Superman Returns is a 2006 Academy Award nominated superhero film based on the fictional DC Comics character Superman. It was directed by Bryan Singer and stars Brandon Routh, Kate Bosworth and Kevin Spacey. The screenplay was written by Michael Dougherty and Dan Harris. It was based on a story by Bryan Singer, Dan Harris and Michael Dougherty.
The film is a relaunch of the Superman franchise that took more than a decade to get off the ground, and is the first Superman film since Superman IV: The Quest for Peace, made nineteen years earlier. Superman Returns revolves around Superman's return to Earth after a five-year absence. Director Bryan Singer has said that the continuity is "branching off from" elements of "the first two Superman films with Christopher Reeve," which serve as, as he puts it, a "vague history."The film received fairly positive reviews and earned $391 million worldwide.
