US EditionSuperman’s An Immigrant? Director James Gunn Faces Right-Wing Backlash For Claim
UNITED STATES, JUL 8 – James Gunn emphasizes Superman’s refugee origins and the film’s focus on kindness amid political backlash, with the movie projected to earn $135 million domestically this weekend.
- At the TCL Chinese Theatre on July 7, James Gunn avoided political judgment, emphasizing the film is about kindness and morality, not explicitly defending political themes.
- Prompted by Superman’s refugee origin, Gunn frames the hero’s immigrant ethos as antithetical to Trump’s core values, contrasting it with MAGA’s cult of personality and justice-abusing tactics.
- Gunn stated ‘Superman is the story of America’ and affirmed ‘Yes, Superman is an immigrant,’ emphasizing themes of kindness and empathy.
- Right-Wing pundits and Fox News hosts labeled Gunn's film 'Superwoke' and called for boycotts amid conservative backlash over its political themes.
- Superman opens on July 11 with an estimated $90–120 million debut, testing whether its political themes will resonate amid recent backlash.
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Conservatives go after 'Superman' for being too 'woke'
As "Superman" lands in theaters with a new reboot this weekend, some conservative critics are taking issue with the superhero saga being framed as an immigrant's story by director James Gunn. NBC News' Angela Yang reports on the controversy.
Superman is causing right-wing temper tantrums - and we're here for it
Right-wing Americans have labelled the latest Superman movie as ‘superwoke’. Despite its strong opening reviews and debuting on Rotten Tomatoes with 91%, it has sparked political debate about immigration. James Gunn’s ‘SUPERMAN’ debuts with 91% on Rotten Tomatoes. Read our review: https://t.co/3sWy8gsNCU pic.twitter.com/bebVXFbjAb — DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) July 8, 2025 Obviously, as soon as Superman director James Dunn pointed out the …
Why MAGA Hates Superman
Fox News is mad about Superman. Ahead of the new movie’s release this week, multiple Fox shows denounced it as “woke,” with former Trump White House communications advisor Kellyanne Conway complaining, “We don't go to the movie theater to be lectured to and to have somebody throw their ideology on to us.”“Woke” is an ambiguous term—especially on right-wing media, which uses it as a catchall for “thing I don’t like”—but Fox commentators were clea…
The new "Superman" is a bagged immigrant who struggles with the US immigration policy and becomes a victim of online bullying. To comfort him, he gets a dog. Despite the general superhero fatigue, this results in two fidele cinema lessons.
The director of a new action film starring Superman raised a controversy in the United States, emphasizing the foreign origin of the superheroes from Krypton and the role of migrants in the country's history.
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