News and information on the world of Superman with daily updates and features. http://www.supermansupersite.com.com en-us Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:45:00 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:45:00 http://www.supermansupersite.com/supersite.jpg News and information on the world of Superman with daily updates and features. http://www.supermansupersite.com 144 101 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:01:00 GMT As an artist continues to sculpt the near-life-size bronze statue of Noel Neil in Utah, the Metropolis Chamber of Commerce is conducting a final drive to collect personalized bricks for the statue base in Metropolis, Illinois. "This statue will be a lovely tribute to a lady who has given so much of herself to Metropolis," says Lisa Gower, co-chairman of the Superman Celebration. Noel Neill, also known as "The First Lady of Metropolis," has been a frequent guest of the Superman Celebration and broke ground for the statue in June of 2009. The statue idea was presented to Neil as a gift during her 85th birthday party celebration in California a few years ago. She is well known for her portrayal of Lois Lane in the memorable television series, The Adventures of Superman. With plans set for an unveiling on June 11 during the Superman Celebration, final engraving orders are needed at the monument company very soon. A deadline of April 16 has been set for ordering engraved bricks guaranteed to be in place for the unveiling. http://www.supermansupersite.com#story1 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:11:00 GMT Ilya Salkind will be making his second ever comic book convention appearance this Sunday, March 14 at the Emerald City ComiCon in Seattle Washington. Mr. Salkind is the legendary producer of "Superman: The Movie", "Superman: II" and "Superman: III" (all starring Christopher Reeve), along with "Supergirl: The Movie" (staring Helen Slater) and over 100 episodes of the Superboy television series from the 1980's. The convention will take place Saturday, March 13 from 10am - 6pm and Sunday, March 14 from 10am - 5pm at the Washington State Convention Center. http://www.supermansupersite.com Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:34:00 GMT LA Times writer Geoff Boucher recently spoke with director Christopher Nolan about the rumors concerning his involvement with the Superman franchise. While Nolan is pleased with the excitement stirred, like the magicians in his 2006 film "The Prestige," he sees no value in revealing all of his tricks before the curtain goes up. Still, he wanted to answer some of the early questions about his plans for Superman - as well as his third visit to Gotham City. http://www.supermansupersite.com Tue, 09 Mar 2010 24:26:00 GMT WhatSellsBest.com, a website tracking rare auction items listed to sell on eBay, is reporting bids have passed $4,000 on day one of a seven day auction for a rare 1940 Supermen of America Ring. The ring, awarded in 1940 by National Periodical Publications was given as prize to 1,600 "Supermen of America" club members. According to experts only 20 rings are known to exist today. According to James Massey, publisher of WhatSellsBest.com; "Superman Memorabilia seems to be hot with the first (1938) Superman comic selling for million dollars (on an comic auction site) last month. Because of the rings rarity, it's going to be really interesting to see how high the bids go" (The Superman ring auction ends March 15) http://www.supermansupersite.com Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:35:00 GMT The CW have released promotional images for the April 2nd episode of Smallville entitled "Escape" featuring Silver Banshee. Visit the site to check them out! http://www.supermansupersite.com Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:10:00 GMT DC Comics announced this morning that Babylon 5 creator J. Michael Straczynski will take over writing both the monthly Superman and Wonder Woman series later this year, aiming to return the icons to their rightful places at the top. Straczynski, who's been with DC Comics since finishing up a long (and occasionally controversial) run on Marvel's Amazing Spider-Man in 2008, has never hidden his desire to write the Man of Steel, and he plans to live up to the opportunity. "When I first came over to DC, that dream was realized in part by [then executive editor, now co-publisher] Dan DiDio's gracious invitation to write the first of potentially many Superman original graphic novels. Now the dream has come fully true with the opportunity to write for the mainstream title, in a story that returns Superman to his roots in a way that will have the whole country talking about him in ways that we haven't seen in a long time." http://www.supermansupersite.com Sat, 06 Mar 2010 16:18:00 GMT The CW have released a new Smallville trailer entitled "Small Talk" which begins and ends with an awkward conversation between Clark and Oliver. In the middle of the footage, action, romance and twist of plots in the remaining episodes of season 9 are previewed in glimpses. "Smallville" is taking a long hiatus, skipping March entirely and coming back April 4. The return episode is called "Escape". Through the preview released last week, the episode will bring back John Corben aka Metallo who is played by Brian Austin Green. Two characters' secret identities will also be revealed. Beside Metallo, there would be appearance of The Martian Manhunter, Max Lord, Martha Kent and Perry White in the remaining episodes. Comic scribe Geoff Johns also hinted on his Twitter that Apokolips may also be part of the story. http://www.supermansupersite.com Thu, 04 Mar 2010 02:53:00 GMT The Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation will host a wine and cheese reception in Jacksonville to share information about the Reeve Foundation's programs, including updates on recent progress in spinal cord research, news about the Reeve Foundation's plans in Florida, and the activities of the Brooks Adaptive Sports Program. A brief question and answer session will follow speeches. http://www.supermansupersite.com Thu, 04 Mar 2010 24:18:00 GMT "Smallville" will return to The CW next fall for its 10th season, the network announced Thursday. The modern retelling of the Superman legend, starring Tom Welling, moved to Friday night at 8 p.m. this season, and has dramatically improved the timeslot's ratings for The CW. It currently is the top show in its timeslot among men 18-34 and men 18-49. The CW last month greenlit a pilot executive produced by Welling called "Hellcats." It's described as an ensemble show set in the world of competitive college cheerleading. It seemed entirely possible that Welling would be moving on to that new job, as "Smallville" was considered unlikely to return. However, the network appears to be pleased enough with the show's timeslot=improving ratings to bring it back. The CW previously announced the renewals of "The Vampire Diaries," "Gossip Girl," "90210," "Supernatural" and "America's Next Top Model." "Smallville" was developed for television by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar ("Shanghai Noon"), based on the DC Comics characters. Kelly Souders and Brian Peterson are executive producers, along with James Marshall, Mike Tollin, Brian Robbins and Joe Davola. The series is produced by Tollin/Robbins Productions, Millar/Gough Ink and Warner Bros. Television. http://www.supermansupersite.com Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:27:00 GMT A few years ago, Warner Bros. had seemingly fast-tracked George Miller's "Justice League: Mortal", but the project was ultimately cancelled even though most of the cast had been hired, as well as crew members. Among the latter was stunt coordinator/fight choreographer Richard Norton, to whom Earths Mightiest has spoken to exclusively. http://www.supermansupersite.com Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:54:00 GMT Even though the big screen version of the Justice League is currently on the shelf, a video game adaptation of the super hero group may be in the works. According to an anonymous tipster, a batch of screen shots are from a Justice League video game already in production. While the majority of the shots feature game environments, logos for characters like Batman and Wonder Woman can be seen in some. The Flash and what appears to be Wonder Woman appear in others. http://www.supermansupersite.com