Superman II to Jor-El and General Zod. He finds Zod at the White House and tells him Superman is the son of Jor-El, their jailer, and offers to lead him to Superman in exchange for control of Australia. The three Kryptonians ally with Luthor and go to the offices of the "Daily Planet". Superman arrives, after having found the green crystal that restores his powers, and battles the three. Zod realizes Superman cares for the humans and takes advantage of this by threatening bystanders. Superman realizes the only way to stop Zod and the others is to lure them to the Fortress.
Superman in film adaptation of the "Flyby" screenplay. Following the departure of Ratner and McG, Bryan Singer, who was said to be a childhood fan of Richard Donner's film, was approached by Warner Bros. He accepted, abandoning two films already in pre-production, "" (which, coincidentally, would come to be directed by Ratner) and a remake of "Logan's Run". The film uses the events of "Superman" and, to less of a degree, "Superman II" as backstory, while completely ignoring the events of "Superman III" and "". Singer's story tells of Superman's return to Earth following a five-year search for survivors of Krypton. He discovers