Superman III is a 1983 superhero film and the third film in the Superman film series based upon the long-running DC Comics superhero. Christopher Reeve, Jackie Cooper, Marc McClure and Margot Kidder are joined by new cast members Annette O'Toole, Annie Ross, Pamela Stephenson, Robert Vaughn and Richard Pryor. The film was the last Reeve/Superman film produced by Alexander Salkind and Ilya Salkind. It was followed by Supergirl in 1984 and the non-Salkind produced sequel Superman IV: The Quest for Peace in 1987. The film was less successful than the first two Superman movies, both financially... and critically. While harsh criticism focused on the film's comedic and campy tone, Reeve was praised for his much darker performance as the corrupted Superman. Following the release of this movie, Pryor signed a five-year contract with Columbia Pictures worth $40 million. Series producer Ilya Salkind originally wrote a treatment for this film that included Brainiac, Mister Mxyzptlk and Supergirl, but Warner Bros. did not like it. The treatment was released online in 2007.
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| Release date: | June 16, 1983 |
| Directed by: | Richard Lester |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 125 Minutes |
| Producer: | Pierre Spengler |
| Editor: | John Victor-Smith |
| Music by: | John Williams, Ken Thorne |
| Cinematography: | Robert Paynter |
| Screenplay by: | Leslie Newman, David Newman |
| Estimated budget: | $39,000,000 |
| Genre: | Action, Thriller, Adventure, Fantasy, Comedy, Science Fiction |