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 later confirmed by Dany Garcia, Henry Cavill's manager. While promoting "Arrival", Amy Adams confirmed work has begun on the screenplay. Shortly after the release of "Justice League", Cavill revealed he is under contract to play Superman for one more film. indicates that the film in the series is currently playing The initial four Superman films were released previously on VHS, and throughout the film series' history, three box sets of the films have been released by Warner Bros. The first occurred on May 1, 2001, when "The Complete Superman Collection" was released both on DVD and VHS, containing that year's