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Frank Wilton Marshall (born September 13, 1946) is an American film producer and director. He often collaborates with his wife, film producer Kathleen Kennedy, with whom he founded the production company Amblin Entertainment, along with Steven Spielberg. In 1991, he founded, with Kennedy, The Kennedy/Marshall Company, a film production company. Since May 2012, with Kennedy taking on the role of President of Lucasfilm, Marshall has been Kennedy/Marshall's sole principal. Marshall has worked with directors such as Spielberg, Paul Greengrass, Peter Bogdanovich, David Fincher, M. Night Shyamalan, and Robert Zemeckis. He has also directed the films Arachnophobia (1990), Alive (1993), Congo (1995), Eight Below (2006), and the documentaries The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart (2020), Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story (2022) and The Beach Boys (2024). Marshall has produced various successful film franchises, including Indiana Jones, Back to the Future, Bourne, and Jurassic Park, and has received five Academy Award nominations for Best Picture. His other accolades include the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award, bestowed by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to "creative producers, whose bodies of work reflect a consistently high quality of motion picture production", the David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures, a Grammy Award, a Sports Emmy Award, and a Tony Award. Marshall is one of the few people to have received an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony (EGOT), with one of the awards being non-competitive. Description above from the Wikipedia article Frank Marshall (filmmaker), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Raised in Kansas by Jonathan and Martha Kent, Clark struggles to find his place in the world as he grapples with mysterious powers that set him apart. After uncovering a hidden alien ship, Clark learns of his true origins as Kal-El, the last son of Krypton, through the AI projection of his biological father, Jor-El. Jor-El reveals Krypton’s destruction and entrusts Kal-El with the hope of preserving their legacy by protecting humanity, not ruling over it. Clark begins to embrace his role as Earth’s protector, donning a suit bearing the Kryptonian symbol for hope. However, General Zod, a Kryptonian military leader, arrives, seeking to use Earth’s resources to create a new Krypton. Zod activates a world engine to terraform the planet, threatening humanity’s survival. Clark, now called Superman, must choose between his Kryptonian heritage and the planet he has grown to love. In a climactic battle, Superman stops Zod’s plans, destroying the world engine and defeating Zod in a devastating but necessary act. The world begins to view Superman as a beacon of hope and protector. Post Credits: a wealthy industrialist, Lex Luthor, analyzes the remains of Zod’s technology, quietly scheming to harness its power.
