Superman Lives is a movie project from the 1990s with Nicolas Cage portraying the role of Superman. The script was written by Kevin Smith and was to feature Brainiac and Lex Luthor as the villains. This was may be a little bit bad but that was on purpose kinda CAST Nicholas Cage as Superman Sandra Bullock as Lois Lane Chris Rock as Jimmy Olsen Kevin Spacey as Lex Luthor Christopher Walken as Brainiac