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Brandon Routh is the man who feel to Earth in "Superman Returns"<\/p><\/div>\n
Untarnished Steel<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/h1>\n[xrr rating=3.5\/5]<\/p>\n
Superman Returns<\/em>. Starring Brandon Routh, Kate Bosworth, Kevin Spacey, James Marsden, Parker Posey, Frank Langella, Sam Huntington, Eva Marie Saint, and Marlon Brando. Screenplay by Michael Dougherty and Dan Harris. Based on a story by Bryan Singer, Michael Dougherty, and Dan Harris. Directed by Bryan Singer. \u00a0 (Warner Bros. \/Legendary Pictures, 2006, Color, 154 minutes. MPAA Rating: PG-13.)<\/strong><\/p>\nAfter a nearly two-decades-long absence, the Man of Steel returns to the big screen in this superb fifth installment in the\u00a0Superman<\/em>\u00a0series. But this belated movie is actually more of a sequel to the first two Superman films, the second released a quarter century ago in 1981.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nDirector Richard Donner, novelist Mario Puzo, and uncredited screenwriter Tom Manckiewicz (listed as \u201ccreative consultant\u201d in credits) conceived the initial outing,\u00a0Superman: The Movie\u00a0<\/em>(1978), as a legendary epic of almost Shakespearian dimensions, a saga pitting good versus evil. Unfortunately, their lofty vision was not shared by producers Alexander and Ilya Salkind. Uncomfortable with a serious treatment of the Superman story, they brought in the husband\/wife screenwriting team David and Leslie Newman to make the script more \u201ccampy,\u201d \u00e0 la the 1960s \u201cBatman\u201d TV series.<\/p>\nAs a result of creative differences, and the Salkinds\u2019 refusal to pay Marlon Brando\u2019s steep royalties, Donner was replaced with director Richard Lester on the next installment,\u00a0Superman II<\/em>, and much of Donner\u2019s original footage was left on the proverbial cutting room floor. Fortunately, cinematic history has been kind to Richard Donner. On November 28, Warner Home Video finally releases his authorized version of\u00a0Superman II,\u00a0<\/em>not only restoring scenes with Brando back into the film, but also restoring Donner to his rightful place as director.<\/p>\nTo understand the downward spiral of the Superman franchise, consider 1983\u2019sSuperman III,<\/em>\u00a0written solely by the Newmans and directed by Lester. An appalling collection of poorly timed slapstick gags, it has earned the dubious distinction of being the only movie in which comedian Richard Pryor can\u2019t buy a laugh.\u00a0Superman IV\u00a0<\/em>in 1987\u00a0was even more unwatchable, suffering from bargain-basement production values and a PC script that reduced Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster\u2019s classic superhero to a \u201cNo Nukes,\u201d Bleeding-Heart of Steel.<\/p>\nNow, years after lesser filmmakers left the Man of Steel in rust, director Bryan Singer finally restores the untarnished, larger-than-life superhero to his pedestal.<\/p>\n
Comparisons between\u00a0Superman Returns\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0Superman: The Movie<\/em>\u00a0are inevitable, especially because Singer and screenwriters Michael Dougherty and Dan Harris consciously planned this film to have the same look, feel, and sound of the original. The most obvious similarity is in casting relative newcomer Brandon Routh in the role of Superman\/Kal-El\/Clark Kent. Routh bears an uncanny resemblance to the young Christopher Reeve; indeed, he looks as though he could be Reeve\u2019s younger brother.<\/p>\nSuperman Returns\u00a0<\/em>builds upon the plot of the first Reeve movie, and part of the second. To explain Superman\u2019s absence from the screen during the past nineteen years, Singer brings him back to Earth after a five-year self-imposed exile, during which time he trekked among the stars searching for the remains of his home planet, Krypton.<\/p>\nThe movie opens with an amazing special-effects sequence as Superman\u2019s spaceborne ship hurtles through the galaxies back to Earth, returning to his family farm outside\u00a0Smallville,\u00a0USA. Voiceover monologue from his father, Jor-El\u2014taken from Marlon Brando\u2019s unused footage for\u00a0Superman II\u2014<\/em>sets the tone for the drama that follows. \u201cBecause of their [Earthlings\u2019] capacity for good, I send them you, my only son.