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The Death of "Superman Lives": What Happened?

2015 · 105 min

A lively, affectionate deep-dive into a movie that never got made, full of funny anecdotes and creative what-ifs.

Directed by
Jon Schnepp
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Jon Schnepp, Tim Burton, Kevin Smith
Overview
The Death of 'Superman Lives': What Happened? feature film documents the process of development of the ill fated "Superman Lives" movie, that was to be directed by Tim Burton and star Nicolas Cage as the man of steel himself, Superman. The project went through years of development before the plug was pulled, and this documentary interviews the major filmmakers: Kevin Smith, Tim Burton, Jon Peters, Dan Gilroy, Colleen Atwood, Lorenzo di Bonaventura and many many more.

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Directed by
Jon Schnepp
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Jon Schnepp, Tim Burton, Kevin Smith
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  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • absurdstrength 1 of 3
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measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
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  • art
  • ambition
  • media
  • celebrity
  • betrayal
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  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
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  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Horror0
Humour6
Realism9
Romance0
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Darkness3
Complexity5
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Genres
documentary
Directed by
Jon Schnepp
Written by
Jon Schnepp
Starring
Jon Schnepp, Tim Burton, Kevin Smith, Jon Peters, Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Colleen Atwood, Rick Heinrichs, Steve Johnson
Music
Frederick William Scott
Runtime
105 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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