Superman is an upcoming American superhero film based on DC Comics featuring the eponymous character. Produced by DC Studios and to be distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, it will be the first film in the DC Universe (DCU) and a reboot of the Superman film series. The film is written and directed by James Gunn and stars David Corenswet as Clark Kent / Superman, alongside Rachel Brosnahan, Isabela Merced, Edi Gathegi, Nathan Fillion, Anthony Carrigan, María Gabriela de Faría, Sara Sampaio, Skyler Gisondo, Nicholas Hoult, Terence Rosemore, Wendell Pierce, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Neva Howell, Beck Bennett, Mikaela Hoover, and Christopher McDonald. In the film, Superman's journey to reconcile his alien heritage with his human family is explored.

Development on a sequel to the first DC Extended Universe (DCEU) film, Man of Steel (2013), began by October 2014, with Henry Cavill expected to reprise his role as Superman. Plans changed after the troubled production of Justice League (2017) and the Man of Steel sequel was no longer moving forward by May 2020. Gunn began work on a potential new Superman film around August 2022. In October, he became co-CEO of DC Studios with producer Peter Safran and they began work on a new DC Universe. Gunn was publicly revealed to be writing the new Superman film in December. The title Superman: Legacy was announced in January 2023, Gunn was confirmed to be directing in March, and Corenswet and Brosnahan were cast in June. The subtitle was dropped by the end of February 2024, when filming began in Norway; it is set to last until August at Trilith Studios in Atlanta and Macon, Georgia, as well as in Cleveland and Cincinnati, Ohio. The film takes specific inspiration from the comic book All-Star Superman (2005–2008) by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely, among others.

It is set to be the first film of the DCU's Chapter One: Gods and Monsters.



Director
James Gunn

Producer
Peter Safran

Screenwriter
James Gunn

Cast
David Corenswet
Rachel Brosnahan
Isabela Merced
Edi Gathegi
Nathan Fillion
Anthony Carrigan
María Gabriela de Faría
Sara Sampaio
Skyler Gisondo
Nicholas Hoult
Terence Rosemore
Wendell Pierce
Pruitt Taylor Vince
Neva Howell
Beck Bennett
Mikaela Hoover
Christopher McDonald

Production Company
DC Studios

Distributor
Warner Bros. Pictures

Release Date
10 July 2025 (Argentina)

Trailer
TBA

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