Four months after the 1987 release of “Superman IV: The Quest For Peace,” a showdown worthy of “High Noon” took place in a city most folks in Kansas never heard of—Santiago, Chile—between Superman and that country’s very real, very dangerous dictator, Augusto Pinochet. At stake were the lives of seventy-eight people and the future of their country’s independence. This is a true story.
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MoreJames Michael Hambrick passed away on Dec. 22, 2024, at age 70. To honor him and his achievements, the Daily Planet presents an exclusive Rooftop Conversation with his daughter, Morgan, and her husband, Adam.
MoreColin Chilvers revolutionized film effects, notably with "Superman: The Movie," enabling unprecedented on-screen flight realism and inspiring future cinematic advancements and visual storytelling.
MoreThe appearance, which he described with great humility in an impromptu street interview on TMZ as a “blink and you’ll miss it” cameo, was filmed on July 2, 2024, in downtown Cleveland. Onlookers caught a glimpse of the action and a sincere hug from director James Gunn.
MoreWill Reeve, the son of Christopher Reeve (and a reporter in his own right as an ABC News and “Good Morning America” correspondent), announced Wednesday on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” that the documentary based on his father’s life will be getting a worldwide release beginning October 11, 2024.
MoreIn what has been dubbed by the media as the “Great North American Eclipse,” Earth’s moon passed in front of our sun for roughly four minutes today in some parts of Canada, Mexico, and the United States — darkening the skies in its path and providing America with the first eclipse of its kind in nearly a decade.
MoreI first met New York Times bestselling author Robert Venditti through his work, then in person at the Christopher Reeve Legacy Reunion in 2022, where he and “Superman ’78” co-collaborator/artist Wilfredo Torres were special guests (along with almost every surviving main cast member of the original Reeve films).
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