Ilya Salkind was born in Mexico City, and grew up in the world of motion pictures. At the age of one, Ilya was photographed sitting on the lap of Zsa Zsa Gabor. His grandfather, Michael Salkind, was one of the pioneers of silent films and produced The Joyless Street (1925) (aka "The Joyless Street"), featuring then relative unknown Greta Garbo in ...
[Talking about an abandoned Superman screenplay he tried to sell to Warner Brothers in the early 1990s]: "It was a very exciting script. It was totally in the Superman universe. I think if we had all been on the same page, Chris [Reeve] would have done it."
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From the outset, we were determined to stay true to the spirit of Superman. We wanted this movie to have more color, style, action, and spectacular visuals than any film of its kind ever made before. But there would be no tampering with the legend.
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Superman has always meant strength and speed and power - someone you can count on. But more, it's a feeling of joy... and hope. In what is certainly one of the most ambitious motion picture projects of all time, we are bringing to the screen the most spectacular adventure of all time. Superlatives are bandied around Hollywood much too freely these days, but our film truly is movie-making in its grandest sense, with all the ingredients multiplied by a thousand. Everyone will be able to enjoy it and relate to it in some way. Everybody wants to fly, to be free... to be really on top of the world - hopefully, a good world.
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Has a son 'Alexis Bonnet Salkind' with ex-wife Patricia Bonnet.
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2 sons with ex-wife Jane Chaplin: Orson Chaplin Salkind (born 1987 in England) & Osceola Byron Malachi Chaplin Salkind (born February 24, 1994 in Orlando, FL).
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