iF Magazine caught up with Bryan Singer at the premiere of his new Sci Fi Channel mini-series "Triangle" in Los Angeles the other day and got to pick his brain about his much anticipated "Superman Returns" movie. Here's a sample:

Question: Are you still flying back and forth between here and Australia for filming on Superman?

Singer: We're here [in Los Angeles]. Everything is done and we're back. I took a brief hiatus, and cut together a version of the movie. Then I went back and filled in the dots, and I'm now back...I am very pleased with the cut. I've got a nice cut of the picture. It'll be a very funny romantic type of picture, more so than I have ever made before.

Question: How much of the John Williams theme will you be using?

Singer: There will be elements of the John Williams theme, and the opening title sequence should be very similar, if not specifically the John Williams theme. The movie is very involved and there are a lot of elements we haven't seen before, so it will have a great deal of original score as well, but I certainly will use the John Williams theme. It's like Star Wars, you don't want to escape it, you want to use it and it's one of the driving elements of the experience.

Question: Are you still using the Jor-El Marlon Brando scenes in your movie?

Singer: There are elements of those scenes that I am using. There are elements of Marlon Brando, both his voice and his likeness that I am using in a certain way. Jor-El, though he is not alive, he exists in the face and voice of Marlon Brando. For the full interview, click here.

Meanwhile an alternate video interview with Singer is up at IESB.Net.