The gang’s all here, and then some. The first major release from the new and presumably improved DC Studios is, of course, Superman, which is (also of course) directed by James Gunn, who now leads DC Studios along with Peter Safran. It’s not the first overall release (that honor went to Creature Commandos), but it’s the big one, the reboot to reboot them all, yet another version of the man from Krypton and all his friends and foes and family.
And it’s hard to get a lot from this first look, which has almost no dialogue: A painfully injured Superman (David Corenswet) begs Krypto the Super-Dog to take him home, and a little kid chants Superman’s name. Otherwise, the audio begins with an electric guitar version of the classic John Williams Superman theme, which shifts into a more traditional sweeping version—all of which feels very calculated to cash in on Super-nostalgia! (The film will have original music.)
Superman also stars Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane and Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor; both make appearances here, Lois in a very ’70s outfit and Lex characteristically bald. But they’re not alone: This movie stuffs a lot of DC heroes and villains into the mix, and Gunn isn’t saving them for later. We’ve got glimpses of Edi Gathegi (For All Mankind) playing Mister Terrific; Nathan Fillion (Firefly) as Green Lantern Guy Gardner; Isabela Merced (Alien: Romulus) flying in as Hawkgirl; and Anthony Carrigan (switching DC cities from Gotham)as Metamorpho.
Refreshingly, Gunn has said this is not an origin story. In a recent press event, he said, “We just start in the middle of the action … Superman’s already existing. Lois and Clark already know each other. Lex hates Superman’s guts from the beginning, although they don’t know each other personally.”
Gunn also told Variety, “It’s about the basic kindness of human beings, and that it can be seen as uncool and under siege [by] some of the darker voices are some of the louder voices.”
More, presumably, will be revealed in future trailers. Superman hits theaters July 11, 2025.
