It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s (Everything We Know About James Gunn’s) Superman

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James Gunn is making yet different superhero movie, and he’s recovered his Pa Kent. Per Deadline, Pruitt Taylor Vince volition play Clark Kent’s begetter connected Earth, Jonathan Kent. David Corenswet and Rachel Brosnahan volition study to enactment arsenic Clark Kent and Lois Lane astatine The Daily Planet, headed by editor-in-chief Perry White (The Wire’s Wendell Pierce). They’ll apt tally into the Dust Bowl-esque Skyler Gisondo, who is playing boyish cub lensman Jimmy Olsen. The summation of the burdened-but-beautiful Gisondo to Gunn’s Superman revamp and the Daily Planet’s darkroom whitethorn unintentionally bring much memes to Metropolis; however, Gunn does travel from a comedic background. He did movies similar Guardians of the Galaxy, truthful possibly his Superman volition beryllium much of an enactment rom-com and little of a slow-burn superhero noir with jazz euphony successful the inheritance (Corenswet is simply a Ryan Murphy alum, aft all). Here’s everything we cognize astir the film, which was antecedently titled Superman: Legacy, truthful far.

David Corenswet, a treble Ryan Murphy collaborator who famously played Ben Platt’s character’s fellow successful The Politician, is Clark Kent, portion Mrs. Maisel herself steps into Lois Lane’s shoes, per The Hollywood Reporter. The casting determination is rather absorbing fixed their vibes … I mean, Superman has earth-shattering, I-can-move-mountains energy, truthful Corenswet wholly has the situation of summoning an immense magnitude of muscly gravitas up of him that helium can’t excavation from a kitschy Ryan Murphy accumulation oregon Pearl. Brosnahan won retired implicit Sex Education’s Emma Mackey and Bridgerton’s Phoebe Dynevor to play Daily Planet writer Lois Lane. Corenswet bushed The Great’s Nicholas Hoult and Grantchester’s Tom Brittney for the role, making him the 4th Superman aft Christopher Reeve, Brandon Routh, and Henry Cavill — a portion that volition besides service arsenic his archetypal starring role. Serious worldly (for a perchance unserious film?).

Metropolis is filling up with heroes and villians, per THR. Besides Superman, the movie volition prima Gunn mainstay Nathan Fillion arsenic hothead Green Lantern Guy Gardner. Barry’s Anthony Corrigan volition play existent weirdo Metamorpho, Isabela Merced volition instrumentality up Hawkgirl’s mace, and Edi Gathegi volition play Mister Terrific. Hoult made his mode backmost into the representation arsenic the villainous Lex Luthor. His assistant, Eve Teschmacher, joins him for immoderate sexy but evil moves arsenic Portuguese exemplary Sara Sampaio has been cast.

Of course, Clark Kent has a beingness too, which means determination are plentifulness of family, friends, and co-workers to cast. Per THR, Wendell Pierce volition instrumentality connected the relation of the Daily Planet’s large boss, Perry White, portion Skyler Gisondo volition play lensman Jimmy Olsen. Meanwhile, Pruitt Taylor Vince volition play Pa Kent (Clark Kent’s dada connected Earth, Jonathan Kent). Ma will beryllium played by Neva Howell.

Variety reports that Will Reeve, the youngest lad of Christopher Reeve, volition look successful the film. Christopher Reeve was CGI inserted into The Flash successful 2023, which fans were not blessed about. This inclusion feels overmuch much well-considered. Reeve volition beryllium playing a TV reporter, which is his mild-mannered time job.

And it wouldn’t beryllium a James Gunn associated if Sean Gunn wasn’t progressive somehow. Per Deadline, Sean volition beryllium playing Maxwell Lord, who Pedro Pascal antecedently portrayed successful Wonder Woman: 1984. In comics, Lord was a tech-savvy bud of the Justice League earlier turning heel. Pap shots of filming revealed that Lord volition beryllium sponsoring some Guy Gardner and Hawkgirl’s leader careers.

The movie is scheduled to alert into theaters connected July 11, 2025, which besides happens to beryllium Gunn’s precocious father’s birthday. “He didn’t recognize maine arsenic a kid, but helium supported my emotion of comics and my emotion of film,” Gunn said, “and I wouldn’t beryllium making this movie present without him.”

This station has been updated.