When Bryan Singer announced he'd be resurrecting the Superman
movie franchise, more or less everyone presumed this meant a new
life for the series. Sequels were discussed almost before the
cameras started rolling on the original film. However, the high
budget flick hasn't performed quite as well as everyone
expected, and the word from the studio now says Returns needs to
break the $200 million mark (presumably in domestic box office
sales) to warrant a sequel. Even then, his budget will be
drastically cut down. Returns is chugging away domestically --
technically it is outpacing the performance of Batman Begins --
and so a $200 million mark is entirely within the realm of
probability. Should it hit, you can bet on Singer and company
jumping at the chance to put together a sequel, if for no other
reason than to prove they weren't a death knell for the
franchise.  So, what would be the plot of such a sequel? Well
nobody really knows, of course, but rumors have started flying
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