At the end of 1974 Numerous directors approaching the project were included in Francis Ford Coppola, William Fridkin, Sam Pekinpah, George Lucas, Richard Leicester (who would direct the following two sequels) and, of course, Steven Spielberg.

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At the time, Steven Spielberg was busy with the "jaws", which became Lynchpine's moment in Chinese history and popularized the blockbuster cinema. ILLIVA SALLAKING revealed in an interview with Superman's homepage Not only did he seem in Spielberg to head to bring America's original superhero to the big screen, but Spielberg himself was looking forward to making the film.

"Spielberg was really in the beginning," Salkind said. "He absolutely wanted to make the film (...) At the time, Spielberg was still working on Jaws in 1975 and was largely unknown. His play called Salkind constantly in Paris. ”According to Salkind, they told him:

"We have this kid who wants to direct Superman, he loves Superman, that's his kind of things and he wants to do it." Of course, I immediately checked out what he did and went to see his films and I immediately said, "Okay, this kid got it - this guy has a talent.

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Hoteces of critical and commercial success with Jaws, Superman manufacturers offered Steven Spielberg directorial work. Unfortunately, this should not have been, because Spielberg was already dedicated to the 1977 scientific film, "Close Meetings of the Third Type". In the end, Richard Doner was engaged in the helm of Superman: the film, and the rest is Hollywood history.