The Superman Motion Picture Anthology (1978-2006)

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Zonadvd is reporting that warner brothers is working on the Ultimate Collection and it's coming soon! All the extras and films will be included in the boxed set and it's supposed to come out this year.

Here's the article:
http://www.zonadvd.com/modules.php?n...icle&sid=29310

This is what the DVD set looked like:

DISC 1- Superman The Movie
* 1978 theatrical version with commentary by producers Pierre Spengler & Ilya Salkind
* Theatrical trailers, TV Spots
* Soundtrack in Dolby Digital 5.1 (original 1978 audio mix in Dolby Digital 2.0)

DISC 2- Superman The Movie
* 2001 expanded movie with commentary by director Richard Donner & creative consultant Tom Mankiewicz
* Soundtrack in Dolby Digital 5.1
* Music-only audio track

DISC 3- Superman The Movie
* Taking Flight: The Development of Superman
* Making Superman: Filming the Legend
* The Magic Behind the Cape
* Additional scenes
* Screen tests
* Audio-only bonus: additional music cues

DISC 4- Superman The Movie
* The Making of Superman the Movie vintage TV special
* 1951 Superman and the Mole-Men movie starring George Reeves
* 9 Fleischer Studios Superman cartoons mastered from superior vault elements

DISC 5- Superman II
* Movie with commentary by producers Pierre Spengler & Ilya Salkind
* Additional scenes (over 8 minutes worth)
* Soundtrack in Dolby Digital 5.1

DISC 6- Superman II
* The Making of Superman II & Superman's 50th Anniversary TV specials
* First Flight: The Fleischer Superman Series featurette
* The Remaining 8 Fleischer Studios Superman cartoons

DISC 7- Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
* All new introduction by director Richard Donner
* Commentary by director Richard Donner & creative consultant Tom Mankiewicz
* Superman II: Restoring the Vision featurette
* Additional scenes
* Dolby Digital 5.1

DISC 8- Superman III
* Movie with commentary by producers Pierre Spengler & Ilya Salkind
* The Making of Superman III vintage TV special
* Additional scenes (over 19 minutes worth)
* Theatrical trailer

DISC 9- Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
* Movie with commentary by screenwriter Mark Rosenthal
* Additional scenes (over 30 minutes worth!)
* Theatrical trailer

DISC 10- Superman Returns
* Theatrical cut
* Dolby Digital 5.1

DISC 11- Superman Returns
* Requiem for Krypton: Making Superman Returns 3hr multi-part documentary
* Additional scenes (without Return to Krypton sequence)
* Theatrical trailers

DISC 12- You'll Believe: The Making of A Saga- 5 part documentary
* Origin- Superman in the media & the challenges the Salkinds faced
* Vision- Choosing the right script, director & actors
* Ascent- Production of a new kind of fantasy film
* Crisis- Conflicts behind Superman II
* Redemption- Criticisms & burnout of Superman III & IV
* Bonus new documentaries- Mythology of Superman, Remembering Christopher Reeve, vintage Superman parodies

DISC 13- Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman
* Kevin Burns 2006 documentary on Superman's history

DISC 14- Bryan Singer's blogs
* All the web blogs plus two never-before-seen

[SammymeBlu]

If this is true,count me in. I especially want Superman II, the original theatrical cut "Lester" version yes,i like it better than the newer Donner cut.I grew up watching the original in the theater,one of the top 5 best sequels of all time in my opnion.

[Red Hood]

Ooo I want. Wish I didn't already have Returns and Superman the Movie.

[IronMaitallica]

I've heard the Blu-Ray for Returns wasn't very good, so I hope they can do a better one this time.

[HonestJohn]

Figures, just went Blu-ray and bought Supes 1 & 2. Oh, well.... No wonder the price was so good on them.

[BStecke]

Hmm . . . if Superman The Movie is redone with lossless and Superman Returns is redone to not look like crap, I may be in for this. Ideally I'd just get the original and Returns separately.

[SethRex]

This'll be good. I only own Superman Returns on Blu-ray. Never got the others, but this set may be worth the wait.

[toddly6666]

It sounds like an expensive waste of money just to get two decent movies (Superman 1 & 2) even if those two are better quality than their current blu-ray versions.

[#1Dad Benoit]

This info comes from 2006. If it were blu all of the special features will be on the same disc as the movie. Someone just took the info from the 2006 set and copied and paste. Superman returns in Dolby Digital only gives it away. Look for this release around the fall of 2012 for a tie-in to the new Superman film

[Rob J in WNY]

Originally Posted by #1Dad Benoit

This info comes from 2006. If it were blu all of the special features will be on the same disc as the movie. Someone just took the info from the 2006 set and copied and paste. Superman returns in Dolby Digital only gives it away. Look for this release around the fall of 2012 for a tie-in to the new Superman film

Yup, I noticed that, too. Superman Returns was re-released with both lossless audio & PCM tracks.

[Ator the Invincible]

I've got the 3 movies they've released so far, but I didn't pay all that much for them. So I'd be down for a definitive box set. If for nothing else, it'll be nice to finally get the original cut of Superman II*, as well as part 3 (not a great movie, but I love that junk yard scene...).

*I don't have a prefered cut really. There are some things I prefer from Lester's cut, and some things I prefer in the Donner cut (Brando in particular). So owning both cuts is the best way to go for me.

[Ator the Invincible]

Originally Posted by #1Dad Benoit

This info comes from 2006. If it were blu all of the special features will be on the same disc as the movie. Someone just took the info from the 2006 set and copied and paste. Superman returns in Dolby Digital only gives it away. Look for this release around the fall of 2012 for a tie-in to the new Superman film

From the original post:
"This is what the DVD set looked like:"

I believe his point was that he's hoping the blu-ray set matches the DVD set (or at least comes close).

[aiman04]

I thought they're gonna wait for the new movie Man of Steel. If it is indeed coming, this year will be firmly remembered in history:

Star Wars: The Complete Saga
Jurassic Park Trilogy
The Lord of the Rings: Extended Cut
Indiana Jones Anthology

[HDMe]

Since they didn't do it when they released the original DVD collection... I don't believe it will happen until the next Superman movie comes out.

I too prefer the theatrical Superman II... and I must be one of the 5 people who actually enjoyed Superman III as well.

Superman IV was not very good... but for a set of all of them, I'd love to see an Ultimate Blu-ray collection... especially if they went back and cleaned up the old George Reeves Superman movie that was part of that set and those Max Fleischer cartoons too!

[AaronSCH]

As someone else previously posted, this set won't be released until the next film is released in 2012.

[spidy]

I hope when these come out that they release the movies as individuals. I only want Superman II TE out of the bunch unless there is some kind of upgrade in PQ from Superman the movie (or SR).

[Kryptonic]

I want this.

[TokyoLee]

Originally Posted by Kryptonic

I want this.

Hell Yea, I been waiting for something like this for Superman I cant wait !!!

[IndyMLVC]

Originally Posted by AaronSCH

As someone else previously posted, this set won't be released until the next film is released in 2012.

Actually, the article says it will be released this year.

[manicsounds]

As long as they have no screwups that plagued the DVD release.... (Mine still has some hiccups in playback)