Release Date: July 11, 2025
Superman is an upcoming American superhero film based on DC Comics featuring the character of the same name. Produced by DC Studios and to be distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, it will be the first film in the DC Universe (DCU) and a reboot of the Superman film series. The film is being written and directed by James Gunn and stars David Corenswet as Clark Kent / Superman, alongside Rachel Brosnahan, Isabela Merced, Edi Gathegi, Nathan Fillion, Anthony Carrigan, María Gabriela de Faría, Sara Sampaio, Skyler Gisondo, Nicholas Hoult, Terence Rosemore, and Wendell Pierce. In the film, Superman's journey to reconcile his alien heritage with his human family is explored.
Development on a sequel to the first DC Extended Universe (DCEU) film, Man of Steel (2013), began by October 2014, with Henry Cavill expected to reprise his role as Superman. Plans changed after the troubled production of Justice League (2017) and the Man of Steel sequel was no longer moving forward by May 2020. Gunn began work on a potential new Superman film around August 2022. In October, he became co-CEO of DC Studios with producer Peter Safran and they began work on a new DC Universe. Gunn was publicly revealed to be writing the new Superman film in December. The title Superman: Legacy was announced in January 2023, Gunn was confirmed to be directing in March, and Corenswet and Brosnahan were cast in June. The subtitle was dropped by the end of February 2024, when filming began; it is set to last until August at Trilith Studios in Atlanta and Macon, Georgia, as well as in Ohio. The film takes specific inspiration from the comic book All-Star Superman (2005–2008) by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely, among others.
Superman will be released theatrically in the United States on July 11, 2025. It will be part of the DCU's Chapter One: Gods and Monsters.
Additionally, Gunn's brother Sean Gunn is expected to appear as the businessman Maxwell Lord,[19][20] as is Milly Alcock as Superman's cousin Kara Zor-El / Supergirl.[21][22]
Superman is an upcoming American superhero film based on DC Comics featuring the character of the same name. Produced by DC Studios and to be distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, it will be the first film in the DC Universe (DCU) and a reboot of the Superman film series. The film is being written and directed by James Gunn and stars David Corenswet as Clark Kent / Superman, alongside Rachel Brosnahan, Isabela Merced, Edi Gathegi, Nathan Fillion, Anthony Carrigan, María Gabriela de Faría, Sara Sampaio, Skyler Gisondo, Nicholas Hoult, Terence Rosemore, and Wendell Pierce. In the film, Superman's journey to reconcile his alien heritage with his human family is explored.
Development on a sequel to the first DC Extended Universe (DCEU) film, Man of Steel (2013), began by October 2014, with Henry Cavill expected to reprise his role as Superman. Plans changed after the troubled production of Justice League (2017) and the Man of Steel sequel was no longer moving forward by May 2020. Gunn began work on a potential new Superman film around August 2022. In October, he became co-CEO of DC Studios with producer Peter Safran and they began work on a new DC Universe. Gunn was publicly revealed to be writing the new Superman film in December. The title Superman: Legacy was announced in January 2023, Gunn was confirmed to be directing in March, and Corenswet and Brosnahan were cast in June. The subtitle was dropped by the end of February 2024, when filming began; it is set to last until August at Trilith Studios in Atlanta and Macon, Georgia, as well as in Ohio. The film takes specific inspiration from the comic book All-Star Superman (2005–2008) by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely, among others.
Superman will be released theatrically in the United States on July 11, 2025. It will be part of the DCU's Chapter One: Gods and Monsters.
Premise
The film explores Clark Kent / Superman's journey to reconcile his Kryptonian heritage with his adoptive human family in Smallville, Kansas.Cast
- David Corenswet as Clark Kent / Superman:
A Kryptonian survivor and a young journalist for the Daily Planet in Metropolis.[2][3] Director James Gunn said the film's version of Superman would be around 25 years old, making him more established than Tom Welling's version from the series Smallville (2001–2011) but younger than Henry Cavill's DC Extended Universe (DCEU) version.[4] Producer Peter Safran described the film's version of Superman as "the embodiment of truth, justice and the American way; he's kindness in a world that thinks of kindness as old fashioned".[5] - Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane: A reporter for the Daily Planet and a close colleague of Clark Kent.[6][3] Brosnahan described Lane as "fiercely intelligent" and feisty.[7]
- Isabela Merced as Hawkgirl:
A superhero with wings and various melee weapons. Merced's short 5 feet 1 inch (1.55 m) height differentiates her from other DCU heroes.[8] Merced felt that her role as Anya Corazon / Araña in the Sony's Spider-Man Universe (SSU) film Madame Web (2024) helped prepare her to play Hawkgirl, though she did not tell the Superman filmmakers about that role in case they did not want her to play both.[9] - Edi Gathegi as Michael Holt / Mister Terrific: A superhero and inventor[8]
- Nathan Fillion as Guy Gardner / Green Lantern:
An abrasive galactic peacekeeper in the Green Lantern Corps. The film retains the character's "iconic bowl cut haircut" from the comics. Fillion previously portrayed Cory Pitzner / T.D.K. (The Detachable Kid) in Gunn's DCEU film The Suicide Squad (2021).[8] - Anthony Carrigan as Rex Mason / Metamorpho:
An archaeologist and superhero who can "transmute elements in his body into various forms".[10] Carrigan said it was refreshing to play a superhero after previously portraying the Batman villain Victor Zsasz in the television series Gotham (2014–2019). He felt that he could bring some "authenticity and truth" to the role by comparing Metamorpho's concerns about his abilities to Carrigan's own alopecia.[11] - María Gabriela de Faría as Angela Spica / The Engineer: A member of the Authority whose abilities come from nanotechnology built in her body[12]
- Sara Sampaio as Eve Teschmacher: Lex Luthor's assistant and love interest[13]
- Skyler Gisondo as Jimmy Olsen: A boyish young photographer for the Daily Planet and a colleague of Clark Kent[14]
- Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor: A businessman and the arch-nemesis of Superman[15][16]
- Terence Rosemore as Otis: Lex Luthor's henchman[17]
- Wendell Pierce as Perry White: Editor-in-chief of the Daily Planet[18]
Additionally, Gunn's brother Sean Gunn is expected to appear as the businessman Maxwell Lord,[19][20] as is Milly Alcock as Superman's cousin Kara Zor-El / Supergirl.[21][22]
