“Superman,” which flies into theaters nationwide Thursday, is a bit of a change in tone for the writer and director who ...

Nicholas Hoult co-stars as criminal mastermind Lex Luthor, who twists public opinion to turn the world against the superhero, while pitting him against metahuman adversaries.

Superman first made it to the real world at the World’s Fair in 1940, when actor Ray Middleton became the first person to ...