An alien child is evacuated from his dying world and sent to Earth to live among humans. His peace is threatened when other survivors of his home planet invade Earth.An alien child is evacuated from his dying world and sent to Earth to live among humans. His peace is threatened when other survivors of his home planet invade Earth.An alien child is evacuated from his dying world and sent to Earth to live among humans. His peace is threatened when other survivors of his home planet invade Earth.
- Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 7 wins & 46 nominations total
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- TriviaHenry Cavill refused to take steroids to muscle up for the role. He also refused any digital touch-ups or enhancement to his body in his shirtless scenes. He said it would have been dishonest of him to use trickery while playing Superman, and he wanted to push his body to the limits, to develop his physique into one that was worthy of the character.
- GoofsWhen the ships arrive and broadcast the message to the world, multiple cities across the planet are shown, but it is nighttime in all of them.
- Crazy creditsThe Warner Brothers, Legendary Pictures, DC Comics and Syncopy Inc logos are shaded steel gray and appear in swirls and bends of Kryptonian metal.
If you look closely, the Warner Brothers, Legendary Pictures and DC Comics logos have Kryptonian writing.
- ConnectionsEdited into Superman 75th Anniversary (2013)
- SoundtracksRing of Fire
Written by June Carter Cash (as June Carter) and Merle Kilgore
Produced by Allison Crowe and Larry Anschell
Performed by Allison Crowe
Featured review
So we are looking at essentially a remake of Superman (nothing wrong with that).
So how does it compare? Favourably.
The original is perhaps a little softer, more romantic and more idyllic whereas the remake is darker, richer and a little more interesting.
2 changes that worked for me, the origin part of the story on Krypton which is much more expansive (creating more of a universe feel, literally) and the extended character of Superman Senior. Brando was the quintessential sci-fi 'head in a bottle' character using him to explain Supe's back story in the original, Crowe's character came full combat ready and I think it added well to the overall story.
Really enjoyable effort that sits well as a representative of the DC universe :)
The original is perhaps a little softer, more romantic and more idyllic whereas the remake is darker, richer and a little more interesting.
2 changes that worked for me, the origin part of the story on Krypton which is much more expansive (creating more of a universe feel, literally) and the extended character of Superman Senior. Brando was the quintessential sci-fi 'head in a bottle' character using him to explain Supe's back story in the original, Crowe's character came full combat ready and I think it added well to the overall story.
Really enjoyable effort that sits well as a representative of the DC universe :)
- damianphelps
- Nov 27, 2020
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- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official sites
- Language
- Also known as
- El hombre de acero
- Filming locations
- Ucluelet, British Columbia, Canada(Alaskan fishing town)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $225,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $291,045,518
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $116,619,362
- Jun 16, 2013
- Gross worldwide
- $670,145,518
- Runtime2 hours 23 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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