As the planet Krypton is about to be destroyed, a scientist called Jor - El (Russell Crowe) fires his infant
son Kal - El off into outer space in a tiny pod, which crashlands on Earth.
Not exact matches
We can only guess that his love for the superhero is what led to him bestowing Superman's Kryptonian name,
Kal - El, on his
son.
Clark Kent (born 1979 as
Kal - El) is the
son of scientists Jor - El and Lara Van - El, the best... Leisure Suit Larry 6: Shape Up or Slip Out!
Set to star life - long comics obsessive Nic Cage (whose own
son is named
Kal - El), Burton's film would have followed in the footsteps of his Batman (1989) and Batman Returns (1992), only for the director to walk away when he became exasperated by studio interference and marketing commitments.