James Gunn Reveals New Title For “Superman: Legacy” on First Day of Filming
Superman: Legacy has a leaner, meaner title. James Gunn revealed on day one of filming that his new movie about the Man of Steel will now simply be called Superman. “When I finished the first draft of the script, I called the film Superman: Legacy. By the time I locked the final draft, it was clear ...
James Gunn Reveals First “Superman: Legacy” Cast Photo With Filming Beginning Next Week
James Gunn’s Superman: Legacy is flying into production. This has been evident in recent posts and updates, but none more so than the first cast photo that Gunn has shared. It was also made crystal clear during an earning’s call with Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav, who revealed that Superman: Legacy begins filming next week. Gunn revealed this ...
James Gunn Teases “Superman: Legacy” Set in Photo With “Peacemaker” Cast
James Gunn gave two of his Peacemaker stars, Freddie Stroma and Jennifer Holland, a little tour of the lots where he’s set to start shooting a small indie film he’s working on that you might have heard about—Superman: Legacy. Okay, while not technically an indie (not even remotely close), Legacy is the first big feature film slated to ...
“House of the Dragon” Star Milly Alcock Lands Supergirl Role
Milly Alcock is making the move from Westeros to Krypton. Alcock won the highly coveted role of Supergirl after screen testing for DC Studios heads James Gunn and Peter Safran last week, edging out Meg Donnelly. Alcock is expected to appear in possibly two DC Studios projects before starring in Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, which will be ...
Supergirl Casting Narrows as James Gunn Looks to Land DC Studios’ New Superheroine
The casting process for DC Studio’s next Supergirl is heating up and narrowing down as the search for the Kryptonian reaches its final phases. Supergirl will play a huge part in James Gunn and Peter Safran’s new-look DC Studios, appearing in Gunn’s upcoming Superman: Legacy and then starring in her own standalone Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow. The ...
“Superman: Legacy” Update: James Gunn Teases Superman’s Costume, Miriam Shor Joins Cast
With the dual strikes now a not-so-distant memory and Hollywood back into the full swing of production, things are moving very quickly on some of the biggest productions out there. And there are few upcoming films any bigger than James Gunn’s Superman: Legacy, the first feature set to spring forth from his new-look DC Studios, which he’s running ...
James Gunn Confirms Nicholas Hoult Will be Lex Luthor in “Superman: Legacy”
Not only did James Gunn confirm that Nicholas Hoult will be playing Lex Luthor in his upcoming, new DC Studios era-defining Superman: Legacy, but that Hoult would be unlike any Luthor to come before him. The new co-chief of DC Studios shared an image of himself and Hoult on Threads, which Gunn revealed was taken during ...
Nicholas Hoult Eyeing Lex Luthor Role in James Gunn’s “Superman: Legacy”
Nicholas Hoult might pull off the rare feat of going from nearly playing Superman to playing his arch-nemesis, Lex Luthor. The talented Hoult had gotten far along in the casting process for the role of Superman, but ultimately, Gunn tapped David Corenswet to play Clark Kent, while Rachel Brosnahan snagged Lois Lane. Yet several outlets, ...
James Gunn’s “Superman: Legacy” Casts Its Villain
While Marvel Studios looks like they’ve found their next big superhero, James Gunn and Peter Safran’s new DC Studios has just landed their first big villain. Deadline reports that Gunn has cast María Gabriela de Faría to play Angela Spica, aka The Engineer, in his upcoming Superman: Legacy. The Venezuelan actress has had roles in the comedies Animal Control and The ...
James Gunn Clarifies What “Superman: Legacy” Will Be
With James Gunn’s Superman: Legacy in pre-production—it won’t begin filming until the SAG-AFTRA strike is reconciled—fans are understandably enthused about what is a major reboot for DC’s most iconic superhero, arguably the most iconic superhero of them all. Gunn cast David Corenswet as his new Clark Kent, taking over for Henry Cavill, the man who played the ...
James Gunn’s “Superman: Legacy” Cast Shaping Up With Nathan Fillion Joining in a Key Role
Nathan Fillion, welcome to Metropolis. Fillion has now joined the cast of James Gunn’s Superman: Legacy as Guy Gardner, a member of the Green Lantern Corps in the comics. Fillion and Gunn have collaborated a bunch, including in Gunn’s final Marvel film, Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol 3. We haven’t seen any members of the Green Lantern Corps since ...
“Superman: Legacy”: David Corenswet & Rachel Brosnahan Cast as Superman & Lois Lane
Earlier today, we told you about the casting process for James Gunn’s upcoming Superman: Legacy—well, we’ve got a rather super-sized update—your next Superman and Lois Lane are David Corenswet and Rachel Brosnahan. Corenswet and Brosnahan nabbed the highly coveted, hotly contested roles after a weekend of screen tests just this past June 17. The duo was ...
James Gunn’s “Superman: Legacy” Deep Into Casting Clark Kent, Lois Lane & More
One of Superman’s many abilities is super-hearing, and this is sort of what many of the outlets that cover Hollywood are attempting to deploy as they track the casting process on James Gunn’s Superman: Legacy. The names that seem confirmed as the finalists for the two lead roles of Clark Kent and Lois Lane are Nicholas ...
James Gunn’s “Superman: Legacy” Will Begin Filming in Early 2024
James Gunn has revealed that his hotly-anticipated Superman: Legacy will begin filming in January 2024. In a conversation with Wired, Gunn answered a slew of questions about the future of DC Studios, which he co-heads along with Peter Safran, and the sweeping changes they’ve made in an effort to create a completely unified DCU. Superman: Legacy will be the ...
James Gunn Announces Pre-Production Has Begun on “Superman: Legacy”
It’s Superman’s anniversary today, and new DC Studios co-chief James Gunn is celebrating it in style. Gunn revealed via Twitter that early pre-production has officially begun on his upcoming film Superman: Legacy, which is both writing and directing. Superman’s first appearance on the pages of Action Comics came on April 18, 1938, and now, 85-years later, ...
James Gunn Will Direct “Superman: Legacy”
Newly minted DC Studios co-chief James Gunn will be writing and directing Superman: Legacy in one of the studio’s most marquee upcoming movies. Legacy will feature a younger actor in the role of Clark Kent, will be Gunn’s next directorial effort, and is one of the most important new films for the revamped studio under the ...
