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
Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang (1978 film) Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang (1978 film) Jacob Two-Two Meets The Hooded Fang is a 1978 film adaptation of a novel by the same name, written by Canadian author Mordecai Richler. Richler was a fiction and non-fiction novelist who was born and raised in Montreal, Canada. He was a father of five children, with the youngest, Jacob, inspiring his character Jacob Two-Two. Although his novel began "as a tale told to his youngest son", it is now considered to be a Canadian classic, and set in motion many future film and television adaptions. Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang