Look, up in the sky! It’s a bird, it’s a plane, no it’s…a definitive blu-ray collection of Superman movies?

2011 is a year filled to the brim with superhero cinema and the folks over at Warner Home Video think that now is the perfect time to roll out the most comprehensive high-definition collection of Superman films of all time. Combining all four movies with Christopher Reeve and 2006′s reboot-ish Superman Returns, this set promises to be the ultimate collection of Superman’s first cinematic era.

Boasting both Donner extended cuts of the first two films and over 20 hours of special features, this release is as stacked as could possibly be. There is a lot of similarity in this Blu-Ray’s feature list and the Ultimate Collector’s DVD set that came out in 2006, however, several of the key features have been converted to HD, including the Donner cuts and the wonderful Look, Up in the Sky! documentary.

A full list of features and the Blu-Ray anthology’s trailer can be found after the jump.

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It shouldn’t come as a surpise that pretty much everyone here at The Flickcast (and most of the civilized geek world) is anxiously waiting for more news on the third Batman film. With The Dark Knight pretty much being the ultimate treatment of the character and his world, any info about the third installment of the franchise, so artfully executed by Christpher Nolan and his team, is a very exciting development indeed.

Well, hold onto your seats because news of  the third Batman film is just what we’ve got right now. But wait, there’s more. We’ve also got some news on the Superman reboot too. How’s that for awesome?

Speaking to Empire Magazine during an interview for his upcoming film Inception (which also loooks awesome, btw) Nolan gave some much needed updates on the Batman 3 production as well as some new info about his level of involvement with Superman.

According to Nolan, he still hasn’t officially signed on to direct new Batman movie. “No I haven’t. There is a point where you’re just being precious about it and people get annoyed, but the God’s honest truth is I work on one movie at a time. I’m only capable of doing that, so my head will continue to be firmly in ['Inception'] for another few months.”

There are some things, though, that Nolan can confirm. “My brother is working on the screenplay. We came up with a story that we are very excited about. We particularly like where we are taking the characters and what the ending is… There are things for me to be very excited about in addressing the characters again. But ultimately it always comes down to the script, and can we make a great film from this?

That’s something I will firmly be turning my attention to figuring out fairly soon.” It will be, he said, “the finishing of a story rather than infinitely blowing up the balloon and expanding the story.”

Empire also asked whether the villain could be a returning (and recast) Joker. “No,” said Nolan resisting to elaborate, “I just don’t feel comfortable about it.”

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As its a holiday weekend, we won’t be doing much updating here at The Flickcast. Hey, I have to give the staff time off sometimes. However, if something big happens or we think you need to know something, we’ll be sure to bring it to you. Until then, have a happy and safe 4th of July weekend.

To get you through the long weekend, here’s a few patriotic videos (after the jump, of course) to watch and enjoy that remind us of what a great country we live in. Kudos to the gang at Sci-Fi Wire for the inspiration.

We’ll be back to our regular schedule on Monday. See you on the other side.

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