The original plan had been to shoot both the first movie and the sequel at the same time, and they shot a lot of the Superman II scenes during the long production period. Now, the thing that’s not Mensa-level brilliant about Donner’s behavior is that he and Spengler and the Salkinds are supposed to head back to Pinewood Studios soon, and finish their work on Superman II. So, not only did we end up producing it, in a sense, but we also had to counter-produce what he was doing.” If he’d been smart, he’d have just laid back and let us do it.
“As far as I was concerned, he didn’t have any knowledge at all about producing a film like that. I told him to his face that the film was too big for him but he wouldn’t face up to that responsibility.” I got along with the Salkinds all right, but I didn’t get on with Pierre Spengler. “I didn’t get along with the producers at all. Everybody who worked on the film is feeling that Christmas spirit - except for Richard Donner, who fucking hates Pierre Spengler, and is not shy about letting people know his truth. It’s late December 1978, and Superman: The Movie has just opened in theaters to, if you’ll pardon the expression, boffo box office.
Donner, however, declares, “ If he’s on it - I’m not.“ Producer Pierre Spengler allows that he and Superman director Dick Donner differed during filming, but he says all’s now well, and Spengler expects to return to complete Superman II.
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So here’s how to torpedo your own film in six words, courtesy of Army Archerd’s Hollywood gossip colum in Variety:
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