Mario Puzo's First and Second Draft of "Superman: The Movie" Available On-Line
Posted on November 14, 2024 by Neil Cole
Thanks to the tireless efforts of the Caped Wonder Superman Podcast, copies of Mario Puzo's first and second draft of the script for "Superman: The Movie" are now available for download on-line.
"They have arrived! Sought after for decades, Mario Puzo's first and second draft of 'Superman'!", stated Caped Wonder in an official announcement. "Although many of his ideas were shot down by DC after the very first draft, some of Puzo's original story ideas made it all the way to 'Superman' & 'Superman II'. The Caped Wonder Superman Podcast is excited to present these drafts from 1975 for your reading pleasure. 'Superman: The Movie' could have looked like a very different film. We encourage you to read, analyze, dissect, and imagine Mario Puzo's vision for Superman."
Although the father/son producer team of Alexander and Ilya Salkind felt that Puzo had written a solid story for the two-part film, they deemed his scripts as "very heavy", and eventually hired Robert Benton and David Newman for rewrite work. Benton would became too busy directing the 1977 neo-noir mystery film, "The Late Show" so David's wife, Leslie was brought in to help her husband finish writing duties.
Puzo's first and second draft are available for download via the following links:
"Superman" First Draft
"Superman" Second Draft
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