Superdog (2016 Film)

Superdog is a 2015 film based off of DC Comic's canine superhero, Krypto/Superdog and the 2005 TV Show, Krypto the Superdog, premiering in theatres on February 15, 2015. This film is the first of four installments, distributed Warner Bros, starring Ryan Kelley, Dylan Sprayberry, Kira Kosarin, Jesse Eisenberg, Michael Rosenbaum, Mellisa Ponzio, Rene Lavan, and Russel Crowe, followed by a sequel film.

Synopsis
With Planet Krypton near it's destruction, kryptonian scientist, Jor-El, creates a ship to send his infant son, Kal-El, to Planet Earth, using Kal-El's kryptonian puppy, Krypto, to test it, but after a meteor damages the ship, Krypto is put into a dormant state as the ship slowly heads towards for two decades. Upon landing on Earth, Krypto is found by a 16 year old boy, Kevin Whitney, who takes Krypto in and helps the dog control his powers and starts using them for good, right as Lex Luthor's devious genetically enhanced and highly intelligent iguana, Ignatius, puts his evil plan to destroy Superdog into motion.

Cast
Additionally, Russel Crowe and Ayelet Zurrer as Jor-El and Lara Lor-Van, Kal-El's kryptonian parents who created the ship that Krypto tested. Logan Moreau plays baby Kal-El and Tom Welling plays Clark Kent, who is only mentioned as Clark and only seen on the news as Superman. Sabrina Carpenter and Jonny Gray portray Malia Anderson and Ethan Summers, friends that Kevin makes. Robert Girdisch plays the quarterback that picks on Kevin. Gal Gadot portrays Lois Lane. Makayla Jade Bolkin plays Melanie Whitney, Kevin's two year old sister. Allison Mack plays Mrs. Bennete. Keri Lynn Pratt portrays Mercy Graves, Lex's assistant. Kali Rocha plays Andrea's mother.
 * Ryan Kelley as the voice of Krypto/Superdog, a young puppy on Planet Krypton, who belonged to Kryptonian infant, Kal-El, until Kal-El's father, kryptonian scientist, Jor-El, created a rocket ship to save Kal-El from his prediction of Krypton's destruction and used Krypto to test it, but when a meteor crashes into the ship, it activates a safety protocol that puts Krypto in a dormant state for twenty years. Upon landing on Earth, Krypto is taken in by the new kid in town, Kevin Whitney. Krypto soon discovers his powers and decides to use them to save lives, but ends up having to deal with Ignatius and his devious plot. Like all Kryptonians under the radiation of Earth's yellow sun, Krypto has super strength, speed, hearing, breath, heat vision, and flight, but also has a weakness of Kryptonite, radiated pieces of Krypton. Though no literal breed is said, but Krypto appears to be a white labrador retriever. When not saving Earth, Krypto wears a yellow collar with a circular dog tag, with a "K" on it, but as Superdog, Krypto wears a blue collar lined in yellow, with a red and yellow House of El "S" shield for a dog tag, and a red cape with a yellow House of El "S" on the back.
 * Dylan Sprayberry as Kevin Whitney, a 16 year old teenager that just moved to Metropolis from Smallville, and had no friends, until one day, he found a spaceship with a dog in it. He took the dog in and soon discovered Krypto's powers, and taught him how to control them. When Krypto decides that he wants to save lives, Kevin designs a blue collar lined with yellow, with the "S" shield and red cape attached to it. Kevin persues a romantic relationship with his growing attraction towards his neighbor, Andrea Suseman. After touching the ships activation disc, Kevin is downloaded with the ability to understand animals.
 * Michael Rosenbaum as the voice of Ignatius, Lex Luthor's pet iguana, who after being injected with LuthorCorp's secret L61-Chemical, gained vast superhuman intelligence, being just as smart as any of LuthorCorp's scientist, with the ability to speak full english, and being just as devious and strategic as Lex. Using enhanced intelligence, Ignatius challenges Superdog, in an attempt to destroy Metropolis.
 * Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor, the billionaire CEO of LuthorCorp, and an evil mastermind that has been in confrontation with Superman numerous times. Upon being released from prison, Lex continued an unfinished work on genetic enhancements on the human mind, using animals to test it, but was unaware that the formula was a success on his Iguana, Ignatius.
 * Kira Kosarin as Andrea Suseman, Kevin's new next door neighbor, who was kind to Kevin, unlike anyone else. Immediately taking in interest in Kevin, she gained a romantic attraction towards him, but becomes curious of his mysterious behavior. Andrea has a cat named Streaky that befriends Krypto, but she can be a bit naive and unknowingly treats him like a baby.
 * Rene Lavan and Merissa Ponzio as Jack and Amy Whitney, Kevin's parents, who moved their family to Metropolis after Rene got transfered. While Jack works, Amy stays at home and takes care of her youngest child and Kevin's sister Melanie. They constantly get on to Kevin about his new mysterious behavior and how he's not focusing on school.

Trivia

 * Many actors for Superdog have relations to the Superman and/or DC Universe. Dylan Sprayberry, the actor that plays Kevin, portrayed a 13 year old Clark Kent in Man of Steel. The same actors that portrayed Kal-El's biological in Man of Steel play the same characters in this film. Tom Welling not only plays Clark Kent in this, but also plays as Clark Kent on Smallville. Allison Mack, the actress that portrays Mrs. Bennete in this, played Chloe Sullivan, Clark Kent's best friend, in Smallville. Michael Rosenbaum, who voices Ignatius, portrayed Lex Luthor on Smallville. Gal Gadot who plays Lois Lane also plays Wonder Woman in Superman v. Batman. Robert Girdisch, who plays the quarterback jock, also plays one of the teens picking on Clark.
 * The scene in which Ignatius causes Kevin's school bus to crash into the lake and Krypto saves them after hearing Kevin yell for him is similar to the scene in Man of Steel in which Clark's bus crashes into the lake and Clark pushes it out of the water.
 * In the TV Show, Krypto the Superdog, Kevin gains the ability to talk to animals through a universal translator he found in the ship, but in this film, he was downloaded with the ability to understand animals through the Heart of the Ship.
 * The Whitney's just moved to Metropolis from Smallville, which was Superman's childhood home.