That was a great trailer! But what a weird movie, not really a reboot and not really a sequel. I remember everyone WTFing the kid at the end also

Think back to superhero/comic book movies in 2006. Two Spider-Man movies, Batman Begins had just come out and with this trailer it looked like DC was really on to something.

I think Ironman was maybe in development but I don't think RDJ had been cast yet and IM was a second (third?) tier comic character and the MCU wasn't even a possibility.

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Think back to superhero/comic book movies in 2006. Two Spider-Man movies, Batman Begins had just come out and with this trailer it looked like DC was really on to something.

I think Ironman was maybe in development but I don't think RDJ had been cast yet and IM was a second (third?) tier comic character and the MCU wasn't even a possibility.

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It seems wild now, but the casting of RDJ was a yuuuge gamble. Dude's career had cratered due to drug issues, until Mel Gibson pulled him off the side of the road.

Yep and the Swingers guy was going to direct

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I enjoyed the movie when it came out, and 99% of it was due to the opening credits and the reuse of John Williams' iconic score.

The plane rescue was also pretty dope at the time.

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Same. I just remember the biggest grin while the John Williams Superman march played.

I should rewatch this one. It had a good cast but I just don't recall being wowed.

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Routh was decent. Spacey was pretty great. Bosworth was meh. The kid was meh. James Marsden was only there because Patrick Wilson had a spa appointment the day of casting.

The plot was dumb on multiple levels, at least the real conflict part of it, with the giant Kryptonite island that Superman doesn't seem to notice is Kryptonite, even after landing on it, then somehow has the power to life the entire thing out of the water and throw it into space.

Screenwriting 101: The climax of the movie should never be someone having to lift something heavy, especially when there doesn't seem to be that remarkable of a threat.

As BES said, the airplane rescue was really great, and great use of the theme, and the montage of Superman back in action", and the guy shooting the bullet into his eyeball was cool. This scene and Clark on the oil rig in Man of Steel are my 2 favorite showcases of what Superman's abilities look like in a real-life situation, where yes he's super strong / fast, but still fighting the laws of nature / physics.





The parts where Superman is pretty much stalking Lois and Jason and whatever the kid's name is by floating outside their house are really awkward.


Edit: Had no idea there was a deleted scene of him actually returning to Krypton

Now my feed jumped to a deleted scene from Superman II of Non straight up killing a kid.

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Gene Hackman is one of my favorites. His Lex Luthor will always be Lex Luthor in my eyes. But Spacey did a damn good job in the role as well. I liked Routh as Superman, but don't remember him as Kent. I couldn't even remember the actresses' name who was Lois Lane, but agree she was meh.

And I actually didn't like the whole Lois got pregnant in Superman II bit.

The plot was goofy as well.

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What message is this picture trying to tell us? That he’s taking his time to save a city from being attacked and destroyed? There’s a lack of urgency because he’s Superman and confident? Surely many people have died already in this picture while he’s putting his boots on? https://t.co/23D8hiGGN5

— Leonidas (@Signs2323) May 6, 2024

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When I initially saw this photo, my thought was this could be a "super slow motion" scene where we are able to see how Superman perceives the world around him when he's moving at super speeds. Much like we've seen in scenes involving the Flash where everything slows down around him. That's my take atleast.

The oil rig sequence is a stop down for me. I have to watch it if I run across it for some reason.

And then the flashback when he's a kid with the towel cape(?) playing in the yard with his dog. That is just peak Superman hope and symbology.

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Superman saving the airplane is one of my favorite scenes in any Superman movie. I wish Man of Steel could have had a scene like this…something to make the people of Earth rally around him.

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That definitely is the 1 big shortcoming of Man of Steel. I love the oil rig sequence, but like 20 guys see that and probaby nobody believes it. The only other thing he does in front of people before Zod arrives is destroy a guy's truck. Would have made a lot more sense to have Zod start raining fire on a city and Superman shows up to stop it.

All of the media for the new one feels like it's being intentionally deceptive which I'm not that crazy about.

The Superman movie I always want to see is the one that embodies the scene with his dad in the original, when his dad has the stroke and dies, and Clark tells his mom , "All these powers, all these things I can do and I couldn't even save him."

