Behind The Cape

With less than 3 weeks to go before the release of Superman Returns, things are starting to come into focus, in terms of what I like to call "The Final Push".

Warner Bros. Pictures has officially announced the world premiere of the film. Set for Wednesday June 21st at the Mann Village and Bruin Theaters in Los Angeles.

The red carpet event has a crew scheduled to arrive by 4:45pm, while celebrity arrivals will begin at 6:00 pm.

The movie screening will begin at 7:00 pm.

This is an invitation-only event and fans will not be able to gain entry to see the film, but if you are in the area, you may want to go down there to see the cast and crew arrive on the red carpet.

The Mann Village and Bruin Theaters is located at 948 Broxton Avenue, Westwood. The premiere is being sponsored by DIRECTV TITANIUM and Belstaff.

For those of us who won't be making it to the premiere, there's plenty of cool tie-in stuff to keep us busy.

The studio has released 41 pages worth of production info about the movie. The document is broken down into 7 sections:

THE PHENOMENON AND THE FILMMAKER
THE STORY AND THE PLAYERS
AUSTRALIA AND METROPOLIS: ABOUT THE PRODUCTION
THE PHYSICS OF FLIGHT AND THE GENESIS CAMERA
SUPERMAN RETURNS: AN IMAX 3D EXPERIENCE MARKS ANOTHER CINEMATIC INNOVATION
ABOUT THE CAST
ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS

You can download it as a PDF file and read it at your leisure. Be warned though, it does contain a few SPOILERS about the film.

Martin Grove of The Hollywood Reporter conducted an extensive interview with Singer for his June 7th column.

The cable network HBO will give its subscribers a glimpse behind the scenes of Superman Returns as part of their long running First Look series. The 13 minute program will probably be a fluff piece rather than anything substantial or in depth It begins airing on Monday, June 19th

Meanwhile, the A&E Television Network officially announced air dates for the Bryan Singer and Kevin Burns produced documentary, "Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman", about the history of the Man of Steel.

The 2 hour program is rated TV PG and will air Monday, June 12 at 8pm/7C and then again on Tuesday, June 13 at Midnight/11C. Additional air dates may follow.

A DVD of the documentary will be hitting store shelves on June 20th 2006. I have ordered my copy through Best Buy . Along with the documentary, they are offering a bonus disc with extras and a set of 5 frame-able art prints of all 5 Superman movie posters.

Burns discussed the project with the folks at the FanboyPlanet.com.

Finally, R.J Carter of the Trades has posted a positive review of the Sound Of Superman, or the "inspired by" soundtrack album, on sale June 13, 2006.

Gotta fly...