Superhero Movie is an upcoming 2008 comedy film that spoofs the superhero genre, following in the footsteps of Scary Movie, The Naked Gun, Airplane!, and Spider-Man. The film is written and directed by Craig Mazin, and produced by David Zucker and Robert K. Weiss. Production began in September 2007 in Los Angeles. High school loser Rick Riker (Drake Bell) is bitten by a mutated dragonfly that allows him to develop abilities like super strength and armored skin. He decides to become a crime fighter, calling himself "The Dragonfly". However, he is opposed by the villainous Lou Landers (Christopher McDonald), who had been transformed in an accident during an experiment to become "The Hourglass", with powers to steal people's life forces to eventually gain permanent immortality. Superhero Movie was first announced in April 2006 after the box office success of Scary Movie 4 in the United States. The film, produced by David Zucker, was initially slated for theatrical release on February 9, 2007. The film later began production on September 17, 2007 in Los Angeles. Zucker said the film primarily parodied Spider-Man, but it also spoofed Batman Begins, X-Men, Fantastic Four, and Superman. The producer elaborated, "It's a spoof of the whole superhero genre, like we did with the Scary Movies, but this one probably has more of a unified plot, like the Naked Guns had." Superhero Movie is stated to be released on March 28, 2008. |