Fast Talk: Superman Returns

in what way do you make your mark upon a project that has been done before while honoring the ultimate parts worth keeping? No one has stand in front ofed this issue more than the creative team behind Superman's latest iteration, the big-screen Superman turn backs which debuts June 30. To better understand Superman's evolution, Bryan Singer, the film's director, whose previous hits include The Usual Suspects and X-Men I and II, talked Warner Bro into first producing a documentary that traced Superman's history. The proces helped him decide where to stay loyal to the mythology and where to experiment. "I'm not trying to sit here and say, 'Well, he's going to be my Superman!'" he says. "The character is going to exist drawn out after I'm dead."

With in the way that much history behind the film, Singer, 40 faces a real risk: Any major changes may generate a backlash among