That's the great moral struggle of Superman that so very rarely gets shown anywhere but comics and cartoons for some reason - he can't save everyone, so he has to figure out how to live with that.

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I honestly don't get this impression at all. The filmmakers simply aren't saying anything. I just feel like there's a difference between being misleading and being radio silent, and I definitely think it's the latter in this case.

The late Christopher Reeve experienced his greatest commercial success playing Superman and his alter ego Clark Kent.

Now, his youngest son, Will Reeve, will make a cameo playing a TV reporter in the upcoming DC Studios movie. https://t.co/6YIT8oyX1L

— Variety (@Variety) July 2, 2024

It looks like Will Reeve, the son of the late Christopher Reeve, will make a cameo as a TV reporter in 'SUPERMAN' pic.twitter.com/sOpQVr0gru

— DC Film News (@DCFilmNews) July 2, 2024

So it appears as though Mr. Terrific, Guy Gardner, Hawkgirl, and unknown CGI character all work for Maxwell Lord (set to be played by Sean Gunn, James' Gunn's brother), hence their (mostly) matching uniforms/the Maxwell Lord logos on each...

Yep, they all have the logo pic.twitter.com/zlx6urjHry

— DCU Updates (@DCU_Updates) July 3, 2024

I really don’t like these suits but it’s also clearly obvious that this is a story decision & they are matching suits with Mr. Terrific & are made by LordTech so I’m hoping they get more comic accurate fits by the end of the movie. pic.twitter.com/xwgKutrFAK

— Matt Ramos (@therealsupes) July 3, 2024

Superman’s own costume is allowed to be grand and joyous while Maxwell Lord implements his own corporate vision of what he thinks heroes should look like.#Superman pic.twitter.com/D2X82VretX

— Green Lantern DCU Updates (@LanternUpdates) July 3, 2024

Gunn always knows exactly what music he's using before filming even begins, and often plays certain songs on set, during the scenes the music will eventually be playing over, just so everyone on set truly gets/can feel the vibe. Here, with Bowie's "Starman" booming, as a bunch of kids excitedly run up to Superman, along with the overall '70s aesthetic, I'm really starting to get a feel for the overall vision, and I'm absolutely into it...

'David Bowie - STARMAN' was heard on the set of James Gunn's Superman (2025) pic.twitter.com/xTXCFAXhqR

— Officer Martinez ➐ (@CBMovieFan) July 3, 2024

I know these are set photos, but seeing kids embrace Superman (and illustrating a clear delineation between corporate influenced heroism and the clear lack thereof) makes me really confident in the kind of story James Gunn is telling. pic.twitter.com/SktZeXyw6X

— Dan Marcus (@Danimalish) July 3, 2024

A super hero that's beloved? Is that allowed?

Is Mr. Terrific in Orion's Astro Harness?

EDIT: Never mind. One image is somewhat spoiler-ish.

Will post just the text, since that's what I found most interesting...

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The DCU is set in a world where The Authority is a government super team and the JLA work for corporate tech companies.

#Superman will refuse to fall in line with this agenda. He is going to show the world that you can inspire and save ppl a different way. Reverse Kingdom Come.

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Pretty sure the CGI character will be Metamorpho, since we know he's in the movie

So the MCU's Civil War storyline?

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So the MCU's Civil War storyline?

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Sounds kind of akin to the Boys

Finally the real star of this movie, Nathan Fillion wearing quite the wig as Guy Gardner

I have actually been to that place. Pretty cool museum.

Nice.

I did not know this. Interesting.

David Corenswet got the role of Superman on the set of 'Twisters' and the cast went crazy, even recording it. 🥹

Glen Powell says he hopes the video is released when Superman comes out.

(via @sabooschin) pic.twitter.com/FS7zIU4glz

— Home of DCU (@homeofdcu) July 18, 2024

James Gunn confirms #Superman has wrapped filming 🎬 pic.twitter.com/BUk3EdhxmR

— Culture Crave 🍿 (@CultureCrave) July 30, 2024

And that’s a wrap.
God bless our cast and crew whose commitment, creativity, and hard work have brought this project to life. I set out to make a movie about a good man in a world that isn’t always so much. And the goodness and kindness and love I’ve encountered on a daily basis… pic.twitter.com/9Y52HEVXpF

— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) July 30, 2024