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 directing Goyer's "Justice League" script. Warner Bros. was reportedly courting Chris Terrio to rewrite "Justice League" the following July, after having been impressed with his rewrite of "Batman v Superman". In October 2014, Warner Bros. announced the film would be released in two parts as the fifth and ninth installments of the shared universe, with "Part One" releasing in 2017, and "Part Two" in 2019. Snyder will direct both films with Henry Cavill set to reprise his role as Superman. In October 2014, a "Man of Steel" sequel was announced with an intended release between 2016 and 2020. In August