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Why didnt John Williams do Superman 2?
Music. Composer John Williams was originally slated to score Superman II in which he was given a screening with Ilya Salkind and Richard Lester. When Salkind left the projection room, Williams and Lester fell into an argument, and when Salkind returned, Williams told him that he “could not get along with this man”.
Did Superman Returns flop?
Unfortunately, “Superman Returns” suffered at the box office and couldn’t crack $400 million worldwide. The movie tapped out at $200 million at the domestic box office, far below its reported $270 million production budget.
Is Superman return bad?
Overall this is a good film but nothing as special as the hype or budget would suggest. It is better and more interesting than some of the other Superman films but it is not that great. Good enough for blockbuster audiences and some Superman fans but it should have been so much more.
Is Superman 2 the best Superman movie of all time?
Superman II (1980) fared little worse for the alterations, as it too was a commercial and critical hit The first two Superman films are considered by critics and fans to be two of the best Superhero movies of all time. So everything worked out quite well, right?
Did Richard Donner shoot two Superman movies at the same time?
The year was 1977, and director Richard Donner was facing the unenviable task of shooting two major motion pictures, Superman and Superman II, simultaneously for European producers Alexander and Ilya Salkind.
Why doesn’t Superman 2 take place before the end of time?
There are two major reasons why. The first reason is that the world-spinning reversal of time was not originally planned to take place until the end of Superman II, not Superman (which was intended to end on a cliffhanger).
When was the last time Superman was in live action?
The most recent “hit” for a Superhero franchise had been the campy Batman (1966), and the last time Superman had been seen in live action was a 1975 TV adaptation of the Broadway musical called It’s a Bird… It’s a Plane… It’s Superman. The presentation was critically panned and pre-empted in many markets, with few even caring that they missed it.