I'd been a Superman fan since ...

I'd been a Superman fan since the time I was a little kid. We had great respect for the Donner movie, and Superman II with Terence Stamp as Zod but I felt it was time to bring the character into the 21st century.
 Charles Roven

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I was also an Action Comic fan when I was a young kid and those comic books affected me and Superman is - he's the one. He's the first one. He's the one. He's the one everybody is always compared to.
 Charles Roven
There is an expectation with a superhero film that there is spectacle and action but there also has to be heart. Striking that balance is really important.
 Charles Roven