Jeffrey Tambor filmed his role during a two-day break in the shooting of Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008).
Drake Bell's character is mostly based on Spider-Man. A few years after this movie he voiced Spider-Man in the TV series Ultimate Spider-Man (2012) and shares the same birthday as Tobey Maguire, the original Spider-Man.
Not screened for critics.
Was originally called "Superhero!", because of the other David Zucker movies Airplane! (1980) and The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988). It was changed to "Superhero Movie" because of the success of Date Movie (2006) and Epic Movie (2007).
Michael Papajohn, who plays the mugger who ends up gunning Rick's parents down, originated the role of Carradine--the man who steals Uncle Ben's car after shooting him--in Spider-Man (2002).