Superman would have had an entirely solid film series if Richard Donner stayed on and had his way, without the Salkinds clashing with him. He planned to make 4 movies

Imagine a Worlds Finest movie with Christopher Reeve and Michael Keaton

In the best sense, in his character, words and deeds, Christopher Reeve never really stopped playing Superman.

Anything with Christopher Reeves as Superman, and I’ll watch it, dude was immaculate in the part

Wish we could gotten another Superman movie with Christopher Reeve in Superman 5. Rest in peace Christopher Reeve. Christopher Reeve will always be the best Superman ever

That shot of Reeves’ Superman smiling to the camera always warms my heart

Nobody came anywhere close to Reeve's portrayal of Superman. He embodied the part in every way, even offscreen. He was perfect.

Superman 4 achieves one thing: it makes me appreciate Superman 3.

Superman 4 not only hurt Christopher Reeve's career it hurt my feelings because of how terrible it was.

In an alternate universe, Chris Reeve, Henry Cavill and Brandon Routh starred in Superman: No Way Home

I still lament the fact that we haven't yet gotten a live-action Superman film with Brainiac as the main antagonist.

The comic Superman 78 did this story for the most part and I had no idea that was supposed to be a movie! That’s awesome.

RIP Christopher Reeve, the Superman.

The script for Superman 4 is online, and it’s actually pretty decent. If it had a bigger budget and better effects, it would have made a decent movie. Not as good as the Richard Donner films, but right under it

After his terrible accident Christopher proved he was a real Superman, R.I.P. Christopher, you were the best.

It’s funny how your tastes change as you mature. I’m 39 but I remember 11 year old me always renting Superman 3 and Superman 4 on VHS the most and always thinking Superman 1 was “the boring one.” Obviously I now realize the original is a masterpiece but 3 and 4 still have that special place in my heart.

Reborn sounds awesome and it would have been a great send off to Christopher Reeve's Superman.

The biggest surprise out of this was... the storyline actually sounded pretty good

Fun Fact: Matt Borner, Joe Manganiello, Armie Hammer And Zac Efron Were All Considered For The Role Of Superman Before Henry Cavill Was Cast

I wasn't born in the same time as Reeve's Superman, but I grew up with his movies. He was the one to make me love the hopeful character that he is. And after him, I named my daughter, Kalel; which means Light of Hope, in Kryptonian. So, thank you for my childhood, Christopher Reeve. May you rest in peace. Thank you, Superman.

If they used the Death of Superman story for Superman V, they could have recast Reeve to pass the torch when he comes back to life. Maybe saying he is younger when he came back. Another mistake was Nuclear Man should have been called Bizzaro the whole time in part IV.

In Man of Steal it wasn't a "glitch". It was a deliberate homage to Reeve.

Wow, the Superman 5 script sounds incredible! 🎉

I agree that last shot of Reeve as he flies off is the parting shot. RIP.

I just have to say. This has become my favorite channel on KZfaq. The content the quality and details, I instantly watch anytime I get a notification and it makes me relive these glory days of movie, shining a light on details I never knew. Keep it up!

Great video! I love Superman, and I’m grateful to Chris Reeves for doing the Superman movies, and I was thrilled when he appeared on Smallville, with the fabulous Tom Welling! I would’ve liked to have seen a big screen Superman starring Tom Welling.

Wow the Superman 5 script would've been an amazing movie.

It’s a shame that Cannon didn’t give Superman IV the financial respect it deserved.

I believe that without Reeve's Superman films we'd have never got Batman films. Without Batman we wouldn't have got Blade. Without Blade, Marvel wouldn't have gone ahead with X-Men or Spider-Man. And without those franchises we never would have got Iron Man and the MCU. Reeve's legacy is superhero movies.

I consider Richard Donner the father of the Superhero genre for films he proved you don’t need to make a movie campy to make it a box office success if you play it straight it will be a success like Tim Burton’s Batman and Singer’s X-Men produced by Donner’s Company ironically. It’s also crazy knowing Donner’s production company is where a then unknown Kevin Feige got his start to learn from Richard and then go on to establish the MCU so I say Richard Donner deserves his flowers may he rest in peace

It's actually sad to know that Superman IV: The Quest For Peace had the best of intentions to be a good movie and yet it let people down. I'll bet that Superman V would have been a big box office success that focuses on the Superman VS. Brainiac arc if it were made back then, but since it got cancelled and never had the green light to be brought to the big screen, we never got to see what could have happened. Though the script for Superman Reborn is actually interesting but at the same time, most entertaining since it seems to give out that sense of how the movie would have been the best of intentions. Aside from that, interesting video. 💙

While I was hardly a Smallville fan, I made sure to watch Reeve’s first appearance as Virgil Swann. His scenes with Tom Welling were absolutely wonderful. Welling brought his A-game for those scenes as he was sharing screen time with the Greatest Ever Superman and it made for excellent television.

I remember seeing the first Nuclear Man in a magazine from back then... there were stills featuring him and i was surprised to see he was nowhere to be found in the film when it came out.

I already know this is going to be another extremely entertaining banger from you! You are cooking like usual I bet 🔥 👨‍🍳

A couple of facts I would argue are incorrect. What you have to remember is that the Salkinds are independent producers, in the case of Santa Claus The Movie, they didn't lose money on that film as the film was pre-sold to distributors and they made all their money back but it was the distributors who lost cash in some territories. In the UK Santa Claus did very well however. As the Salkinds lost a lot of money on Christopher Columbus (Ilya and his father fell out big time) they were in a tight spot and sold the Superman rights to Jon Peters not Warner Bros (explained in the Superman Lives documentary). Im not sure if Peters still owns the right as his name is not attached to Superman Legacy but he was an executive producer on Superman Returns and Man of Steel. It would take to the mid 2000s for Warners to revolve all the ownership rights with the Salkinds as Superman 1-3, Supergirl and the Superboy TV Show were in the hands of other distributors worldwide. A good example of this is when the first DVDs arrived of Superman 1-4, in the states they got a boxset with all the films but Internationally Warner's could only release Superman 1 & 2 as a set as the ownership rights hadn't been resolved. But in all you've done some good work here and visualised a lot of the material for Superman Reborn and what it could've been.

It seemed that Brandon Routh was not playing Superman. Rather, he was playing Christopher Reeve playing Superman. So, we kind of got A Superman five

Elements of this script were used in the Superman '78 comic book.

Superman 5 sounds awesome! They could still use this script.

All of these scripts were ahead of their time today this would be made for sure

Christopher Reeve will ALWAYS be my Superman. RIP, LOVE YOU & THANK YOU

I Still Can't believe they actually were Considering Nicholas Cage for Superman..That Would've been Terrible 🤦‍♂️

I remember reading about the upcoming movie the death of Superman shortly after the comic came out. It was so sad because shortly after the accident happened. That's when we all knew Superman wouldn't be a thing anymore. What's wild is that I never heard about the Burton movie until a few years back, I'm sure it was in the news too, everything was always, but that particular project I just missed. Back in those days you had to watch the news from different networks and read lots of magazines, talk on the BBs to get all the info you can and of course talk amongst friends. Sure you could search BBs, but it took a little effort not like nowadays. Even with the prodigy movie database, you had to really know what you were searching.

I enjoyed your use of clips from other media to allude to what these events might have looked like. Great job on this video.

Christopher Reeve is my Superman

As a kid, I actually enjoyed Superman IV the most, and even as an adult, I still kind of do. I also kind of like his hair and suit the best in that movie.

It would be great if WB made a Superman movie, where Christopher Reeve, created by AI, and cutting-edge special effects, was obviously the protagonist. Of course, a very high budget film, without skimping on anything, what it would cost them to pay to revive the Man of Steel in his maximum splendor and a film script like never seen before. Dreaming is free 👍👍👍

Thanks for the amazing video ❤

Every time you upload its a highlight of the day, thank you for the content you've been providing us movie enthusiasts and fan!

It's both interesting and frustrating that *Brainiac* has almost been on the big screen as *Superman's* villain. But it always fails, and thus, sadly, *Brainiac* never gets his proper big screen debut.

The new Supes movie is shooting 20 min from me. Glad they're bringing him home! (His creators were from Clevland)

This actually sounds like it would've been a pretty good movie. Brainiac really should've been in Superman 3. How has he not been in a Superman movie yet. Here's hoping Superman Legacy has him.

It's telling that the 45 yr old version of this character is the most beloved and accepted all these yrs.later. Simply its because Reeve, Donner, and Tom Mankiewicz ( completely forgotten and under appreciated) understood tge most basic concept of Superman. He's a hero. Who always tries to do the right thing. Donner's and Mankiewicz 's creativity and writing captured the essence of the Silver Aged Superman to perfection. They understood who and what Superman is. And Reeve's ability to easily assimilate the character of Superman and Clark Kent as well at the same time was pure gold. A fantastic story , a brilliant director and writer, An incredible leading man, a cast of iconic right off the comics page supporting actors. A Soundtrack in top 5 of all time. I truly feel bad for any younger generation fan who was not able to experience this movie when it first came out ( I was 6). But to go through that time , and see that movie, well before CGI, and the internet, and just old school movie magic can't be explained. Nor ever duplicated. What a fantastic time to be a kid, or even a kid at heart.

Superman 3 was my fav of Reeve's run, sad to hear he didn't like it. The fight in the junkyard and Superman correcting his bad deeds afterward was iconic.

