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www.supermancinema.co.uk have posted an article confirming that Warner Brothers will release special edition DVD's of all four superman films to tie in with the release of Superman Returns in 2006.
Here's the article:
"The U.K. division of WarnerHomeVideo has confirmed that they are planning special edition releases of the Superman sequels. I'm going to get confirmation on this as soon as I can. I'm confident that Superman 2 will get the treatment it deserves but don't expect a re-cut because Donner won't touch it. Superman 3 and Superman 4 are going to be interesting. All sequels require picture re-mastering and beefed up audio."

Excellent news, although not really unexpected, especially considering the recent Batman special editions. Lets just hope that we get a lot of deleted scenes, especially on Superman II and IV.
Got to the link below for more info: http://www.supermancinema.co.uk/daily_planet/news/index.shtml

Good news!  And interesting, too.

The article speculates that we may finally see the missing Chris Reeve and Marlon Brando scenes from Superman II - but if so, wouldn't that be the same Brando footage that is going to be used in Superman Returns?  Maybe that means the Brando Estate will have to get double royalties...

I really hope that they put the missing scenes back in Quest for Peace - not as "deleted scenes" but inserted right back in the movie, a "restored director's cut" or something.

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I'm glad on the whole, but it is kinda irritating for those folks who bought the boxed set just to get the specials on Superman I.  I'd pay $10 to swap out the "regular" Superman II-IV for "Special Edition II-IV" if I could, assuming they threw in enough footage.

I only have Superman 1 SE DVD, so this is great news for me.

One thing that might be interesting to see is if they included some of the footage, as an extra, filmed by the earlier Superman I director who came on and filmed sequences in Italy before the move of production to England and director Richard Donner. There were a few brief snippets in the Documentaries included in Superman I, which featured the ever so slight tantalizing glimpses of what is presumably Krypton resembling a gigantic ruby and blue colored jewel - enough to arouse curiosity in what might have been (probably not as great as Donner's approach, but it might be interesting to know).

The Special Edition DVD of SUPERMAN had so many, many features, from restored scenes (including the Noel Neil/Kirk Alyn train scene) to screen tests. I wonder why they want to do another one - I mean, jeez, how much more special can another Special Edition be?

The only "special feature" I'd be interested in for Superman III is a new script and a complete reshoot.  Can they do that on a DVD restoration budget?

I will be skipping part 3 that's for sure.

I want Part 2 SE and maybe Part 4 SE.

Nightwing, aren't you the one who pointed out that they are doing a rewrite/re-shoot of Superman III - and that it's called Superman Returns?

Hopefully it'll be better this time around.

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