Superman Returns (2006)


James Marsden           Richard White/ Richard White
Kevin Spacey            Lex Luthor
Brandon Routh           Clark Kent/Superman
Kate Bosworth           Lois Lane
Frank Langella          Perry White
Eva Marie Saint         Martha Kent/ Martha Kent
Parker Posey            Kitty Kowalski
Kal Penn                Stanford
Sam Huntington          Jimmy Olsen
Stephan Bender          15 Year Old Clark
Tristan Lake Leabu      Jason White
Ian Roberts (II)        Riley
James Karen             Ben Hubbard
David Fabrizio          Brutus

Directed by:            Bryan Singer
Produced by:            Chris Lee, Thomas Tull, Scott Mednick


Superman--born on a planet which has long since died--has been raised by adoptive parents on the Kent farm 
in Kansas. The young boy Kal-El is renamed Clark Kent, and though he has grown up among humans, he is not one 
of them. Under Earth's yellow sun, he can do two things humans can only dream of, but to co-exist with them 
he must live a dual life as mild, unassuming Clark Kent, secretly transforming into the Man of Steel when the 
world cries out for him. But now, the world's crises have gone unheeded for five long years since Superman's 
mysterious disappearance. Without him, crime has risen in the city of Metropolis and beyond; that's not even 
counting the future destructive acts of Lex Luthor, who has been sprung from prison with the specific intent 
of using Superman's technological secrets for his own personal gain and glory. Lois Lane, star reporter for 
the Daily Planet and the love of Superman's life, has moved on since Superman left without a word. She has 
even won a Pulitzer Prize for her essay, "Why the World Doesn't Need Superman." Lois has other issues to 
contend with--she is now engaged to the editor's nephew and has a young son to look after. But for Superman, 
the long search for his place in the universe ends back at the Kent farm, among the only family he has ever 
known. His destiny lies in Metropolis, where one look in Lois's eyes tell him that this place, among the 
flawed but ultimately good people of Earth, is his true home. And with Lex's plan coming to fruition mere 
hours after his return, the world will never need Superman more than it does now.

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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. When he finds nothing but 
remnants, he returns home to Earth - to find out that Lois Lane is engaged to a relative of his boss, and that 
Lex Luthor is at it again - after swindling an elderly, terminally ill woman. The psychopathic Luthor, whose 
plans to destroy California failed because of Superman's heroics, vows vengeance against the Man of Steel and 
contrives a new sinister plot - using the crystals of Krypton to build a continent that will wipe out most of 
North America! Embedded in the continent's structure is Kryptonite - the lethal substance that is Superman's 
only weakness. Upon learning of Luthro's sinister scheme, Superman must again race against time to stop the 
psychopathic Luthor before millions - possibly billions - are killed.