Who was the best Superman ever?

Christopher Reeve
1) Christopher Reeve He perfectly balanced the social awkwardness of Clark Kent and the steeliness of Superman with huge aplomb. Even Superman’s alien qualities came through in Reeve himself, who felt like the product of a different period: a classic movie star slightly outside his own era.

Is Christopher Reeves going to return to Superman?

Director Bryan Singer has said that the continuity is “taking off from the first two Superman films with Christopher Reeve”, which serve as its back-story, or as he put it, a “vague history”.

Why did Superman leave Earth in Superman Returns?

Superman returns to Earth after spending five years in space examining his homeworld Krypton. After eliminating General Zod & the other Kryptonian arch-villains, Ursa & Non, Superman leaves Earth to try to find his former home world of Krypton after astronomers have supposedly found it.

How well do you know Christopher Reeve as Superman?

Christopher Reeve played Superman for a decade, starting with Richard Donner’s 1978 Superman: The Movie and continuing on with Richard Lester’s Superman II and Superman III. For a generation of fans, Reeve’s earnest Superman is the definitive version and he remains the standard by which all other actors who have played the Man of Steel are judged.

What ever happened to the Superman movies?

After Superman III and the subsequent failure of the Supergirl spinoff in 1984 (which Reeve refused to appear in), the Salkinds decided the Superman movies had run their course and they sold the rights to Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus of Cannon Films. However, the Cannon Films-produced Superman IV: The Quest for Peace was a disaster.

Will there ever be a Superman 5?

Despite their failure, Cannon Films did intend to make Superman V at one point and earmarked Reeve to return as the Man of Steel. Cannon’s plan was to take an even cheaper route and cobble together 45 minutes of unused footage from Superman IV as the basis for a fifth movie.

What did Christopher Reeve do after his accident?

The accident left Reeve a quadriplegic, although he heroically persevered. Following his rehabilitation, Reeve became a champion for stem cell research, spinal cord research, and people with disabilities, establishing the Christopher Reeve Foundation (which is now the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation).