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
Superhero film of episodes of that same series released theatrically, and "Batman" (1966) a big-screen extension of the "Batman" television series starring Adam West. In 1957 Japan, Shintoho produced the first film serial featuring the "tokusatsu" superhero character Super Giant, signaling a shift in Japanese popular culture towards "tokusatsu" masked superheroes over "kaiju" giant monsters. Along with "Astro Boy", the "Super Giant" film serials had a profound effect on the Japanese "tokusatsu" superhero genre. Another early superhero film was "Ōgon Bat" (1966), a Japanese film starring Sonny Chiba based on the 1930 Kamishibai superhero Ōgon Bat. Original superhero characters emerged in other,