SuperBob

SuperBob
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJon Drever
Screenplay by
Story by
  • William Bridges
  • Jon Drever
  • Brett Goldstein
Based onSuperBob (short film)
by Jon Drever
Produced by
  • Wayne Marc Godfrey
  • Robert Jones
  • Jon Drever
Starring
CinematographyMattias Nyberg
Edited byKatie Bryer
Music byRupert Christie
Production
companies
  • Grain Media
  • Jones Company Productions
  • The Fyzz Facility
Distributed bySignature Entertainment
Release date
  • 16 October 2015 (2015-10-16) (United Kingdom)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

SuperBob is a 2015 British superhero mockumentary comedy film directed by Jon Drever and written by William Bridges and Brett Goldstein, from a story by Bridges, Drever and Goldstein. Based on Drever's 2010 short film of the same name, it stars Goldstein as Bob Kenner, a Peckham postman who becomes the world's first superhero after being struck by a meteorite fragment. The cast also includes Natalia Tena, Laura Haddock, Ruth Sheen, David Harewood and Catherine Tate.

Presented in a mock-documentary format, the film follows Bob as he tries to balance his duties as a government-employed superhero with his personal life on his weekly day off.

The project grew out of Drever's short film and was developed into a feature with Goldstein and Bridges. Filming took place largely in Peckham and other London locations in 2013. SuperBob was first screened at the London Comedy Film Festival in January 2015, where it won the festival's Discovery Award, and was released theatrically in the United Kingdom on 16 October 2015. The film received generally positive reviews, with critics praising its humour, low-budget charm and Goldstein's performance.