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Movies James Gunn's SUPERMAN (Amazing Motion Poster, post #686)

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Dragonlordxxxxx said:
Update: March 15, 2023

It's Official: James Gunn Will Direct SUPERMAN: LEGACY, Pic to Launch the New DC Multiverse

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James Gunn is officially making Superman: Legacy his next directorial vehicle. Gunn has been writing the feature since before he became the co-head of DC Studios in November, and it was widely expected he would direct, though it was unclear given his duties overseeing the expanding DC slate with partner Peter Safran.

Superman: Legacy will be the first big-screen feature of the Gunn-Safran era. Warner Bros. has the project dated for July 11, 2025.

“It focuses on Superman balancing his Kryptonian heritage with his human upbringing. He is the embodiment of truth, justice and the American way. He is kindness in a world that thinks that kindness is old-fashioned,” Safran told reporters in late January.

On Wednesday, Gunn explained that he hesitated to take on a Superman movie, even though he was offered the character before ultimately taking on The Suicide Squad for Warners. “I initially said no because I didn’t have a way in that felt unique and fun and emotional that gave Superman the dignity he deserved,” Gunn wrote on Twitter. “Then a bit less than a year ago I saw a way in, in many ways centering around Superman’s heritage – how both his aristocratic Kryptonian parents and his Kansas farmer parents inform who he is and the choices he makes.”

Even after deciding to write, he was hesitant to direct. Explained the filmmaker: “Just because I write something doesn’t mean I feel it in my bones, visually and emotionally, enough to spend over two years directing it, especially not something of this magnitude. But, the long and the short of it is, I love this script, and I’m incredibly excited as we begin this journey.”

Notably, this Superman will not by played by Henry Cavill, the actor who portrayed the superhero in Man of Steel (2013), Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) and Justice League (2017), and who appeared in a cameo in last year’s Black Adam. While Cavill believed he would be wearing the cape for more films, after Gunn and Safran took over DC, it became apparent they would be going in a younger direction for the hero.

Superman: Legacy will mark Gunn’s first time directing an A-list superhero. He made a name for himself taking relatively unknown characters such as Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy and turning them into household names. He also elevated D-list DC characters such as Polka-Dot Man and King Shark to big-screen status in The Suicide Squad, to strong reviews.

The feature is one of the projects Gunn and Safran teased as part of what they have dubbed Chapter 1: God and Monsters, which is billed as an overarching story told via different TV shows and films. Other titles include Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow and The Authority. Also on the big screen will be titles that do not fit into their overarching continuity, such as Matt Reeves’ The Batman Part II, due out Oct. 3, 2025.

For Gunn, who counts Richard Donner’s Superman as a seminal theatrical experience, the release date of Superman: Legacy is significant. “My brother Matt told me when he saw the release date he started to cry,” Gunn wrote on Twitter Wednesday. “I asked him why. He said, ‘Dude, it’s Dad’s birthday.’ I hadn’t realized.” Their father died in two weeks before Gunn began production on The Suicide Squad.

Reflected Gunn: “I lost my dad almost three years ago. He was my best friend. He didn’t understand me as a kid, but he supported my love of comics and my love of film and I wouldn’t be making this movie now without him.”

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/m...n-to-direct-superman-legacy-movie-1235347753/
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I'll reserve judgement until I see who they've cast to play the Big Blue Boy Scout.
 
I do think Gunn is potentially quite well suited, if his goofiness can be reigned in the right amount he does tend to have the brand of sentimentality that's well suited to Superman.

Thats part of why Synder failed for me, he's too much of an edgelord to be suited to Sups, Gunn can be edgy but ultimately makes heart-warming family films like Guardians.
 
only proper director for Superman is Werner Herzog.
anyone else will just make a whiny, feel-good, let's learn lessons together, menstrual bullshit of a movie.
tired of this cliche of having the most powerful beings possible collapse into the temperament of depressed tumblr posters.
 
