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I was really disappointed that Warner Bros. didn't think highly enough of my film or my filmmaking to ask me to make the new Superman.

— Richard Donner

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Superman was never previewed because the producers didn't trust Warners with the film.

— Richard Donner

I regret not doing a film that I was offered with Clark Gable because the script was not good enough.

— Leslie Caron

I was tweaked by the idea of Superman immediately.

— Richard Donner

'Superman' was a total accident. The producers of the animated series were having a hard time finding someone to read the character. I was brought in through a connection and, I think, out of desperation.

— Tim Daly

It was 1978 when Superman came out, and I kept thinking, Why don't they do something about it? They've done all these crappy attempts at comic book film adaptations. What can we do different? Why don't we just re-release this thing?

— Richard Donner

The thing is, the Superman comics have been around a long time, and so have the movies. They've done a lot of Superman movies, as they have with Batman.

— Martin Campbell

I loved Superman growing up. I saw a couple of those movies in the theater, and I watched 'Superman II' 8000 times.

— Stephen Amell

Warner Bros offered me the next Batman, and the only reason that I didn't do it was because of The Saint.

— Val Kilmer

George Reeves was really Superman in my eyes. For him to come on the set and be there was a treat for me.

— Keith Thibodeaux

✗Opposing Perspectives

One of the things that I thought really worked was that you have 'Smallville' on television and 'Superman Returns' come out in the theater, and it was fine. Nobody freaked out; nobody thought they were competing.

— Geoff Johns