#OnThisDay in 1981 #WarnerBrosPictures #featureFilm #Superman II #debuted #inTheaters #TheManOfSteel battles escaped #Krypton85 #PhantomZone #criminals #GeneralZod #Ursa & #Non #originallyFilmedConcurrentlyWithTheFirstFilm but reworked with #director #RichardLester replacing #RichardDonner