Superman star Christopher Reeve‘s career was cut short in 1995, when he was involved in a horse-riding accident that resulted in his becoming paralyzed from the neck down — an injury so severe that he wondered if there was a point to carrying on. But the love and support of his wife Dana Reeve and his family gave him the strength to keep going for another nine years — a story that is being told in the new documentary Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story, which will hit select theaters on Sept. 21, 2024. In the film, Christopher’s son Will Reeve, who was only about 12 years old when his father died, opened up about the first person to visit his dad in the hospital after his accident: none other than actor and comedian Robin Williams. D. Morrison/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images Will explained, “Robin was Dad’s best friend, and you show up for your friends.