Con Men

Bryan Singer and Richard Donner made a Superman presentation at the San Diego Comic Con yesterday. Singer took questions from the crowd about Superman Returns and even discussed a "return to Krypton" sequence that cost $10 million bucks to shoot, but was edited out of the picture, among other things... (BTW Singer sees 'Superman' sequel for summer '09--so says The Hollywood Reporter-though nothing has been set in stone by the studio), while Donner talked about his version of "Superman II"


Photo Courtesy BRANDON ROUTH.COM

Click here for audio of the entire discussion (courtesy of Justin from BlueTights.net)

The long awaited "Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut" project was also "officially" announced & previewed at the event.

And in turn Warner Home Video issued a statement about their home video plans yesterday as well.

They announced an eight DVD set called "The Christopher Reeve Collection" which will include a four-disc set of "Superman-The Movie", a two-disc set of "Superman II" (which is not to include the "Richard Donner Cut"--that will be sold separately), and deluxe editions of "Superman III" and "Superman IV: The Quest for Peace".

Here's a copy of the official press release with complete details·

The syndicated entertainment news program Access Hollywood even aired several scenes from "The Donner Cut” on Friday’s episode and you can watch them here.

That "new" cut of Superman II sounds more and more awesome with every passing day! November 28th, 2006 can't come soon enough for me.

A scene from Donner's Cut of Superman II
between Marlon Brando and Christopher Reeve?