The First “Superman” Teaser Reveals James Gunn’s Epic Man of Steel Reboot
The first teaser for James Gunn’s Superman has arrived, giving us a glimpse of Gunn’s vision for a rebooted, reborn Man of Steel. David Corenswet stars as the legendary Kryptonian who crashlanded on Earth, with Gunn eschewing the usual demands of an origin story (showing us Superman’s arrival and his rise to becoming a protector of all things good) and instead dropping us into a world in which Superman already exists. Yet this first glimpse does give us the sense that people are still in awe of Superman, marveling at what they well know is neither a bird nor a plane.
Corenswet is joined by Rachel Brosnahan, playing Clark Kent’s indispensable partner at the Daily Planet, Lois Lane. Nicholas Hoult is playing Superman’s iconic, savvy, morally vacuous foe Lex Luthor. Although neither are seen in this brief teaser, nor are any of the following players.
Those players make up yet another impressive ensemble Gunn has put together, including Hawkgirl (Isabela Merced), the Green Lantern (Nathan Fillion), Metamorpho (Anthony Carrigan), Mr. Terrific (Edi Gathigi), Jimmy Olsen (Skyler Gisondo), Eve Teschmacher (Sara Sampaio), Perry White (Wendell Pierce), and more. Gunn directs from a script that he wrote himself.
Superman is the first feature film to fly from Gunn and Peter Safran’s new DC Studios, which they’ve been building into a unified universe of stories and characters stretching across TV, film, and games. It’s fitting that Superman is first out of the gate given the character’s unrivaled importance to DC (all due to respect to Batman, of course), and it’s easily one of the most hotly anticipated films of 2025.
Check out the teaser below. Superman hits theaters on July 11, 2025.
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Featured image: David Corenswet is Clark Kent/Superman in “Superman.” Courtesy James Gunn/Warner Bros.
