Christopher Reeve York in his own plane to shoot on location at the American Museum of Natural History. Also, in 1985, DC Comics named Reeve as one of the honorees in the company's 50th-anniversary publication "Fifty Who Made DC Great" for his work on the Superman film series. In 1986, he was still struggling to find scripts that he liked. A script named "Street Smart" had been lying in his house for years, and after re-reading it, he had Cannon Films green-light it. He starred opposite Morgan Freeman, who was nominated for his first Academy Award for the film. The film received
Superman (Salkind films) where once again he comes face to face with Luthor and his new creation from Superman's DNA called Nuclear Man. A spin-off film called "Supergirl", based on the comics character Supergirl, starred Helen Slater as the cousin of Superman. Christopher Reeve was originally planned to have a cameo appearance in it but bowed out early on. The development process behind the creation of DC Comics character Superman in the "Superman" film by Mario Puzo, David Newman, Leslie Newman and Robert Benton was conceived when Ilya Salkind bought the rights for Superman in film. Many A-list directors and actors were sought