SUPERMAN by James Gunn (Coming 2025)

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Humor wont be like Guardians or suicide squad
The tone of the film sets it apart from Gunn's previous superhero outings. "It's humorous, but it certainly is not as comic or as much a comedy as either 'Suicide Squad' or 'Guardians,'" Gunn said. "There's plenty of humor in it. People like Rachel (Brosnahan) are so funny and David (Corenswet) is very funny as well, so there's humor in it, but it's trying to create something that is grounded, but also it's an incredibly fanciful world, it's fantasy, it's taking from other things like 'Game of Thrones,' where it's this universe where superheroes actually exist."

About some of the sky action
For the action sequences, particularly the aerial scenes, Gunn and his team are taking inspiration from "Top Gun: Maverick." They're using drones to capture Superman's flight scenes. "We shoot a lot of our action with actual drones flying in and around Superman and the people that he's flying with, Engineer, whoever else, that he's fighting up in the air." Gunn said. "We got these really small, crazy drones now. We've got some of the best flyers in the world here who are working with it."
 

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Gunn said he ain't tryna sneak shyt in just for the hell of it

“Zero,” Gunn emphatically stated when asked how much of the movie is dedicated to setting up other characters or future DC projects. “I mean, maybe two little things, two moments, but basically if something’s there just to set up something else, f–k it.”

For Gunn, this philosophy extends beyond just this film. “Everything needs to stand by itself. I don’t want somebody to have to go see this movie and be relying on anything else,” Gunn said. “If this sets up stuff in ‘Peacemaker,’ which it does, then that’s great. But that is never, ever, ever, with me, going to be something that I’m going to sacrifice even a moment or a beat in a story for, especially a movie.”

Gunn added: “With TV, you’ve got a little bit more leniency to be able to do that. But in a movie, every beat has to be in there for the movie itself.”
 
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More All-Star Superman than Donner

Gunn’s vision for the film draws from various influences while maintaining its own identity. “All previous DC media influenced me,” Gunn said. “I think that obviously the original Donner movie influenced me, but there’s also a lot of things that this isn’t, like I’m not just making a Donner type movie. It’s very different from that.” Gunn specifically cited “All-Star Superman” as a major comic book influence, noting its Silver Age feel and science fiction approach.


Fewer needle drops than his previous work?

The film’s score, composed by John Murphy, will include nods to John Williams’ classic Superman theme while creating something new. “It’s not a soundtrack, so it’s not about the songs,” Gunn noted. “It’s much, much more of a score film.”
 

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More All-Star Superman than Donner

Gunn’s vision for the film draws from various influences while maintaining its own identity. “All previous DC media influenced me,” Gunn said. “I think that obviously the original Donner movie influenced me, but there’s also a lot of things that this isn’t, like I’m not just making a Donner type movie. It’s very different from that.” Gunn specifically cited “All-Star Superman” as a major comic book influence, noting its Silver Age feel and science fiction approach.


Fewer needle drops than his previous work?

The film’s score, composed by John Murphy, will include nods to John Williams’ classic Superman theme while creating something new. “It’s not a soundtrack, so it’s not about the songs,” Gunn noted. “It’s much, much more of a score film.”
All Star Supes:blessed::blessed::blessed::blessed:Hopefully a sign they also show that Clark/Superman is a brilliant scientist in his own right. Superman Animated series struck that balance perfectly :banderas:
 
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All Star Supes:blessed::blessed::blessed::blessed:Hopefully a sign they also show that Clark/Superman is a brilliant scientist in his own right. Superman Animated series struck that balance perfectly :banderas:

Yeah The Animated Series is underrated. It's really good but it takes a backseat to the Batman TAS in the overall discourse
 

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Nah... I truly believe James Gunn will put out a better overall movie with a tighter script but there's not many directors that can replicate what Snyder does for action sequences.




Still one of the best fight scenes in comic book movies history. That and the Batman warehouse fight in Batman v Superman :wow:
 

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I didn't expect to come in here and see box office as a topic but there are no movies where $1 billion is the "floor" anymore because movie theaters haven't fully recovered since the pandemic. They are maybe like 75% back or so...

Yes, a movie can still do a billion but it has to be a cultural phenomenon with years of anticipation.

'The Batman' did around $770M or something like that and probably would have gotten over a billion if WB wasn't still doing the short theater runs leading into streaming on Max..

They later changed that and for example let 'Barbie' cook and that went well over a billion.
Sooooooo movies that people like still do over a billion? Which is my point here

Let me ask it backwards... If this is the GOAT comic book movie... Even top 5... Lets say top 10 goat comic movie of all time.... Does it do a billy?


THAT is my point... No matter how good Ironman was, he was never gonna get there.. And never did. But Wonder Woman can cause it was a good movie and she's iconic.. Well who the fukk is Superman, chopped liver?

Y'all was in here talking like Gunn is the magic man and this is gonna be goated... Don't tuck and run on some $700 is good. Man of Steel did 670 11 years ago... I'm telling y'all if he pull 700 in July, with Marvel having shyt on the table at the same time... this DCU is going to be headed down the same path as the last one
 

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I just hope it's not in the same vein as Suicide Squad, Peacemaker, etc with the humor. Less dudebro humor. Needs great cinematography and story. Just needs to give people that feel good emotion with some good action.
Watching creatures on Max tells me that's exactly what it'l be cause that's who James Gunn is.
 
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