Superman IV Storyboards Cont’d…
More from the Global battle with Nuclearman II featuring stills from actual footage incorporated into the storyboard and concluding the deleted ‘Tornado’ scene excised from the US version…
Category: Superman IV; The Quest For Peace
“We Have Located All The Footage…”
This fascinating collage of screengrabs culled from the Superman IV; Deluxe Edition DVD represent a very special memory for me as this was irrefutable proof that not only did these scenes exist, but would finally, finally be released –
I remember first reading the news (and nearly falling out of my chair) during a Warner Bros. Q&A about the Ultimate Edition Box Set and the casual announcement that “All the footage from Superman IV had been found” and there “Will be a considerable amount of deleted scenes”. I still refused to believe it until I saw the list of chapters themselves for rating by the BBFC. Then upon the boxset release, SuperFan Sebastian Columbo swiftly sent me the images above.
Considering the footage was the subject of volumes of speculation and debate that would litter the Internet for years, the only agreement across the board was that it would never be seen. A true highlight of my fandom and thanks to WB for making it happen…
Superman IV Storyboards Cont’d…
More the Big Red Book and the continuation of the first round the world encounter with Nuclearman II. These scenes were among those omitted for the US release but present in the European cut.
Printed in blue (presumably as a revision), this is the first instance of incorporating stills from footage already shot into storyboards I’ve ever seen..!
‘The Collection…’
Exclusive to the UK and released in 1988, Superman; The Collection was one of the first VHS boxsets made available by Warner Bros. under the Hollywood Nites banner.
Assembled from the second run of individually released titles and repackaged as The Superheroes collection (to include Salkind productions Supergirl and Santa Claus: The Movie) the set was limited and expensive (see above ad from the Woolworths Christmas catalogue) at the time and therefore a rarity today.
Contained in a handsome box utilising elements of the shield graphic from Superman: the Movie and Daniel Goozee’s poster art for Superman IV: The Quest For Peace, its interesting to note how many production companies were tied into the distribution deals (WB/Weintraub/Cannon/Hollywood Nites) before Warner’s regained full ownership of the rights in 1993. It would literally be decades before advances in technology would permit them to revisit the titles once again for a more definitive boxset in DVD format…
Bird, Plane, Truth…
A forgotten gem from UK video preview magazine Screens at what must easily have been the golden age of rental popularity – despite its low-brow appearance the article from the free publication nonetheless contains some very interesting titbits, such as the location of the set of the Kent Farmhouse, even confirming it was left behind intact…