Superman in film as Superman, but it was shelved in 2008 and the film series was rebooted in 2013 with "Man of Steel", directed by Zack Snyder with Henry Cavill starring as Superman. Snyder and Cavill worked together again in "" and "Justice League". Superman first appeared in cinemas in a series of 17 theatrical animated shorts from between 1941 and 1943. They were released by Paramount Pictures. Of those seventeen, nine were produced by Fleischer Studios and further eight by its successor, Famous Studios. The first appearances of Superman in live-action film were in two serials for Columbia Pictures: "Superman" in 1948
Paul Hilton (British actor) Paul Hilton (British actor) Paul Hilton (born 1970, Oldham, Lancashire), is an English actor on stage, radio, and TV. He trained at the Welsh College of Music & Drama. He has starred as "William Palmer" in the "Pilgrim" radio dramas on BBC Radio 4's Afternoon Play series and appeared in TV programmes including "Garrow's Law" (as freethinker Joseph Hamer), "The Bill", "Silent Witness", "Wire in the Blood" and "Robin Hood", and has had regular character roles in "True Dare Kiss" (as Dennis Tyler) and "Casualty 1909" (as Henry Percy Dean). Hilton also appeared in the film "Klimt" and as Mr.