James Gunn’s “Superman” arrives in cinemas next Friday, and the media blitzkrieg has been running non-stop with all sorts of information coming out.
New Superman star David Corenswet revealed to Beat that he exchanged letters with the most recent pair of Supermen – Henry Cavill and Tyler Hoechlin – after landing the role. Corenswet says: “Both, in their own words, said ‘I’m not gonna give you tips’ – which feels very Superman. They just shared encouragement and told me to have fun with it.”
Actress Sara Sampaio, who plays Eve Teschmacher, tells Jake’s Takes that a scene in which Ultraman punches Krypto was cut from the film following the scene doing very badly in a test screening.
Gunn summed up the movie’s core story, telling ScreenRant it’s about a Superman “who thinks of himself in a certain way, finds out that isn’t true, and has to recontextualize who he is in the face of that.”
MyTimeToShineH is reporting the film has mid and post-credits scenes, both effectively standalone bits that don’t tease any DCU future projects.
In terms of overall DC Universe plans, Gunn has told Omelete that the “A Song of Ice and Fire” novels, not the HBO adaptation of them (ie. “Game of Thrones”), are being used a “as a reference for the DCU” in the way that while the MCU is “kind of our world,” the DCU is “a different universe, slightly different, slightly transformed”.
DC Studios co-chief Peter Safran says Nic Hoult’s Lex Luthor is “a very important character for us in the DCU, not just in the Superman movie,” indicating he’ll definitely be back.
Asked about Wonder Woman ally Nubia appearing in the DCU, Gunn tells Pay or Wait: “I’m very aware of Nubia. Yes, we are very much talking about that. I want to have all sorts of people represented in the DCU. And, yeah, you might be happy in the not-too-distant future.”
Corenswet tells The Nerdist that with the DCU able to do different tones, he would “love to see this Superman in an R-rated project”.
Gunn tells HT City that DC Studios is currently working on “projects from Korea, Japan, and Brazil”. He didn’t name any, but the Korean one is rumored to be a Huntress project.
The film remains under a tight embargo with reviews not allowed out until Tuesday July 8th at 3pm US-ET – about two days before previews begin. However, the film’s marketing department likely hit the roof yesterday when a review briefly went live over at one outlet before being taken down within a few minutes.
Meanwhile reactions are flowing in from early footage screenings that have taken place in the past week or two, one person describing it as “a live action episode of ‘Superman: The Animated Series’… It’s very Silver-Age. It’s got a lot of those sci-fi tropes. It’s big in spectacle, drama, and laughs. Big in its heart. A very earnest film.”
We’ll all be able to see for ourselves when the film opens in cinemas on July 11th.
