I think it's still very possible that Singer will do a sequel. If it doesn't turn a profit, or if only a little profit in the theater they will get it out to video ASAP. If it does very well in that market they'll do another sequel. There are a lot of movies that bomb at the theater yet do very well with rentals, which in turn leads to a sequel. It's too early to say for sure that there won't be a sequel or that Singer won't be offered the job. I wouldn't expect as big of a budget however.

7/17/2006 9:44:10 AM

i dont see a cult following that will make enough DVD $$ for another one

7/17/2006 1:47:29 PM

I'll buy it the day it comes out on DVD

7/17/2006 2:40:13 PM

Well, that settles it.

7/17/2006 6:14:27 PM

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"I'll buy it the day it comes out on DVD"

7/17/2006 7:27:54 PM

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"i dont see a cult following that will make enough DVD $$ for another one"

Are you serious? Do you have any idea how many rabid fanboys are out there? (myself included)

7/17/2006 10:49:06 PM

Also, there a plenty of people who didn't/aren't going to see this movie in theaters who will pick up the DVD.

7/18/2006 9:04:20 AM

hahaha Kevin Smith talking about his version of the superman script

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgYhLIThTvk

7/18/2006 1:53:17 PM

well he was sexy in those tights

7/23/2006 9:58:36 PM

Director Bryan Singer has acknowledged that the less-than-stellar performance of Superman Returns has made prospects for another Man of Steel sequel a bit "iffy." The Associated Press quotes him as saying, "We haven't concluded a deal," but if a sequel gets a green light from Warner Bros, "the intention is to do it for [release in] 2009." Separately, Singer told Britain's Empire magazine, "Now that the character is established, I'd like to take the opportunity to bring in a more threatening element, a more terrible, foreboding element." Superman Returns, starring Kevin Spacey, Brandon Routh, and Kate Bosworth, has taken in $178 million at the domestic box office, below such other summer hits as The Da Vinci Code, X-Men: The Last Stand, Cars, and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest.

7/25/2006 7:41:00 PM

yeah Superman returns was awful- Singer also said at the San Diego Comic-con that if he had a chance to make a sequel it would be "all wraith of Khan" implying it would have a lot more action- i hope so because the first one was boring. In a recent interview Kevin Smith said he liked the Singer movie but added now that he (Singer) got all of the Jesus stuff out of his system I hope Superman can fight a bigger menace in the next movie instead of Lex Luthor and real estate, "i mean cant he fight a fucking robot or something." That last part is a direct quote from Smith the rest was just from memory.

7/25/2006 7:47:40 PM

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"as much as i liked this one, i hope in the next one they have an epic villian that he can physically fight like a darkseid or a doomsday, maybe a parasite or a metallo smallville is already doing the brainiac thing and toyman doesn't really suit a movie and they sure as fuck need to stay away from some bizarros"

7/25/2006 8:36:20 PM

saw the movie today and I really really liked it

the airplane,space shuttle scene was great

7/30/2006 6:19:52 PM

I'm going to buy it when it comes out on DVD.

It is definitely a film i want in my collection.

7/30/2006 6:28:26 PM

I plan on getting the DVD as soon as it comes out.


Call me crazy fanboys but I liked this movie.

7/30/2006 10:50:02 PM

saw it for my fourth time today. Now call me crazy.

7/31/2006 1:19:38 AM

ALL OF YOU ARE CRAZY

you told me to say it

eh I'll probably show it at work when it comes out

7/31/2006 9:46:34 AM

This is not only the greatest comic book movie ever made. It's also in my list of top 50 movies ever made.

7/31/2006 11:34:57 AM

what makes you say that compared to others? batman begins was much better imo. not to mention Sin City. I can see someone saying top 50 personal favorites, but it has some stiff competition for "greatest comic book movie ever made".

[Edited on July 31, 2006 at 11:54 AM. Reason : .]

7/31/2006 11:54:01 AM

^ It does have stiff competition, I agree. X-I and II we're great, Sin City was cool, and Batman Begins was awesome.

I never read the superman comics, I mainly read Wolverine and X-Men, so naturally, I have higher expectations about those films, the characterization, and the story. But for some reason, Superman Returns is my favorite. Yes, there are a a lot of good comic-to-movie films.

7/31/2006 12:33:12 PM

supes returns -almost finished with 188 mil. domestic. Buy the dvd and maybe Warners will green light a sequel.

8/5/2006 5:45:16 PM

how much did they spend making the movie?

8/5/2006 6:10:31 PM

Thread please don't die.

8/29/2006 1:17:03 PM

I def loved the movie. Sup. Ret. was not the typically "top this" action comic. And I thought it laid a great groundwork and background as well as catch up to make a "top this" sequel. A sequel should have more epic battles with someone of related powers and stature. It in no way diluted the movie IMO.


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8/30/2006 1:00:31 PM

Looks like the budget was around $270 million.

8/30/2006 1:12:43 PM

The only things I didn't like about the movie were the super-bastard and all the positioning of Superman as "savior". Not because it offended my religiously or anything, it was just pretentious. And of course you really had to stretch your imagination with the effects of the kryptonite throughout the movie (but I always suspend disbelief for comic flicks).

It was entertaining 8/10... but I wouldn't buy it on DVD.

8/30/2006 3:21:45 PM

http://www.cinematical.com/2006/08/30/legendary-ready-for-more-superman/

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"Bryan Singer was king of the world when he departed the X-Men franchise for the Man of Steel. Singer was set to breath life back into an exhausted franchise, and expectations were rightfully high. Superman Returns was a good movie. Generally, critics and audiences agreed on this fact. It was good ... but it wasn't great. And box office receipts reflected such. It brought in okay money, but not nearly as much money as was hoped, especially given the large budget of the film. Before you could say "truth, justice, and all that stuff," Warner Brothers was beginning to backpedal away from their lofty sequel ambitions. An ultimatum quickly came down: make 200 million or no sequel. Even then, Warner has indicated a much smaller budget for the next Superman film. Financing partner Legendary, however, is insisting none of this worries them in the slightest. Legendary insists the company is turning a profit on Returns, and is still fully interested in financing a a sequel. This is certainly good news for Singer, who (as mentioned above) will be working on a shorter leash from Warners. We probably haven't seen the end of Singer's run with the Man of Steel."

8/30/2006 4:00:47 PM

^

8/30/2006 5:23:19 PM