\u201d Using Christ-like visual imagery, Superman is cast as Earth\u2019s savior, rescuing the planet time and again from those who wield the capacity for evil.<\/p>\nAfter a brief reunion with earthly mother Martha Kent, played by Eva Marie Saint, Superman reclaims his alter ego, Clark\u00a0Kent, and his job in Metropolis as reporter for the\u00a0Daily Planet.<\/em>\u00a0Things haven\u2019t changed much at the paper, except that cell phones have replaced desk sets and typewriters have been retired in favor of personal computers. Otherwise, editor Perry White (Frank Langella) is just as gruff as ever. Shutterbug Jimmy Olsen (Sam Huntington) is still the same earnest greenhorn, and the only reporter in the MSM, aside from Tucker Carlson, still sporting a tacky bow tie.\u00a0<\/p>\nBut one important thing\u00a0has\u00a0<\/em>changed. When Superman left on his intergalactic quest for his roots, former lover\u00a0Lois Lane\u00a0(Kate Bosworth), the\u00a0Planet<\/em>\u2019s\u00a0<\/em>ace reporter, believed she\u2019d been ditched. Feeling betrayed, Lois won a Pulitzer Prize for an article, \u201cWhy the World Doesn\u2019t Need Superman.\u201d \u201cThe world doesn\u2019t need a savior,\u201d she tells\u00a0Clark, \u201cand neither do I.\u201d He is devastated to learn that, on the rebound, she has given her heart to Richard White (James Marsden), the boss\u2019s nephew. What\u2019s worse, Lois and Richard now have a son, Jason.<\/p>\nMeanwhile, having discovered Superman\u2019s secret hideaway, the Fortress of Solitude, arch-enemy Lex Luthor (Kevin Spacey) launches a diabolical scheme using crystals laced with Kryptonite\u2014the radioactive remains of Superman\u2019s planet that render him powerless. Placed in the Atlantic Ocean, the crystals multiply, creating a huge, artificial island that displaces enough ocean water to threaten much of\u00a0North Americawith flooding. It\u2019s an ecological disaster right out of Al Gore\u2019s worst nightmares, one that will force millions to turn to Luthor if they want to stay dry.\u00a0Cha-ching<\/em>!<\/p>\nBrandon Routh more than fills Chris Reeve\u2019s boots, and also those of George Reeves, the square-jawed actor who portrayed Superman in serial movies and on television during the 1950s. Like Reeve, Routh convincingly projects the superheroic qualities of Herculean strength and speed, as well as honor, chivalry, and courage. However, this loner-hero is cast in a more human, vulnerable light, though without ever mocking his dignity and heroic stature. This is a\u00a0nobler\u00a0Superman: all the annoying touches that in previous movies were meant to undermine the character are absent here.<\/p>\n
Every superhero needs a supervillain<\/em>\u00a0in order\u00a0<\/em>to bring out his best virtues, and the movie delivers by casting Kevin Spacey as Lex Luthor. Although Gene Hackman is a great actor, he underplayed in the Luthor role a generation ago, almost to the point of nonchalance. Part of his failure to portray a true supervillain was due to his goofy wardrobe and even goofier sidekick (Ned Beatty). The sheer silliness undercut his credibility as a viable threat to Superman.<\/p>\nBy contrast, Spacey\u2019s Luthor is a plausible adversary for the Man of Steel. \u201cGods are selfish beings who fly around in little red capes and don\u2019t share their powers with anyone else,\u201d Luthor snarls. Spacey\u2019s characterization conveys that, for little men with big ambitions, envy of the good can be the most corrupting motive. When I first saw Spacey in\u00a0American Beauty\u00a0<\/em>(1999), his smarminess as anti-hero Lester Burnham really rubbed me the wrong way. But after seeing him as Jack Lemmon\u2019s duplicitous boss in\u00a0Glengarry Glen Ross\u00a0<\/em>and as the deliciously sociopathic Luthor here, I find him uniquely suited to playing cads and villains.<\/p>\nKate Bosworth is somewhat less successful as\u00a0Lois Lane. Undoubtedly a better actress than the previous Lois (Margot Kidder), Bosworth\u2019s waifish looks and spiral curls aren\u2019t what come to mind when you think of the spunky journalist from the DC comic books. A stronger, more alluring actress, such as Hilary Swank, would have been perfect to play the female lead in Superman\u2019s life.<\/p>\n
