SuperBob

SuperBob (2015)

Saving the world is easy. Dating is a nightmare.

After six years without a date, Robert, the world's only superhero, is looking for love. The only barrier to his plan is that he regularly has to save the world, so he needs to get some time off if he is to meet his superwoman.

Date of release
2015-10-16
TMDB
6.0 / 10 (99)
Runtime
1h 22m
Genres
Action, Comedy, Romance
Director
Jon Drever

Casting

Interesting facts

SuperBob is a 2015 British superhero mockumentary comedy film directed by Jon Drever and written by William Bridges and Brett Goldstein, from a story by Bridges, Drever and Goldstein. Based on Drever's 2010 short film of the same name, it stars Goldstein as Bob Kenner, a Peckham postman who becomes the world's first superhero after being struck by a meteorite fragment. The cast also includes Natalia Tena, Laura Haddock, Ruth Sheen, David Harewood and Catherine Tate.

Production

SuperBob grew out of a 2010 short film of the same name directed by Jon Drever, on which the later feature was based. Drever said he made the short for a brief about a local hero and conceived Bob Kenner as a superhero from Peckham with ordinary, lonely problems rather than the glamorous life associated with American comic-book heroes.

According to Drever, the short attracted the attention of Film4 executive Katherine Butler, after which Drever, Goldstein and writer William Bridges received a development deal to expand the premise into a feature film. Goldstein estimated that the project took almost five years to reach release, with the screenplay being developed over roughly two years and passing through numerous versions before the team found the right balance between superhe…

The project gained further momentum when producer Robert Jones brought it to The Fyzz Facility, which backed the film alongside Drever's company Grain Media and Jones Co. In Goldstein's account, Jones's support made the production appear more viable and helped move it out of its long development period.

Research for the film included meetings with the Ministry of Defence about how the British state might respond if a real superhero existed, an idea that informed the film's satirical portrayal of Bob as an overworked government employee. Principal photography began in July 2013 and took place over roughly three weeks, largely in Peckham and other London locations.

The film then spent about a year in editing as the team worked to balance its improvised comic material with the story's more emotional beats.

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