US Edition‘Superman’ Review: James Gunn Puts some Pep Back in Clark's Pants
METROPOLIS, JUL 08 – James Gunn and Peter Safran reboot Superman with a hopeful tone, introducing a new Justice Gang and tackling themes of heroism and identity in a $670 million franchise.
- James Gunn directed the movie Superman, which opened in theaters on Friday, July 11 in UK cinemas in 2025.
- Warner Bros. Discovery hired Gunn in 2022 to lead DC Studios and reboot the DC Universe including Superman, following prior struggles with the character.
- The film stars David Corenswet as Superman, who has recently stopped a fictional war and faced his first defeat to the Hammer of Boravia while battling Nicholas Hoult's Lex Luthor.
- Superman runs 2 hours and 9 minutes, rated PG-13, and features a mix of action, political drama, and a supporting cast including Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane and Isabela Merced as Hawkgirl.
- The movie reintroduces Superman as a more human, kind hero rooted in Cleveland, with implications for future DC Universe films and ongoing political controversies around his alien identity.
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‘Superman’ review: James Gunn gets DCU off to rocky, overstuffed start
In a certain acclaimed musical, characters wonder why Founding Father Alexander Hamilton writes like he’s running out of time. We might ask the same thing of James Gunn. In 2022, Warner Bros. Discovery hired the filmmaker behind the largely fantastic “Guardians of the Galaxy” movies for Disney-owned Marvel Studios as co-chairman and -CEO of DC Studios. WBD tasked him with overseeing the construction of the DC Universe — the successor to the DC E…
‘Superman’ review: James Gunn puts some pep back in Clark's pants
Superman might be the most famous comic book character of all time, but he’s struggled in recent years. After Christopher Reeve slipped off the famous branded cape following 1987’s Superman 4: The Quest For Peace, Hollywood has never quite got it right. Brandon Routh in Superman Returns didn’t exactly fly up, up and away, and Henry Cavill’s dour focal point in Man Of Steel could not withstand the crash-bang-wallop of the Snyderverse. Now we have…
Few, very few legendary characters of cinema generate intense speculations or heated debates when the time comes to choose and announce that new actor or face that will embody it on the screen. The main ones, I would think, have always...
By Juan Carlos Arciniegas, CNN en Español Few, very few legendary movie characters generate intense speculation or heated debate when the time comes to choose and announce the new actor or face who will embody them on screen. The main ones, I would think, have always been: James Bond, Batman, and Superman. Therefore, just days before the release of what is expected to be a new generation of installments about the also-called Man of Steel, expect…
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