Superman in film that in his absence Lois Lane has given birth to a son and become engaged. Singer chose to follow Donner's lead by casting relatively unknown Brandon Routh as Superman, who resembled Christopher Reeve somewhat, and more high-profile actors in supporting roles, such as Kevin Spacey as Lex Luthor. Singer brought his entire crew from "X2" to work on the film. Via digitally-enhanced archive footage, the late Marlon Brando appeared in the film as Jor-El. "Superman Returns" received positive reviews and grossed approximately $391 million worldwide. In February 2006, four months before the release of "Superman Returns", Warner Bros. announced a
Superman in film 2015 documentary film "". Kevin Smith directed the ninth episode of the second season of "Supergirl", which was titled "Supergirl Lives" as homage to "Superman Lives". In November 2016, Kevin Smith said that he was open to having the "Superman Lives" script be adapted as an animated film, with Nicolas Cage voicing Superman and Michael Rooker voicing Lex Luthor. In October 2017, "Batman vs. Two-Face" writer Michael Jelenic stated that he originally pitched an animated film based on Smith's "Superman Lives" script, saying that Warner Bros seriously considered it for a long time. According to Jelenic, Cage would have loved