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After directing the first two X-Men super-hero adventures, Bryan Singer leapt at the chance to revive the man of steel in this adventure epic that explores the need for heroes in our lives. Brandon Routh takes up the cape from Christopher Reeve as Superman (he even borrows the Clark Kent play with his glasses from Reeve's performance), returning to Earth after a five year absence and finding the world -- and especially Lois Lane(Kate Bosworth), now a single mother -- has learned to live without him. Kevin Spacey is criminal mastermind Lex Luthor, James Marsden co-stars as Lois' down-to-earth boyfriend, Parker Posey is Lex's moll, Frank Langella is Perry White, Eva Marie Saint is Clark's mother, and Marlon Brando is resurrected (though archival footage and digital animation) to play Jor-El in the Fortress of Solitude. The Two-Disc Special Edition features an almost 3-hour documentary, deleted scenes, and other supplements.

The entire Superman saga begun with the Christopher Reeve incarnation in Richard Donner's Superman: The Movie - Four Disc Special Edition (1978) and revived by Bryan Singer in Superman Returns is collected in this exhaustive collection. The other chapters in the saga are Superman II - Two Disc Special Edition (1980), Superman III - Deluxe Edition (1983), and Superman IV: The Quest For Peace - Deluxe Edition (1987), as well as the newly prepared Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (1980/2006), which restores the original vision of the film with previously unseen footage, including the Marlon Brando scenes cut for budgetary reasons. Also includes the documentaries Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman, the new You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman, and Bryan singer's video journals of making Superman Returns. The entire set is collected in a big digi-stack volume in a metal alloy case. See New Releases and Cult and Classic for more details on individual films.

Bryan Singer revives the man of steel in this adventure epic that explores the need for heroes in our lives. Brandon Routh takes up the cape from Christopher Reeve as Superman (he even borrows the Clark Kent play with his glasses from Reeve's performance), with Kate Bosworth as Lois Lane (now a single mother), and Kevin Spacey as criminal mastermind Lex Luthor. Singer reaches for modern myth in comic book terms and directs on a visual scale to match.