The Man of Steel (comics) understand the character of Superman. Others gave numerous examples of why the new Superman was overthought and did not work as a character. In 2003, the story was finally replaced by the 12-issue limited series, "", which added on elements to the origin story of Superman. DC stated that "Birthright" and "Man of Steel" formed the full "official" origin for Superman. "Birthright" made use of many elements of "Man of Steel" that tied into the other series, but also introduced new aspects ignored by Byrne and thus brought back various pre-Crisis elements (such as Lex and Clark as childhood friends
Superhero film "" (2009). Non-Hollywood superhero films were also released, including the American/Spanish production "" (2001), Japan's tokusatsu films "Ultraman" (2004), "Casshern" (2004) and "Gatchaman" (2013), Malaysia's "Cicak Man" (2006), India's "Krrish" (2006), "Drona" (2008), "Ra.One" (2011), "Krrish 3" (2013), Thailand's "Mercury Man" (2006). Several non-action film oriented superhero films were released in the 2000s with varying ranges of success. Brad Bird's "The Incredibles" (2004) for Pixar was a critically acclaimed digitally-animated family oriented superhero film. Other hybrids include "Sky High" (2005) and "Zoom" (2006) which were fusions of the superhero and family film genres, "My Super Ex-Girlfriend" (2006) a combination of