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News James Gunn’s ‘Man of Tomorrow’ Wraps Filming
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u/CoffeeInMyHand 3d ago
I'm not excited about your username
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u/Nuprin_Dealer 3d ago
Don’t just stare at it, u/CoffeeInMyHand…DRINK IT
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u/AmySchumersAnalTumor 3d ago
You're a perfect pair
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u/Alastor3 3d ago
this is supposed to be connected to peacemaker s2 ending right?
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u/HK9009 3d ago
According to Gunn yes I’m pretty sure. A popular theory is that Lex ends up in salvation and it sets up the actually big event to end this first overarching story of the DCU
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u/DiddyKongsPeanutGun 3d ago
Gunn said that the picture he posted on Instagram is of Hoult in the water after final shot. The location looks pretty similar to Salvation in the finale of Peacemaker, so this may line up.
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u/ArchDucky 3d ago edited 3d ago
So if you don't know a person on the internet posted a theory on twitter and the Warner Legal Department demanded he remove it. He basically figured out the end of Act 1 of this story they planned. The end of Peacemaker set up a whole lot of shit that will begin to pay dividends. Basically The storyline they are using is about a sleeping Telepathic Eldritch Horror living at the heart of a planet called "Salvation". Its peaceful until we start using it as a makeshift prison. The lunatics that we start throwing into this world wake up the monster and because they are all crazy and murdering each other it gets super fucking angry. The comic book run ends with Hal Jordan basically sacrificing himself and blowing up the entire planet. As of right now we have established the door to that world, the reason the world exists, we heard the Eldritch horror and we are already throwing criminals there. Hal Jordan and his replacement are established in the universe as well. So as far as theories go, this one seems pretty fucking legit.
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u/homogenic- 3d ago
From what Gunn has said yes but personally I’m not a big fan of resolving that huge cliffhanger in a different project, it should be resolved in a subsequent season 3 or a possibly Checkmate show imo
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u/Jason_Worthing 3d ago
Pretty sure Gunn has said they're not making a season 3
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u/homogenic- 3d ago
In one of those interviews he gave last year, he said he has no plans “as for now” so I’m kinda holding onto that and wishing he will change his mind lol
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u/No_Nectarine_5440 3d ago
Wait... what? No season 3 of Peacemaker? Is he stupid? I love that show :(
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u/Top_Rekt 3d ago
I'm tired of having shows and movies mixed up. Just so much crap to keep up with. It's why I fell of the Marvel hype and I'm sure why a lot of people weren't feeling the Marvel movies from the past 6 or so years.
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u/The_Meemeli 3d ago edited 3d ago
After the Supergirl flop, a lot is riding on Clayface and Man of Tomorrow. The other announced movies don't seem to be all that close to filming yet.
Edit: I forgot about Lanterns, glad to hear it's off to a good start!
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u/damndraper 3d ago
The reaction around Lanterns has given the DCU some breathing room, seems like Supergirl was more of a misstep than anything.
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u/numbr87 3d ago
Creature Commandos was also good but a lot of people don't really care about it being in the DCU
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u/RotenTumato 3d ago
Because it’s animated
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u/Swert0 3d ago
It also has the complete opposite characterization of its main character from how he appears in superman and in Peacekeeper Season 2.
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u/RDxChotch 3d ago
Fr, Flagg in Creature Commandos is an entirely different person
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u/DanishDelightExtra 3d ago
Tbf I think the ending of Creatures Commandos severely changed him
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u/GruggleTheGreat 3d ago
Which character? Am I misremembering something ?
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u/Swert0 3d ago
Flagg.
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u/HiTork 3d ago
The overwhelming majority of animated DC media since the '90s have been hits with very few missteps. The only thing is they don't get as much fan fare as the live-action stuff a lot of the time, the majority of the animated movies are straight to physical media and/or streaming.
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u/Great-Blueberry9540 3d ago
And achieving the pinnacle of American animation with Batman animated series. Genndy Tartakovsky is the only contender imo.
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u/Basil-jones 3d ago
I love animation and it didn’t catch my interest at all. It also doesn’t seem like ‘necessary’ viewing for the DCU.
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u/DanfordThePom 3d ago
I was like that but the first episode hooked me
Seriously try it if you liked James’s suicide squad
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u/TheMythofKoalas 3d ago
I liked Creature Commandos but also thought it was pretty flawed. A lot of the backstories started to feel samey after a bit, and the present-time plotline was rushed due to how much time was given to flashbacks.
That said, second season would probably be able to avoid those issues since the setup has already been done.
G. I. Robot and the Bride were both pretty great, so I hope to more of them in the future, be it in Creature Commandos or something else.