All in all, however,\u00a0Superman Returns<\/em>\u00a0is a widescreen extravaganza with something for everyone.<\/p>\nFor the guys, it has street cred as an action flick, with its shoot-\u2019em-up pyrotechnics and computer-generated images. These are truly spectacular, because they don\u2019t\u00a0look\u00a0<\/em>so much like special effects as like natural camerawork. In fact, this film comes off as even more realistic than another visually impressive superhero flick,\u00a0Spiderman II<\/em>.<\/p>\nFor the women in the audience, the movie offers a heart-rending story of unrequited love, though hinting at the possible reconciliation of the (literally) star-crossed lovers in the next film in the franchise, planned for release in 2009.<\/p>\n
For fans of John Williams\u2019s soaring score in the 1978 film, there is composer John Ottman\u2019s skillful weaving of Williams\u2019s brassy fanfare into the new soundtrack, and conductor Damon Intrabartolo\u2019s lush interpretation.<\/p>\n
For older movie buffs,\u00a0Superman Returns\u00a0<\/em>also\u00a0boasts the first reunion (in dialogue, thanks to the sound editors) of the late Marlon Brando and actress Eva Marie Saint since they appeared as working-class lovers in Elia Kazan\u2019s 1954 classic,\u00a0On the Waterfront.<\/em><\/p>\nAnd for the kids, the picture provides not just grand entertainment but also some wonderful lessons. Its themes of gallantry, honor, and bravery will cause even many adults to revert to the child\u2019s uncorrupted and innocent point of view. In fact, when we saw this movie at an advance critics\u2019 screening\u2014in midtown Manhattan, no less\u2014that was\u00a0exactly\u00a0how that normally blas\u00e9 audience reacted.<\/p>\n
If a bunch of aging, cynical critics can \u201cWow!\u201d aloud at the implausible actions of their childhood hero, boo and jeer at the soulless villain, and rise to a raucous standing ovation at the end, then\u00a0Superman Returns<\/em>\u00a0may just be the savior that Hollywood has needed during all the years that he\u2019s been gone.<\/p>\nRobert L. Jones is a photojournalist living and working in Minnesota. His work has appeared in\u00a0<\/span>Black & White Magazine<\/span><\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>Entrepreneur<\/span><\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>Hoy! New York<\/span><\/span>, the New York\u00a0<\/span>Post<\/span><\/span>,\u00a0<\/span><\/em>RCA Victor\u00a0<\/span>(Japan)<\/span><\/em>,\u00a0<\/span>Scene in San Antonio<\/span><\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>Spirit Magazine<\/span><\/span>\u00a0(Canada),\u00a0<\/span>Top Producer<\/span><\/span>,\u00a0 and the Trenton\u00a0<\/span>Times<\/span><\/span>. Mr. Jones is a past entertainment editor of\u00a0<\/span>The New Individualist<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0 Untarnished Steel [xrr rating=3.5\/5] Superman Returns. Starring Brandon Routh, Kate Bosworth, Kevin Spacey, James Marsden, Parker Posey, Frank Langella, Sam Huntington, Eva Marie Saint, and Marlon Brando. Screenplay by Michael Dougherty and Dan Harris. Based on a story by Bryan Singer, Michael Dougherty, and Dan Harris. Directed by Bryan Singer. \u00a0 (Warner Bros. \/Legendary […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,48,52,3,59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-action-movies","category-fantasy-movies","category-graphic-novel-adaptations","category-mreview","category-sequels"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonesing4movies.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonesing4movies.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonesing4movies.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonesing4movies.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonesing4movies.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=410"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/jonesing4movies.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":413,"href":"https:\/\/jonesing4movies.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410\/revisions\/413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonesing4movies.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonesing4movies.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonesing4movies.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