You did it again Thanks for this awesome video I consider the full story of Superman '78 to be like the Superman V we could've had

Is Really Sad That This Movie Never Got Made, I Wish I Was in a Timeline When This Movie Actually Got Made

Superman Reborn sounds awesome!

Very cool script! Brainiac is definitely one of the best Superman villains ever and he certainly deserves to be in a film someday. Also thank you for giving proper respect to Christopher Reeve! He has such an amazing legacy!

Thank you for all your wonderful videos :)

Yes my suggestion made it to a video! Love the channel and keep it up!

Great job! This was great!!

Thanks for bringing this to my attention

Awesome content! Keep it coming!

Let’s hope James Gunn’s Superman will finally be a triumphant return for the Man of Steel

this was an excellent video! im totally going to look up the Superman Reborn script! im not even a Superman fan in particular but i do have fond memories of the first 2 films!

Thank you for the fantastic breakdown of Quest for Peace! Always wondered gow that movie just...exists

I cannot wait for Superman Legacy.

Wow, Superman 5's script actually sounded really good. I don't think with the state of VFX in the 90s it would have been doable, but I'd love to see that movie made nowadays

the building they filmed at in the Uk was Milton Keynes train station

Casting C R as Superman was the same sort of genius as casting RDJ as Iron man. An entire DCU of the 80's based on CR Superman was the real missed opportunity imo.

Poor Reeves. He seemed like a really good guy and he was excellent as Superman. He deserved better. I also feel the same way about Caville! Two great supermen, two superman careers that should have been epic, although thankfully Caville has remained healthy, unlike Reeves.

Another great video, man Superman Reborn with Christopher Reeve would’ve been amazing. Would love to see a video done by you on Robert Zemeckis’ cancelled Yellow Submarine remake.

there was a 'superman 5' its was called "Superman returns" and it was a great movie, the issue with it was it was not catered to a generic audience but to the comic fans

3:17 Disney right now lol,but great vid as always man keep it up. 🔥

This story actually sound very interesting :) Hopefully we will see a live action Brainiac soon ....

I keep imagining a world where Christopher Reeve Superman has a crossover with Michael Keaton's Batman's.

I'm convinced the only thing that could've saved the Reeves Superman movies is if Donner was never booted from the series

I would’ve loved a Batman v Superman movie in the 90s with Chris Reeve and Mike Keaton

The first two Superman movies are still the gold standard for Superman movies . Man of steel was good but Cavil was just not as good of a Superman as Reeves. It would have been nice to see Reeves one more time in a big budget Superman movie .

Thax, now I feel I've seen Superman 5!

Christopher Reeve was an Angel. No one will ever even come close.

Gods Be DAMNED… Dude! Where did you come from and why am I just NOW discovering this channel?!?? FRAK-tastic in every way!!

Your closing comment was really heartwarming. Cheers.

I was laughing in joy at the non Superman scenes you were using😁

A lot of cool information here, and it's interesting to see how much the Superman Lives project borrowed from this. I suspect it would have suffered the same budgetary issues as Lives, even removing the Salkind issues from the equation. But it sounds very ambitious and I'm sure a smart team and another script pass would have resulted in a great movie.

This would've been such a great film. We're going to miss you Reeve.

That was great. Thanks.

This is crazy. I wonder if Superman 5 really could have happened. Again, great video 😎

Superman 4 was the first superman movie I ever saw and unlike other superhero movies from my childhood, it holds up on rewatch. It’s not as good as the first but I still think it’s a really solid movie. I love Reeve in the role and would have been happy to see him wear the cape again in a fifth movie

Oh buddy this is awesome.

This brought a tear to my eye...

Great video as always. Good to have you back. I don’t man. Movie sounds a bit rough to me

Christopher was the one of the best Superman The Joyfully hopeful Superman if he got a 5th Film it would have been great and maybe be a Nice send off for Christopher which is better than Superman 4

Super edit

The Death of Superman. That is a film the NEEDS to be made. Even if in multiple film layout. To make sure details can and are included.

I was stationed in Germany Superman come out in 1978 and I loved it, years later when my kids saw it they loved dressing up as superman

Happy you’re back feels like u took two years off😂 amazing video !!!

Unpopular comment alert I loved Superman 4. I was 6. It was the first one i saw at the cinema. I will always treasure that memory. I remember going on the bus with my mum, i remember the cinema (The State in Grays Essex) and i remember absolutely loving Nuclear Man for some reason. I can watch it know and know it's the weak link, but i still love it.

A well researched video

As a little sidenote: i like that Warner Bros let Richard Donner have Sloth rip open his top to reveal he's wearing a Superman T-Shirt and have John Williams theme play over that in The Goonies. It feels like WB allowing Donner to be reacquainted with the franchise he made happen and be so beloved after his firing.

A version of this can pretty much be seen and read in the comic Superman '78, one of the best things DC put out in the last few years. It's really cool.