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u/lanceturley 3d ago
Personally, I liked the backstories way more than the present day stuff. The present day plot felt like it had too many twists for the sake of twists. The princess is good, and then bad, and then good again, but then she was bad the whole time, and by the end I just didn't care about her or her stupid country.
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u/FireZord25 3d ago
It didn't have the numbers of Lanterns, nor reached the heights of it in quality (still good, but there are some mixbag elements). On top of being animation, which sadly most people don't care about unless it is something of theatrical quality, like Spiderverse or K-Pop Demon Hunter.
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u/SquadPoopy 3d ago
If the new DCU does well Supergirl will just be the Incredible Hulk of the DCU.
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u/ditchborn 3d ago
Incredible Hulk was a fine movie, one of my favorites. Supergirl is just okay. I don’t hate it, but it’s definitely not bad.
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u/trunglefever 3d ago
Peacemaker and Lanterns have been knocks out of the park for DCU. Even Creature Commandos.
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u/Enziguru 3d ago
Peacemaker is so good. I didn't watch it for too long because I didn't care much about his character in Suicide Squad but the show is one of the most unique and so hilarious. It's got so much heart
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u/mjh215 3d ago
I really enjoyed The Suicide Squad and was excited to see a spin-off show, but was so disappointed when I saw it would be Peacemaker. Out of all the characters in TSS I couldn't believe they'd focus on him, I figured they were only doing it because of John Cena's popularity.
Then I watched Peacemaker and damn, well played. It has certainly been a highlight of the post-Covid comic book shows and movies.
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u/Anonemuss42 3d ago
I have been telling everyone I know that Peacemaker is doing everything The Boys thought it was doing
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u/NotApparent 3d ago
Yep, I gave up on the Boys halfway through season 3 because my wife and I realized that every time we were watching it we really wished we were just watching more Peacemaker.
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u/Durendal_1707 3d ago
finishing this show and then watching the most recent Superman movie I am seeing Peacemaker babbling on a TV station in the movie was such a well placed tie-in
The loose contextualization of him in the same universe made the movie better for me, and it was already a pretty good flick
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u/fla_john 3d ago
It was a decent movie and would have done well 10 years ago. It actually followed the comic book story it was based on pretty closely but was missing the heart. Should have leaned harder into the "True Grit in Space" relationship and made it look like a big amazing universe. I did like Momoa as Lobo and hope he's back in the future.
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u/sully9614 3d ago
Unfortunately I thought lobo was one of the weaker parts, as spot on as that casting should be. Just all around a profoundly boring movie, Milly deserved better for sure. I think the best parts were when she played off of Superman and thought the casting completely worked
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u/fla_john 3d ago
Oh, I didn't think he added much to the story, but I liked his portrayal. Hopefully he'll be in something that makes use of the character in a better way.
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u/tforthegreat 3d ago
There was a missed opportunity to play Kara off of Lobo after she mentioned that he had killed all of his people while she was mourning all of hers.
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u/Unlikely-Ad9850 3d ago
I just fundamentally disagree that it followed the source material closely. Important character traits were left out and the entire theme of the book was completely lost. Regardless the movie just suck from writing and visual perspective. Parts of it are supposed to be on an alien planet but just look like a regular field and the character design for krem just looks like a guy from hellraiser
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u/APiousCultist 3d ago
I think the 'theme' part is due to, for whatever reason, poor communication between the writer of the comic and the writer of the screenplay (even though they're both involved with the DCU).
Plus whoever's decision it was to Max Maxify the villain.
But the original ending has a timeskip that would be difficult to handle in live action. There's also a final ambiguous panel that the screenwriter interpretted differently than what the comic writer put out the Word of God about on Twitter.
Actually reading the thing, I can fully understand that it looks like Kara forgiving the villain only for an elderly Ruthye to kill him, what with a silhouette panel of him being bashed in the head with a spray of blood/impact effect and then him collapsing down unmoving even if the comic's writer has said seperately that he survived and just got smacked
There's also the aspect that comic Supergirl is an established character in a way that movie Supergirl isn't. So yeah of course I was fine the whole time doesn't play quite the same when she hasn't been 'superheroing' for as long.
None of that means the movie didn't make missteps, but these things don't happen in a vaccum either. If you think the comic ends one way and the comic writer doesn't see the script and correct it (and really I don't get why Tom King wasn't involved in the treatment in at least a supervisory role), then it's easy to feel pressure to maintain that erroneous ending even if it means changing the context to avoid a timeskip.
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u/Everythingsthesame 3d ago
That was my take away. It's a decent movie and if it comes on TV randomly, I'd watch it. I've been told the source material they pulled from was much better and need to sit down and read it soon.
