Superhero Movie is a 2008 American superhero parody film written and directed by Craig Mazin, produced by Robert K. Weiss and David Zucker, and starring Drake Bell, Sara Paxton, Christopher McDonald, Kevin Hart, Brent Spiner, Jeffrey Tambor, Robert Joy, Regina Hall, Pamela Anderson, and Leslie Nielsen.

One day, Rick's class goes on a school field trip to an animal research lab run by terminally ill businessman Lou Landers, Lance's uncle.

During the trip, Rick accidentally saturates himself in animal-attraction liquid, which causes a group of animals to flock to him, including a chemically enhanced radioactive dragonfly, which bites his neck.

Testing it on himself, he gains perfect health at the cost of needing to drain life energy from a victim per day.

The Dragonfly starts watching over the city and fighting crime, quickly becoming a media sensation despite being unable to fly.

Meanwhile, Lou plans to construct a machine that will kill people and give him enough life energy to make him immortal.

Rick decides to end his superhero career, but knowing that Hourglass would head to an awards ceremony to kill thousands of people, he gets Albert to take him there.

Jill learns that Rick is The Dragonfly due to a family ring he wears being exposed through a hole in his glove and the two begin a relationship.

[3] It was delayed, and the film later began production on September 17, 2007, in New York, and the director's chair was shifted to Craig Mazin, with Zucker being pushed back to being a producer.

Zucker said the film primarily parodied Spider-Man and Batman Begins, but also spoofed X-Men, Fantastic Four, and Superman.

The site's critical consensus reads, "Superhero Movie is not the worst of the spoof genre, but relies on tired gags and lame pop culture references all the same.

The extended DVD features commentary by Zucker, Weiss, and Mazin, deleted scenes, and an alternate ending.

Sara Paxton performed the song heard during the credits, titled "I Need A Hero", which she also wrote with Michael Jay and Johnny Pedersen.

Star of the film Drake Bell composed (along with Michael Corcoran) and recorded a song for the movie entitled "Superhero!

[citation needed] The film also makes fun of certain celebrities and their real-life actions such as Tom Cruise's Scientology video and Barry Bonds' alleged use of steroids.