James Gunn Says New Superman Actor Won't Be Revealed in Upcoming DC Studios Announcement
Ever since it was announced that James Gunn would be writing a new Superman movie that wouldn’t involve Henry Cavill, fans have been wondering and speculating about who would be cast as the new Man of Steel. There have been a lot of rumors popping up recently, but none of them are true. It’s all just clickbait stuff.
One of the rumors that are going around is the Euphoria actor Jacob Elordi was going to be the new Superman, but Gunn shut that down real fast along with all the other rumors saying:
“My thoughts are no one has been cast as Superman yet. Casting, as is almost always the case with me, will happen after the script is finished or close to finished, and it isn’t. We’ll announce a few things in not too long, but the casting of Superman won’t be one of them.”
So, while Superman is the first project that will be developed at Gunn’s DC Studios, the casting of the character will not be announced anytime soon.
The Superman story that Gunn will be writing will be set in Metropolis and it will put focus on an earlier part of Superman’s life. Gunn previously said that “Superman is a huge priority, if not the biggest priority." This first film is going to set the tone for what the rest of this new DCU is going to be. They are setting on a mission to tell the “Biggest Story Ever Told across multiple films, television shows, & animated projects.”
I know a lot of people aren’t happy with some of the decisions Gunn has made so far, but I’m excited and curious to see what Gunn and Peter Safran come up with!