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Alan Tudyk Has Secret Role in James Gunn’s “Superman”

September 27, 2024
By The Credits

James Gunn’s Superman might have wrapped filming this past July, but new revelations about the cast are apparently still possible. Deadline scoops that Alan Tudyk, no stranger to epic sci-fi and action films (he voiced the beloved droid K-2SO in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and reprised the role in Tony Gilroy’s excellent Disney+ series Andor), is involved in Superman. This marks the second collaboration between Tudyk and Gunn, with the versatile actor voicing the villain Doctor Phosphorus in Gunn’s upcoming animated series Creature Commandos on Max. Nearly a decade ago, Gunn appeared in an episode of Tudyk’s Vimeo series Con Man, which aired from 2015 to 2017.

PASADENA, CALIFORNIA – JANUARY 11: Alan Tudyk of “Resident Alien” speaks during the NBCUniversal segment of the 2020 Winter TCA Press Tour at The Langham Huntington, Pasadena on January 11, 2020 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images)

Superman is the first major effort out of Gunn and Peter Safran’s new-look DC Studios. The duo is committed to creating a unified slate of feature films, TV shows, and video games for the DC banner. The upcoming film, featuring David Corenswet as Clark Kent and Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane, reboots the Man of Steel and sets the stage for the first phase of Gunn and Safran’s retooled DC slate, which they’re calling Chapter 1: Gods and Monsters. 

Tudyk joins Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor, Skyler Gisondo (Jimmy Olsen), Sara Sampaio (Eve Teschmacher), Edi Gathegi (Mister Terrific), Terence Rosemore (Otis), Anthony Carrigan (Metamorpho), Isabela Merced (Hawkgirl), Nathan Fillion (Guy Gardner), María Gabriela de Faría (The Engineer), Wendell Pierce (Daily Planet editor Perry White), Beck Bennett, and Frank Grillo (Rick Flag Sr).

Tudyk can next be seen in one of the biggest upcoming releases of the year, voicing Hei Hei in Disney Animation’s Moana 2, due out on November 27. As for Superman, Gunn’s feature is set to fly into theaters on July 11, 2025.

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Featured image: David Corenswet is Clark Kent/Superman in “Superman.” Courtesy James Gunn/Warner Bros.

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