Superman (1978 film) finish writing duties. George MacDonald Fraser was later hired to do some work on the script, but he says he did little. Their script was submitted in July 1976, and carried a camp tone, including a cameo appearance by Telly Savalas as his "Kojak" character. The scripts for "Superman" and "Superman II" were now at over 400 pages combined. Pre-production started at Cinecittà Studios in Rome, with sets starting construction and flying tests being unsuccessfully experimented. "In Italy," producer Ilya Salkind remembered, "we lost about $2 million [on flying tests]." Marlon Brando found out he could not film in Italy
Superman in film DVD/home video releases of "Superman", "Superman II", "Superman III", and "Superman IV". The set was valued at US$49.99 for the DVD release and US$29.99 for the VHS release, and received positive reviews. The four Christopher Reeve films were again released on November 28, 2006, in new DVD releases to coincide with "Superman Returns", also released in that year. "Superman" was released in a four-disc 'special edition' similar to "Superman II", which was released in a two-disc special edition. Both "Superman III" and "IV" were released in single disc 'deluxe editions', and all four releases were available together in "The Christopher