Ilya Salkind, producer of 1978’s Superman, and thus perhaps kind of the godfather of the superhero movie, has gone missing in Mexico City. I hope it turns out like when Godard was missing. Maybe they’ll find them both together, just chilling in Godard’s Hyundai, smoking sh*tloads of cigarettes.
The 63-year-old — who was born in Mexico City — had traveled south of the border to handle a property he inherited from his mother who passed away a few years ago.
Friends of Salkind tell us … members of Ilya’s staff last saw the legendary producer at his estate in Mexico on Sunday as he was on his way to “handle some errands and get some dental work done.”
However, Salkind has not returned — and yesterday, his friends filed a missing persons report with Mexican authorities.
Salkind’s credited with securing the rights for a live-action Superman movie back in 1974 — and served as Executive Producer on Superman I, II, III. [TMZ]
Time out, a rich guy went to Mexico… to get dental work done? Either that was a lie and he’s really trying to fake his own death, or there’s a 63-year-old movie producer down there walking around with a smile full of pozole kernels.
I also like to imagine Superman himself going down there to look for this guy. He gets halfway there, flies over a mass grave of 30 headless narcos on the outskirts of town, and says, “Yo, f*ck this sh*t,” and heads straight home. You can read about all this in my new book, “Atlas of Xenophobia.”