We have our first look at David Corenswet in James Gunn’s “Superman.” The suit does fit the “Pearl” actor quite well. In the background, some kind of chaos, no doubt started by Lex Luthor, can be seen.
Back in March, a social media user flagged an article in the Columbus Business Journal which included the claim that Gunn’s ‘Superman’ movie would have a massive budget of $363 million …
The last two ‘Superman’ films, 2006’s “Superman Returns” and 2013’s “Man of Steel,” had production budgets in the $200 million range. More recently, “Justice League” was made for $300 million. So, it’s not so crazy to believe that Gunn’s take on the character will be higher than those older movies.
The amount of pressure Gunn has in making “Superman” is unheard of. Warner and David Zaslav are betting all their chips on Gunn’s DCEU and if it gets off to a rocky start then heads will have to roll. I do wonder if there is as massive an audience as they think for Superman, which has been rebooted a few times already, to mixed results. Batman and Spider-Man seem to be the more popular comic book heroes for movie audiences.
The characters recently united for a cast photo during a script read. The film, which started production in March, and is still filming, is set to star David Corenswet, Rachel Bronahan, Nicholas Hoult, Skyler Gisondo, Anthony Carrigan and Isabela Merced.
James Gunn does at least understand the scale of the assignment. Through his Threads account, the filmmaker confirmed that “Superman” would be entirely shot in IMAX.
The film will be released theatrically on July 11, 2025.