After a nearly two-decades-long absence, the Man of Steel returns to the big screen in this superb fifth installment in the\u00a0Superman<\/em>\u00a0series. But this belated movie is actually more of a sequel to the first two Superman films, the second released a quarter century ago in 1981.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Director Richard Donner, novelist Mario Puzo, and uncredited screenwriter Tom Manckiewicz (listed as \u201ccreative consultant\u201d in credits) conceived the initial outing,\u00a0Superman: The Movie\u00a0<\/em>(1978), as a legendary epic of almost Shakespearian dimensions, a saga pitting good versus evil. Unfortunately, their lofty vision was not shared by producers Alexander and Ilya Salkind. Uncomfortable with a serious treatment of the Superman story, they brought in the husband\/wife screenwriting team David and Leslie Newman to make the script more \u201ccampy,\u201d \u00e0 la the 1960s \u201cBatman\u201d TV series.<\/p>\n As a result of creative differences, and the Salkinds\u2019 refusal to pay Marlon Brando\u2019s steep royalties, Donner was replaced with director Richard Lester on the next installment,\u00a0Superman II<\/em>, and much of Donner\u2019s original footage was left on the proverbial cutting room floor. Fortunately, cinematic history has been kind to Richard Donner. On November 28, Warner Home Video finally releases his authorized version of\u00a0Superman II,\u00a0<\/em>not only restoring scenes with Brando back into the film, but also restoring Donner to his rightful place as director.<\/p>\n To understand the downward spiral of the Superman franchise, consider 1983\u2019sSuperman III,<\/em>\u00a0written solely by the Newmans and directed by Lester. An appalling collection of poorly timed slapstick gags, it has earned the dubious distinction of being the only movie in which comedian Richard Pryor can\u2019t buy a laugh.\u00a0Superman IV\u00a0<\/em>in 1987\u00a0was even more unwatchable, suffering from bargain-basement production values and a PC script that reduced Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster\u2019s classic superhero to a \u201cNo Nukes,\u201d Bleeding-Heart of Steel.<\/p>\n Now, years after lesser filmmakers left the Man of Steel in rust, director Bryan Singer finally restores the untarnished, larger-than-life superhero to his pedestal.<\/p>\n Comparisons between\u00a0Superman Returns\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0Superman: The Movie<\/em>\u00a0are inevitable, especially because Singer and screenwriters Michael Dougherty and Dan Harris consciously planned this film to have the same look, feel, and sound of the original. The most obvious similarity is in casting relative newcomer Brandon Routh in the role of Superman\/Kal-El\/Clark Kent. Routh bears an uncanny resemblance to the young Christopher Reeve; indeed, he looks as though he could be Reeve\u2019s younger brother.<\/p>\n Superman Returns\u00a0<\/em>builds upon the plot of the first Reeve movie, and part of the second. To explain Superman\u2019s absence from the screen during the past nineteen years, Singer brings him back to Earth after a five-year self-imposed exile, during which time he trekked among the stars searching for the remains of his home planet, Krypton.<\/p>\n The movie opens with an amazing special-effects sequence as Superman\u2019s spaceborne ship hurtles through the galaxies back to Earth, returning to his family farm outside\u00a0Smallville,\u00a0USA. Voiceover monologue from his father, Jor-El\u2014taken from Marlon Brando\u2019s unused footage for\u00a0Superman II\u2014<\/em>sets the tone for the drama that follows. \u201cBecause of their [Earthlings\u2019] capacity for good, I send them you, my only son.\u201d Using Christ-like visual imagery, Superman is cast as Earth\u2019s savior, rescuing the planet time and again from those who wield the capacity for evil.