Why Christopher Reeve Didn’t Cameo As Superman In The ’80s Supergirl Movie

Jeannot Szwarc in 1984 “Supergirl” is notorious to this day. This came after somewhat noticeable success in Richard Leicester Comedy in 1983 “Superman III” – a movie that achieved more than $ 80 million with a large budget of $ 39 million – and hopes to ride the popularity of the Christopher Reef version of the financial success. However, the movie was very strange and camp, and it was so badly written, to the point that the fans remained far away. “Supergirl” had a great budget of $ 35 million on its own, but it only got $ 14 million at the box office. Modern critics-likely-may argue that “Supergirl” is entertaining in its own way, and they perform a wonderful performance by Faye Dunaway as the magician of the movie, Selena.

The camp lovers may also be surprised by the strange structure of the film, as the title of the title takes a long time from its central mission to register in an inner school of all girls. Supergirl (Helen Slater) escapes from her crepeon home in the city of Arja (isolated in her pocket dimension) to recover the lost omegadron, a magic interface component the size of the billiard ball that works on the forces of please and keeps it alive. However, Selena finds it, and (somehow) she instantly intends to use it to become a strong witch. Supergirl, Superman’s cousin, seems to distract him easily, loses her scene in her endeavor to reserve the bedroom, configuration friendships, and crushed Hart Bouchaner.

The only common character between “Superman” and “Supergirl” is Jimmy Olsen, which was played by Mark McClor. One may think that a countryside seems to give the new movie his blessing, but the actor has rejected the opportunity. This was explicitly mentioned in the 2006 documentary film “You will believe: the Superman’s cinematic epic.”

In an early draft of “Supergirl”, Superman was supposed to play a major role in the story. The idea was that Supergirl would reach the Earth, and it seems that Superman became a guide for it, as he taught it the ways of superheroes. Christopher refused to appear in “Supergirl”, however, he felt that he was ready to retire from the role and move to other projects. A countryside ultimately appeared in 1987 “Superman IV: The Quest for Peace”, but only after allowing it to show the movie story; He wanted to make a superman movie about nuclear disarmament. Before that, a countryside was a kind of playing with Superman. This did not help “Superman III” got very negative reviews.

For the record, “Superman IV” was not well received, as it suffers from a painful speed and a painful budget (the film was supervised by the BC Group B). After that, a countryside will say in pop culture agreements that he only wants to play Superman if he has a good text and the budget is correct.

So “Supergirl” was a kind of image for him. Szwarc Wishes was a countryside, because it would have offered some credibility to everything. To explain the absence of Superman in “Supergirl”, there are some thermal lines for dialogue on how to leave the planet on the unlimited peace mission. This would leave Supergirl to defend the Earth on its own from Selena and its magic. The film was a bomb, but it only gave any other sequence to show the character, but it became the default evidence that the films of superheroes with female threads will not succeed at all.

It will take 42 years before making another movie “Supergirl”; “Supergirl: Womath of Tomorrow” is scheduled for Craig Gillespie in theaters on June 26, 2026.