RedBeard_ said:
I suspect a well-resourced Michael Keaton Batman Beyond film would draw several hundreds of millions at the box office and give Gunn the momentum to complete the projects he wants. I don't see any good reason for him to have cancelled that project.
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Well if he's trying to recreate what the MCU has done then having Batman Beyond right now doesn't work and just screws up the timeline. So it might be in his plans to do way later but for right now if his plans are to recreate the MCU formula Batman Beyond has to be canceled.
 
method115 said:
Well if he's trying to recreate what the MCU has done then having Batman Beyond right now doesn't work and just screws up the timeline. So it might be in his plans to do way later but for right now if his plans are to recreate the MCU formula Batman Beyond has to be canceled.
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It doesn't screw up plans if it makes big money at the box office, thereby finacially supporting his other projects. It doesn't matter if it exists in a separate universe from a new "DCU" (especially considering that they have now introduced the "multiverse"). Just give the keys to a "Batman Beyond" project to Tim Burton, and Gunn can focus on his own crappy DCU project.

The time to do a Batman Beyond saga is now (since Michael Keaton is still alive). It would be lame without Keaton.
 
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Update: May 13, 2023

David Corenswet Top Contender to Play Clark Kent in SUPERMAN: LEGACY; Emma Mackey, Rachel Brosnahan, Phoebe Dynevor, Samara Weaving in Contention to Play Lois Lane; Nicholas Hoult in Talks as Lex Luthor

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The quest for James Gunn’s Superman is up, up, and away. Casting for Superman: Legacy, the feature that is meant to kick off Gunn and Peter Safran’s much-vaunted first chapter of DC Studios, is hitting a crucial phase, with a short list of names bubbling up for the roles of Clark Kent, Lois Lane and even Lex Luthor.

David Corenswet, who recently played the ill-fated projectionist opposite Mia Goth in Pearl, is among the top contenders to play Kent, aka Superman, advancing to the screen test stage that will likely take place after Memorial Day or early June, multiple sources tell The Hollywood Reporter. Two other contenders may also be in the mix but their identities remain unknown.

Jacob Elordi, the sought-after star who broke out as the resident villain on HBO series Euphoria, is a name that surfaced for the role of Kent but sources say he never submitted himself into the ring. British actors Tom Brittney and Andrew Richardson are also names that were in the early mix.

As for Lane, the spunky reporter at Metropolis’ Daily Planet news organization, contenders have been Emma Mackey, one of the stars of the Netflix series Sex Education and who will appear in Warner Bros. title Barbie; Rachel Brosnahan, the Emmy-winning star of Amazon’s acclaimed The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel; Bridgerton actress Phoebe Dynevor; and Samara Weaving, last seen in Scream VI. It is unclear who is advancing on to the testing stage. Brosnahan is said to have delivered an “outstanding” audition but, at 32, may be in the older range for what Gunn is ultimately hoping to achieve, a look at Metropolis heroics via 20-something characters.

Sources caution that some of these are not screen testing and have merely been in the mix. One source, without providing additional detail, dismissed some of the names as “a chatroom list.” Warners had no comment and one insider said the filmmakers and studio “are nowhere near a decision.”

One role that seems to have only one person earmarked is the classic villain Luthor. Nicholas Hoult, currently starring in vampire thriller Renfield, has been tipped to play the bald-headed evil genius. Hoult’s name has been swirling around Legacy for several weeks now with some theorizing he was up for Superman. The actor had a previous close call with the DC movie realm when he the runner-up to play Batman for Matt Reeves, with the role going to Robert Pattinson. “The studio has loved him since Fury Road,” said one source, referring to Warners’ 2015 action classic from George Miller.

And while the roles being chased by many of the town’s up-and-comers include the trio of classic characters, sources say the movie will be populated by many faces as it will seek to introduce DC heroes that are already established in the movie’s setting.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/m...06849bc91b8f1b8df63d299d2fd30ba6f0b57990c1145
 
If they recast Harley Quinn, should be Samara...not sure if any of them scream Lois to me.

Hoult as Lex I'm down with for sure
 
Dragonlordxxxxx said:
Me too. I was hoping I could do a Fantastic Four fancast for the upcoming Marvel Studios reboot. We'll see. But I think they're going to announce the cast this July at Comic-Con.
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Gunn would have been amazing for F.F.
If Driver is definitely one of the leads, then I have very, very little hope for this franchise.
I blame Mephisto
 
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