For fans who missedSuper/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story (2024)limited Fathom Event release, Warner Bros. will give the film a wide release date in October, qualifying it for an Oscar run.Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Storypremiered at the Sundance Film Festival at the start of 2024 and gained incredibly positive reviews, including from new DC Studios co-presidentJames Gunn, who convinced Warner Bros. Discovery to acquire the movieand release it under the DC Studios banner. The documentary explores the life ofChristopher Reevefollowing his accident in 1995 that left him paralyzed from the next down and explores not only his time as Superman but also the life he lived after the accident and how he looked to help others like him, as well as digging into his relationship with his children and his late wife, Dana Reeve.
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
The film was originally only set to play in theaters for a limited time through Fathom Events for two days, September 21st and September 25th, the latter of which would have been Christopher Reeve’s 72nd birthday. Warner Bros. will now give the film a wider release for anyone who couldn’t make it to those limited engagements asFandangosites are beginning to sell tickets forSuper/Man: The Christopher Reeve Storystarting on Thursday, June 24, 2025.James Gunnalso made the film’s wide release announcement official on X. The movie will be playing in theaters for at least one week, which would qualifySuper/Man: The Christopher Reeve Storyfor an Oscar run. '
Super/Man is Going for the Oscars
To qualify for an Academy Award nomination, a movie must screen in a theater in either Los Angeles or New York for at least one week for three showings daily. The Academy is stringent on these rules, and failure to meet these requirements could eliminate a film from consideration, as was seen recently withBen Affleck and Matt Damon’s documentaryKiss the Future,which, due to not having three screenings, was disqualified from the Best Documentary Feature Film race. Warner Bros.’s decision to releaseSuper/Man: The Christopher Reeve Storycomes just days after that news broke, and it is notable that each day it is playing at an AMC has at least three showtimes.
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While Warner Bros. might have expanded the film’s release in hopes of securing an Academy Award nomination, it is also a great chance for fans of the late actor to see the documentary in theaters with an active audience who can become invested, moved, and even cry together in the story of a man who was a hero both on and off the screen. The movie has gotten rave critical reviews and, on Rotten Tomatoes, is actually thebest-rated Superman-related theatrically released feature film. Following its limited theatrical engagement, the movie will then move to the Warner Bros. streaming service Max, where it will be accessible to many.
