James Gunn Responds to Reports of SUPERMAN's Budget Being $363 Million

A report recently started making the rounds online that the budget for James Gunn’s Superman movie was $363 million.

The film was shot in Cleveland, Ohio which doubled for Metropolis, and this news was first reported News5Cleveland.

The report read: "'Genesis,' according to an application with the Ohio Motion Picture Tax Credit program, has a $363 million budget. It's slated to receive an $11 million tax credit from the state.

“The application states that 25% of the film will be shot in Cincinnati and Cleveland. More than 3,200 Ohio residents are projected to be hired."

“Genesis” was the code name used for Superman while it was shooting. Shortly after the news broke, Gunn responded and debunked the repot.

Gunn took to social media saying: "No. Good God. I wish I had somewhere even close to that!"

He later elaborated by explaining: "I don’t know if it’s faked or if it’s just some weird form an assistant in the Cleveland office filled out putting random stuff in the blanks.

“I sent it to our accountants and financial producers when it first came out a year ago and no one knew what it was. I can just tell you it wasn’t anyone on our team!"

There’s no word on what the actual budget for the film’s production is, but even if it was around $150 million it could end up being around $300 million after you ad in the film’s marketing budget.

Regardless, there’s no way Warner Bros. is going to give any more a $363 million production budget. That’s just ridiculous for any film.