Underplayed Gems

The Death of "Superman Lives": What Happened? (2015)

The Death of "Superman Lives": What Happened? poster
Directed by
Jon Schnepp
Genre
documentary film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 44m
Rated
R
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 138 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This documentary tells the story of a Superman movie that never got made. It interviews the people who worked on the film and shows what they planned.

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What happens

The Death of "Superman Lives": What Happened? is a 2015 American documentary film written and directed by Jon Schnepp and produced by Holly Payne. It chronicles the behind-the-scenes events surrounding the cancelled Tim Burton film Superman Lives. Funding for the documentary was partially raised through a successful Kickstarter campaign. It premiered on May 1, 2015 and was released through video on demand on July 9 the same year. While still available for purchase digitally, physical media releases are out of print following Schnepp’s passing in 2018. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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