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| Title: | Superman Returns |
| Genres: | Superhero fantasy |
| Directed by: | Bryan Singer |
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| Distributed by: | Warner Bros. Legendary Pictures Bad Hat Harry Productions |
| Released: | June 28th, 2006 |
| Rating: | PG-13 |
| Running time: | 154 min. |
| Country: | USA |
| Language: | English |
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Superman Returns is an American feature film of the superhero fantasy genre. It is based on the character of Superman as seen in comic books published by DC Comics. The movie is a quasi-sequel to the original Superman film series starring the late Christopher Reeve. The film was directed by Bryan Singer with a script written by Michael Dougherty and Dan Harris, based on a story treatment by Dougherty, Harris and Singer. It was produced by Warner Bros. in association with Legendary Pictures as well as Singer's production studio, Bad Hat Harry Productions. It was released theatrically in the United States on June 28th, 2006. The film stars Brandon Routh as the caped Kryptonian "Man of Steel" Superman with Kate Bosworth as his love interest, Lois Lane. Taking on the role of primary antagonist of the movie is Kevin Spacey as Lex Luthor. Co-stars in the movie include James Marsden as Lois' love interest, Richard White, Parker Posey as Lex's gun moll, Kitty Kowalski, Frank Langella as Daily Planet managing editor Perry White, Sam Huntington as cub reporter and photographer Jimmy Olsen and Eva Marie Saint as Martha Kent.
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- Brandon Routh, who played Superman, would later go on to appear as Ray Palmer, aka. The Atom, in the TV series' Arrow and Legends of Tomorrow and voiced the character in the Vixen TV series and film. This means he has played two different DC characters.