Superman III feels less like a movie about Clark Kent and more something that should have been called “Richard Pryor Meets Superman” or “Superman and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very ...

On June 17, 1983, Warner Bros. unveiled the third Christopher Reeve starrer, which added Richard Pryor to the mix. By Arthur Knight On June 17, 1983, Warner Bros. unveiled Superman III, which ...

On June 17, 1983, Warner Bros. unveiled Superman III, which added Richard Pryor to the mix along with Christopher Reeve. The film ended up falling short of its predecessors at the box office ...

Comedy legend Richard Pryor’s Gus Gorman invents a supercomputer that makes pedestrian signals fight. Off-brand Kryptonite turns Superman into a meme-worthy drunk and high-stakes prankster.

As ambitious as Salkind’s original Superman III t reatment was, it was a kind of fantasy adventure movie that Hollywood was not ready for. It was one thing to make the world believe a man could fly.

Superman III actually made me angry. If I wanted to watch a Richard Pryor movie, I would have done that. This was clearly just Richard Pryor starring in a Superman movie, not the other way around.

Still dissatisfied with its tone, director Richard Donner hired Tom Mankiewicz to write a more serious version of the first Superman film, which was released in 1978 to much acclaim.

Superman costume worn by Christopher Reeve in the 1983 film Superman III. This is the third film in the Superman franchise, based on the DC Comics character. Superman III was directed by Richard ...

Superman III feels less like a movie about Clark Kent and more something that should have been called “Richard Pryor Meets Superman” or “Superman and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very ...