american director James Gunn will be the director of the film Superman: Legacyscheduled for release in 2025, Warner Bros. Pictures said in a statement.
In January, Gunn announced he was working on a screenplay for the popular superhero film as part of the project Gods and monsters with which DC Studios intends to restart the DC Comics universe.
It was also revealed this Wednesday that co-head of studios Peter Safran, will be producing the project which has a release date of July 11, 2025.
“My brother Matt told me he burst into tears when he saw the date. I asked him why and he said, ‘Dude, it’s Dad’s birthday.’ I hadn’t noticed,” Gunn posted, co- head of DC Studios. in your Twitter account.
The notice
According to the statement, Superman: Legacy will show the journey that the superhero created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster will take, and his attempts to reconcile his Kryptonian heritage with his human training as Clark Kent of Smallville, Kansas.
“He is the embodiment of truth, justice, and the American way, guided by human kindness in a world that sees goodness as obsolete,” the letter added.
Production is part of the first phase of the project Gods and Mountains which will also include titles such as lost paradisea prequel to Wonder Woman, or the Batman movie, The brave and the daring.
The development of these productions responds to the interest of the studios to unify and connect in a “coherent way” the characters and stories that are part of the imaginary universe of DC Comics superheroes.
Gunn and Safran took over the reins of DC Studios in October 2022 and prior to the appointment the director had worked for Marvel on the films of Guardians of the Galaxy.
Source: Clarin
