Pete and Trevor want to take this opportunity to thank Charles Krantz for 39 great years! Thanks Chuck! And thanks for Mike Flanagan for making this little miracle of a movie that we were lucky enough to see in theatres. Listen to hear our immediate reactions (while giving you plenty of warning before heading into spoilers).

This is also the seventh week for our ongoing Project Superman, wherein we watch every single live-action theatrical Superman movie. Today we talk Superman Returns, the forgotten early 2000s entry into reviving the Superman franchise.

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Intro and history with Stephen King and Mike Flanagan (0:00)

Review of Superman Returns (9:28)

Spoiler-free review of The Life of Chuck (39:40)

Spoiler-talk (53:30)

About The Life of Chuck:

The Life of Chuck is a 2024 film inspired by Stephen King’s novella from his collection If It Bleeds. The story unfolds in three parts, told in reverse, tracing the seemingly ordinary life of Charles “Chuck” Krantz against a backdrop of strange cosmic events.

Charles “Chuck” Krantz – Tom Hiddleston

Young Chuck – Jacob Tremblay

Marty Anderson – Chiwetel Ejiofor

Felicia Gordon – Karen Gillan

Sarah Krantz – Mia Sara

Albie Krantz – Mark Hamill

Also starring – Carl Lumbly, David Dastmalchian, Matthew Lillard, Q’orianka Kilcher, Annalise Basso, Rahul Kohli, Violet McGraw, Kate Siegel, Benjamin Pajak, Cody Flanagan, Heather Langenkamp

Mike Flanagan – Director / Screenwriter / Editor / Producer

Trevor Macy – Producer

Stephen King – Story (original novella)

Eben Bolter – Cinematographer

The Newton Brothers – Composer

About Superman Returns:

Superman returns to Earth after a five-year absence to find that the world has moved on without him

Brandon Routh – Clark Kent / Superman

Kate Bosworth – Lois Lane

Kevin Spacey – Lex Luthor

James Marsden – Richard White

Frank Langella – Perry White

Sam Huntington – Jimmy Olsen

Eva Marie Saint – Martha Kent

Parker Posey – Kitty Kowalski

Kal Penn – Stanford

Tristan Lake Leabu – Jason White

Marlon Brando – Jor-El (archive footage and CGI)

Bryan Singer – Director / Story / Producer

Michael Dougherty – Screenwriter / Story

Dan Harris – Screenwriter / Story

Jon Peters – Producer

Gilbert Adler – Producer

Newton Thomas Sigel – Cinematographer

John Ottman – Editor / Composer

Elliot Goldenthal – Additional Music