Superman was never previewed because the producers didn't trust Warners with the film.

I was an actor... or, at least, I was trying to be an actor.

It was 1978 when Superman came out, and I kept thinking, Why don't they do something about it? They've done all these crappy attempts at comic book film adaptations. What can we do different? Why don't we just re-release this thing?

I was really disappointed that Warner Bros. didn't think highly enough of my film or my filmmaking to ask me to make the new Superman.

It's only been a couple of times in my life that I've really locked horns with actors. It did not hurt the films, it just hurt the moment of the filmmaking.

It was just the thrill of a lifetime. Brando and Hackman were two of my heroes.

How was I going to make a man fly? How was I going to convince the public that an actor could fly?