"What I had noticed is that there weren't a lot of women lining up to see a comic book movie, but they were going to line up to see The Devil Wear Prada, which may have been something I wanted to address. But when you're making a movie, you're not thinking about that stuff, you're thinking, 'Wow, I want to make a romantic movie that harkens back to the Richard Donner movie that I loved so much'. And that's what I did."

"I've always felt that the origin of Superman is the story of Moses -- the child sent on a ship to fulfill a destiny. And this was a story about Christ -- it's all about sacrifice: The world, I hear their cries. So what happens? He gets the knife in the side and later he falls to the earth in the shape of a crucifix. It was kind of nailing you on the head, but I enjoyed that, because I've always found the myth of Christ compelling and moving. So I hoped to do my own take, which is heavy's for a summer movie."

"I thought he'd make a really gay Superman but he didn't; it was more Jesus' Superman...a lot of Messianic poses and what not and I was hoping for a little more gay action."

"Brandon Routh — Clark Kent / Superman"

"Kate Bosworth — Lois Lane"

"Kevin Spacey — Lex Luthor"

"Marlon Brando — Jor-El (Stock Footage)"

"Eva Marie Saint — Martha Kent"

"Josh Duhamel — Richard White"

"Sam Huntington — Jimmy Olsen"

"Tristan Leabu — Jason White"

"Frank Langella — Perry White"

"Kal Penn — Stanford"

"Parker Posey — Kitty Kowalski"

"James Karen — Ben Hubbard"

"Stephan Bender — Young Clark Kent"

"Lois Lane: Ich ... Werden wir dich wieder sehen, irgendwann? Clark Kent / Superman: Ich bin immer in der Nähe. Gute Nacht, Lois."

"Manchmal wirst du dich wie ein Ausgestoßener fühlen, aber du wirst niemals allein sein. Du wirst meine Kraft zu deiner eigenen machen. Du wirst mein Leben durch deine Augen sehen, so wie ich dein Leben durch meine sehe. Aus dem Sohn wird der Vater, und aus dem Vater wird der Sohn."

"Hauptdarsteller:"

"Erschienen: 2006"

"Genre: Action"

"Drehbuch: Michael Dougherty, Dan Harris"

"Regie: Bryan Singer"