Superman Returns at Comic-Con!!

[Kal-el]

Here is a description for a 5 min. clip shown at Comic-Con.

The trailer starts out with a montage of Smallville that's absolutely beautiful. Then we get some shots of young Clark busting through the barn roof, and examining his baby ship. We then jump to the Kents in the house staring out the window in horror, apparently looking at Clark's crashing ship. Then there's the shots of Martha approaching the ship. We cut to a shot Singer described in an the Kent Farm blog about Brandon sitting up into the frame in front of the window. We then cut to Metropolis with a lot of shots that look into the relationships between the characters. Superman's return has prompted Perry to tell Lois to write an article about Superman, though she's very opposed to it. Richard White, her current boyfriend also is shown being a bit jealous of Lois having Superman back in her life. We got several shots of Superman and Superman with Lois, and they look absolutely FANTASTIC together. One great quote from Brandon in the clip was "That place was a graveyard." One presumes he was talking about Krypton, but we shall all see. Near the end we got some very cool, yet brief shots of Spacey as Luthor holding a Kryptonian crystal in his hand. The big finale was an animated live shot of the storyboard picture that showed Superman hovering over the clouds. It was amazing.

First impresions were that this film is going to be absolutely huge, and both strong in story and visually stunning. The whole thing had a very nostalgic feel to it, harkening back to the 30's and 40's.

[the_Web_Slinger]

someone has to have this. It must be found and posted. I must see it.

[Kal-el]

Here is an audio file from the Q&A from Bryan Singer at the Comic-Con....
http://downloads.comingsoon.net/supermanreturns.mp3

Hope it's ok to post it...if not let me know.....

Also, a summary of what he discussed at the comic-con....

When asked about which he thought should be the primary focus of the film, Superman or Clark Kent, Singer broke the character down into three very distinct identities: the Clark Kent on the farm, being raised by the Kents; the bumbling Clark in Metropolis, and then Kal-el, the last surviving son of Krypton. (Singer was so exhausted by his long flight that he called him Jor-El by accident before being corrected by most of the 6,500 people at the panel.) "First and foremost, this will be a love story," he told the rapt audience, "which plays on the notion of an established relationship between Clark and Lois."

According to Singer, Alex Ross was his favorite Superman artist as far as visual style, but he also recommended the Max Fleischer cartoons, as well as the George Reeves television show for anyone interested in his film, which he admitted will be spring boarded from Richard Donner's 1978 film, and its 1980 sequel.

Singer was faced with an inquisition about the changes in the costume, for instance the raised "S" and the darker colors, and he said that he didn't want to play with the costume too much and wanted to keep the essence, but make something that didn't seem so dated.

When asked why he chose Brandon Routh to play Clark Kent/Superman, Singer complimented the former soap star by calling him "a fine actor" and saying that it was always his intention to cast an unknown. As far as how his movie might affect what they're doing on the Smallville television show, Singer said that they had been sharing material with the producers of the show. "We tried to carry the torch and respect the television show," he said, to allay any fears from Smallville fans.

John Ottman will be scoring the film, but Singer confirmed that they will be incorporating the original John Williams theme, which he deems to be "like Star Wars." He believes that the running time of the film will be over 2 hours.

After answering questions, Singer showed a reel that was edited together by the film's co-screenwriter Dan Harris, which gives an overview of the film. The footage opens on a field with scenes of the Kent's farm in Kansas with a voice-over obviously from Superman's mother Lara, asking "Why earth, Jor-El?" The response comes from the easily distinguishable voice of Marlon Brando as Jor-El. Singer said that he had access to all of Brando's outtakes that were never used for Superman 2, but he said that it would be a fairly small part. While they did do some recreations, he made it clear that Brando would not be an all-CGI character.

From there, we see the Daily Planet, Routh as Clark Kent with glasses, brief glimpses of Jimmy Olsen and Perry White, as well as Kate Bosworth as Lois Lane. The reel gave you a good idea of what to expect from the plot, which seems to involve Superman having been gone for an extended period of time much like he was in some of the comic book storylines, such as "A World without Superman" and the period after "The Death of Superman." At one point, there was a brief glimpse of a newspaper headline "Why the World Doesn't Need Superman", which apparently won Lois Lane her Pulitzer Prize.

Towards the end of the reel, there was a brief glimpse of a clean-shaven Kevin Spacey as Lex Luthor, holding an oblong crystal, which was obviously the representation of Kryptonite in the film. Singer mentioned that he'll be splitting the difference with the character from the humorous version played Gene Hackman in the Donner film saying there will be a lot of humor, but also a darker side to the character.

[Lestat]

It's amazing that no one has gotten this 5min. clip and put it online yet.

[j7wild]

It's amazing that no one has gotten this 5min. clip and put it online yet.

the movie is not due out until June 2006 so it's a bit premature!!

[Lestat]

the movie is not due out until June 2006 so it's a bit premature!!

Not for this Forum!

[goodasgold]

I hope Singer and company decide to release this preview like they did with X-men 2 comic con preview. I'm really excited by those people who saw it and are saying postive things about what they saw.