James Gunn Announces Global SUPERMAN Tour With New Promo and David Corenswet Tells His Fun Casting Story
James Gunn is taking Superman on the road.
With anticipation building for the debut of the new DCU, Gunn just announced an international “World Tour” for Superman, sharing the news through a new promo video posted on his X and Instagram accounts.
The short teaser promotes the global fan events and premieres that will roll out across the world in the weeks leading up to the movie’s release.
Alongside the announcement came a brand-new poster featuring David Corenswet’s Man of Steel front and center, standing in the same classic pose we first saw in the teaser poster. The dates included on the image show which countries will host stops along the tour.
No full itinerary just yet, but expect major cities and fan celebrations as Gunn and the cast go all in on getting people hyped.
We’re also getting a new featurette offering a glimpse at Corenswet’s transformation into Superman including some behind-the-scenes footage and fresh shots from the film. There’s also a tight little preview that gives fans a sense of the tone Gunn is going for and the physical and emotional journey Corenswet went through to step into the red boots.
Corenswet recently shared a few personal moments about landing the role in an interview with Wonderland, and they’re pretty great.
“I stepped away and answered the phone, and [Superman's director] James Gunn said, ‘David, it’s James Gunn.’ And I said, ‘Can you prove that?’ Because I was in a suspicious mood.”
He went on to say:
“I was able to tell my mom, aunt, uncle, sister, and wife before the news was made public. The last person I got to tell, a few hours after it was available publicly, was my high school theatre teacher, who was the one to convince me to audition for The Juilliard School and is a very close friend.
“He texted back, ‘I’m doing a radio show for this theatre thing I’m involved with in Philly. I’ll call you back.’”
Corenswet continued:
“So, when he was done, I called him and asked, ‘How’s it going?’ He replied, ‘Oh, it’s great! I was talking about this and that David, you know how it is…’ I then said, ‘Oh, did you tell them what it feels like to have your high school theatre student playing the next Superman?’
“And the phone just went dead. Then he exclaimed—I don’t really remember what he said, but it was a really great phone call.”
Superman will tell the story of “Superman’s journey to reconcile his Kryptonian heritage with his human upbringing as Clark Kent of Smallville, Kansas.
“He is the embodiment of truth, justice and the American way, guided by human kindness in a world that sees kindness as old-fashioned.
“It's set in a world very different from ours and far removed from the DCEU. Heroes have been around for ages, and we'll see how it affected this world's history and has shaped the DCU."
It will be the first official film in the new DC Universe timeline, kicking off Chapter One: Gods and Monsters, a rollout that will eventually include five films and five shows, among them Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow and The Brave and the Bold, Clayface, Swamp Thing, and more.
The cast of Superman also includes Nicholas Hoult as Lex, and Rachel Brosnahan as Lois, Skyler Gisondo as Clark’s best pal, Jimmy Olsen; Wendell Pierce as The Daily Planet’s Perry White; Milly Alcock as Kara Zor-El, aka Supergirl; Isabela Merced as Kendra Saunders, aka Hawkgirl; and Nathan Fillion as Guy Gardner.
It also stars Sean Gunn as Maxwell Lord; Edi Gathegi as Michael Holt, aka Mister Terrific; Maria Gabriela de Faria as Angela Spica, aka The Engineer; Sara Sampan as Eve Teschmacher; Anthony Carrigan as Rex Mason, aka Metamorphosis; Frank Grillo as Rick Flag Sr.; Neva Howell as Martha Kent; and Pruitt Taylor Vince as Jonathan Kent.
The movie is scheduled for a theatrical release on July 11, 2025.