<\/p>\n After a brief reunion with earthly mother Martha Kent, played by Eva Marie Saint, Superman reclaims his alter ego, Clark\u00a0Kent, and his job in Metropolis as reporter for the\u00a0Daily Planet.<\/em>\u00a0Things haven\u2019t changed much at the paper, except that cell phones have replaced desk sets and typewriters have been retired in favor of personal computers. Otherwise, editor Perry White (Frank Langella) is just as gruff as ever. Shutterbug Jimmy Olsen (Sam Huntington) is still the same earnest greenhorn, and the only reporter in the MSM, aside from Tucker Carlson, still sporting a tacky bow tie.\u00a0<\/p>\n But one important thing\u00a0has\u00a0<\/em>changed. When Superman left on his intergalactic quest for his roots, former lover\u00a0Lois Lane\u00a0(Kate Bosworth), the\u00a0Planet<\/em>\u2019s\u00a0<\/em>ace reporter, believed she\u2019d been ditched. Feeling betrayed, Lois won a Pulitzer Prize for an article, \u201cWhy the World Doesn\u2019t Need Superman.\u201d \u201cThe world doesn\u2019t need a savior,\u201d she tells\u00a0Clark, \u201cand neither do I.\u201d He is devastated to learn that, on the rebound, she has given her heart to Richard White (James Marsden), the boss\u2019s nephew. What\u2019s worse, Lois and Richard now have a son, Jason.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, having discovered Superman\u2019s secret hideaway, the Fortress of Solitude, arch-enemy Lex Luthor (Kevin Spacey) launches a diabolical scheme using crystals laced with Kryptonite\u2014the radioactive remains of Superman\u2019s planet that render him powerless. Placed in the Atlantic Ocean, the crystals multiply, creating a huge, artificial island that displaces enough ocean water to threaten much of\u00a0North Americawith flooding. It\u2019s an ecological disaster right out of Al Gore\u2019s worst nightmares, one that will force millions to turn to Luthor if they want to stay dry.\u00a0Cha-ching<\/em>!<\/p>\n Brandon Routh more than fills Chris Reeve\u2019s boots, and also those of George Reeves, the square-jawed actor who portrayed Superman in serial movies and on television during the 1950s. Like Reeve, Routh convincingly projects the superheroic qualities of Herculean strength and speed, as well as honor, chivalry, and courage. However, this loner-hero is cast in a more human, vulnerable light, though without ever mocking his dignity and heroic stature. This is a\u00a0nobler\u00a0Superman: all the annoying touches that in previous movies were meant to undermine the character are absent here.<\/p>\n Every superhero needs a supervillain<\/em>\u00a0in order\u00a0<\/em>to bring out his best virtues, and the movie delivers by casting Kevin Spacey as Lex Luthor. Although Gene Hackman is a great actor, he underplayed in the Luthor role a generation ago, almost to the point of nonchalance. Part of his failure to portray a true supervillain was due to his goofy wardrobe and even goofier sidekick (Ned Beatty). The sheer silliness undercut his credibility as a viable threat to Superman.<\/p>\n By contrast, Spacey\u2019s Luthor is a plausible adversary for the Man of Steel. \u201cGods are selfish beings who fly around in little red capes and don\u2019t share their powers with anyone else,\u201d Luthor snarls. Spacey\u2019s characterization conveys that, for little men with big ambitions, envy of the good can be the most corrupting motive. When I first saw Spacey in\u00a0American Beauty\u00a0<\/em>(1999), his smarminess as anti-hero Lester Burnham really rubbed me the wrong way. But after seeing him as Jack Lemmon\u2019s duplicitous boss in\u00a0Glengarry Glen Ross\u00a0<\/em>and as the deliciously sociopathic Luthor here, I find him uniquely suited to playing cads and villains.<\/p>\n Kate Bosworth is somewhat less successful as\u00a0Lois Lane. Undoubtedly a better actress than the previous Lois (Margot Kidder), Bosworth\u2019s waifish looks and spiral curls aren\u2019t what come to mind when you think of the spunky journalist from the DC comic books. A stronger, more alluring actress, such as Hilary Swank, would have been perfect to play the female lead in Superman\u2019s life.<\/p>\n All in all, however,\u00a0Superman Returns<\/em>\u00a0is a widescreen extravaganza with something for everyone.