s going on. In the meantime,…

Well, dear readers, you’d have thought I would have explored everything there is about the adaptations and novelizations of the Christopher Reeve Superman films… guess again! I heard from my friend Alexei Lambley-Steel, the webmaster of the website ChristopherReeve.co.uk, who shared with me this interesting version of the Superman IV comic that was released in…

If you’re of a certain age like me, you’ll likely remember that novelizations and adaptations of films and television series were prolific throughout the 1970s and 1980s, and they continue to this day. There’s only so much room in a two-hour (or two and a half, or maybe three) film that can be conveyed, with…

I want to thank everyone who has shared their support for Superman: The Blog! The feedback I have received so far has been overwhelmingly positive, which means I’m off to a good start! Obviously I’m on the ground level of this blog and laying down the foundation for everything to come, and I have numerous…

So you’re probably wondering, why start off the blog with Part II of the adaptation analysis, and then go back to the beginning? It’s simple, really… I found WordPress. For some reason as I launched my blog on Google Blogger, it didn’t give me the proper access to photos and media that I needed to…