James Gunn’s Superman: Legacy Has Been Renamed Superman

James Gunn’s Superman: Legacy has a brand-new name. On the celebration of Superman’s birth, Gunn required to Instagram to reveal that the DCU’s inagural movie has actually been relabelled “Superman.”

Gunn composed on Instagram, “Overjoyed to be revealing the start of primary photography on SUPERMAN today, February 29, which so takes place to be– coincidentally and unintended– Superman’s birthday. When I ended up the initial draft of the script, I called the movie Superman: Legacy. By the time I locked the last draft, it was clear the title was SUPERMAN. Making our method to you July 2025.”

The newly-retitled Superman will be a new start for the DCU, so it’s just proper that it must go back to the start in some aspects. It’s an echo of the 1978 film of the very same name starring the late Christopher Reeve, which set the design template for suphero movies as much as today day. Unlike that movie, however, Gunn’s variation will avoid the popular origin story.

While little is understood about the total story, the pieces have actually been gradually coming together as production gets underway. Recently, Gunn shared the very first image of the cast including David Corenswet [Superman / Clark Kent]Rachel Brosnahan [Lois Lane]Nicholas Hoult [Lex Luthor] and more following a table reading. Milly Alcock has actually likewise been verified to be playing Supergirl

Other movies validated to be part of the DCU strategy developed by Gunn and Peter Safran consist of Supergirl, Swamp Thing, and The Brave and the BoldThe preliminary slate will be entitled Chapter One: Gods and Monsters.

Superman is presently slated for release on July 11, 2025. For more, here’s why James Gunn’s DCU is completely placed to supplant Marvel and a list of release dates for upcoming DC motion pictures and programs in 2024 and beyond

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