<\/p>\n For the guys, it has street cred as an action flick, with its shoot-\u2019em-up pyrotechnics and computer-generated images. These are truly spectacular, because they don\u2019t\u00a0look\u00a0<\/em>so much like special effects as like natural camerawork. In fact, this film comes off as even more realistic than another visually impressive superhero flick,\u00a0Spiderman II<\/em>.<\/p>\n For the women in the audience, the movie offers a heart-rending story of unrequited love, though hinting at the possible reconciliation of the (literally) star-crossed lovers in the next film in the franchise, planned for release in 2009.<\/p>\n For fans of John Williams\u2019s soaring score in the 1978 film, there is composer John Ottman\u2019s skillful weaving of Williams\u2019s brassy fanfare into the new soundtrack, and conductor Damon Intrabartolo\u2019s lush interpretation.<\/p>\n For older movie buffs,\u00a0Superman Returns\u00a0<\/em>also\u00a0boasts the first reunion (in dialogue, thanks to the sound editors) of the late Marlon Brando and actress Eva Marie Saint since they appeared as working-class lovers in Elia Kazan\u2019s 1954 classic,\u00a0On the Waterfront.<\/em><\/p>\n And for the kids, the picture provides not just grand entertainment but also some wonderful lessons. Its themes of gallantry, honor, and bravery will cause even many adults to revert to the child\u2019s uncorrupted and innocent point of view. In fact, when we saw this movie at an advance critics\u2019 screening\u2014in midtown Manhattan, no less\u2014that was\u00a0exactly\u00a0how that normally blas\u00e9 audience reacted.<\/p>\n If a bunch of aging, cynical critics can \u201cWow!\u201d aloud at the implausible actions of their childhood hero, boo and jeer at the soulless villain, and rise to a raucous standing ovation at the end, then\u00a0Superman Returns<\/em>\u00a0may just be the savior that Hollywood has needed during all the years that he\u2019s been gone.<\/p>\n Robert L. Jones is a photojournalist living and working in Minnesota. His work has appeared in\u00a0<\/span>Black & White Magazine<\/span><\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>Entrepreneur<\/span><\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>Hoy! New York<\/span><\/span>, the New York\u00a0<\/span>Post<\/span><\/span>,\u00a0<\/span><\/em>RCA Victor\u00a0<\/span>(Japan)<\/span><\/em>,\u00a0<\/span>Scene in San Antonio<\/span><\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>Spirit Magazine<\/span><\/span>\u00a0(Canada),\u00a0<\/span>Top Producer<\/span><\/span>,\u00a0 and the Trenton\u00a0<\/span>Times<\/span><\/span>. Mr. Jones is a past entertainment editor of\u00a0<\/span>The New Individualist<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u00a0 Untarnished Steel [xrr rating=3.5\/5] Superman Returns. Starring Brandon Routh, Kate Bosworth, Kevin Spacey, James Marsden, Parker Posey, Frank Langella, Sam Huntington, Eva Marie Saint, and Marlon Brando. Screenplay by Michael Dougherty and Dan Harris. Based on a story by Bryan Singer, Michael Dougherty, and Dan Harris. Directed by Bryan Singer. \u00a0 (Warner Bros. \/Legendary […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,48,52,3,59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-action-movies","category-fantasy-movies","category-graphic-novel-adaptations","category-mreview","category-sequels"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonesing4movies.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonesing4movies.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonesing4movies.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonesing4movies.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonesing4movies.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=410"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/jonesing4movies.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":413,"href":"https:\/\/jonesing4movies.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410\/revisions\/413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonesing4movies.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonesing4movies.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonesing4movies.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}