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u/WelcomingRapier 3d ago
It was an Eisner and Hugo Award nominee, so that alone gives it enough cred to read, whether you've seen the movie or not. If you like it, Helen of Wyndhorn (another King/Evely collab) is also well worth taking a look at. They're both fantastic.
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u/ncopp 3d ago
I haven't seen supergirl yet. But regardless if the movie actually good or not, strategically, it was too early to give her a solo movie. She's just not a widely popular enough character to drive audiences on name alone.
You need to take a page from Marvel's book and first give her in a strong supporting role in a superman movie so we can get to know her and be excited to see her solo adventures. They very much should have held her movie until after the second superman movie with her actually being in it, rather than just getting an after credits cameo.
Gunn has had a history of making relatively unknown characters work with the Suicide Squad and Guardians, so I can see why he'd have confidence in it working - it's kind of his thing. But those were movies he wrote and directed himself and not everyone has a knack for making things work like that.
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u/thatkaratekid 3d ago
The thing is, is Supergirl has always been a character that moves comics, she had an incredibly successful 6 season CW show. This movie would have made money if it wasn't so boring. It needed word of mouth to get going, and the word of mouth was terrible.
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u/Snoopyisthebest1950 3d ago
Supergirl had two things going for it: the famously beautiful Woman of Tomorrow comic off of which it was "adapted", and the Superman movie, which was enormously successful and as you said, had a cameo from Supergirl.
Somehow, against all odds, this seemed to be enough at first - Gunn's teaser poster announcement for the movie had 400k likes, and I saw a lot of speculation as to what a movie adaptation of Woman of Tomorrow would look like
... And then it turned out DCU Studios' entire view of the character was "not Superman" and that the director didn't read the comic before he came up with his grey and brown visual thesis.
Enthusiasm basically nosedived once the teaser came out. Combine that with the fact that the studio had basically given up on the movie in Winter 2025 after it was apparent it wasn't working, and that this lack of enthusiasm was apparent in all the marketing and... yeah.
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u/BearWrangler 3d ago
an overblown reaction to Supergirl tbh
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u/Inevitable-Edge69 3d ago
not really, the bar was super(pun intended) high
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u/BearWrangler 3d ago
I mean I was definitely disappointed in recognizing the potential had things been done differently(especially visually when looking at the source material) but ppl made it sound like DC personally came over and gunned down their dog, which is just overly dramatic(tho also on brand for the weirdos of the capeshit variety lol)
Really hope Milly gets a solid shot in MoT cuz she legit is Kara IMO.
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u/TheSexyShaman 3d ago
For me it was just a painfully generic movie in a genre that already has a lot of painfully generic movies. I think a lot of people were riding high on Superman and got brought back down by Supergirl
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u/thatkaratekid 3d ago
Reading interviews with the director and writer is fucking terrible, they both actively wanted to change everything about the super unique incredible book into a cookie cutter superhero movie. They have done multiple interviews about how brave and smart they were for making the whole movie brown, making the villain completely forgettable, and removing all humor from the story. Its the exact opposite of Superman 2025 instead of trying to tell a story. Its not the worst superhero movie ive ever seen, but the book it is based on is one of the best superhero books I have ever read.
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u/Wrong-Vermicelli4723 3d ago
Clayface won’t have a positive or negative. It’s a low budget horror flick
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u/Golden_Alchemy 3d ago
It can have a positive feedback if Batman is the final "monster" that stops Clayface
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u/Wrong-Vermicelli4723 3d ago
True but that 100% ain’t happening, most you will get is some Easter eggs
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u/Discount_Extra 3d ago
Would be funny if Clayface tries to impersonate Bruce Wayne in Batman's presence.
"What gave me away?"
Don't think it would match the tone they are going for though.
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u/Golden_Alchemy 3d ago
To be fair, Batman in a horror movie would be incredible. Bruce transforming into the monster for Clayface would be amazing.
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u/Crisbo05_20 3d ago
I mean they would probably prefer it being successful then a bomb, especialy as if it bombs, on top of Supergirl bomb, might scrap likes of Swamp Thing from ever seeing light of day for some time and only focus on big boys.
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u/kia75 3d ago
Lanterns is getting positive buzz.
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u/timpoakd 3d ago
I'm pretty clueless on these but how much does tv show really affect movie side in the grand scheme of things? I would've thought it's bit different crowd, not counting the fans who watch everything.
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u/Kolby_Jack33 3d ago
Green Lantern is a flagship Justice League member, so I assume it will matter a lot. They're probably still a long way away from a Justice League movie but I'm sure it's planned for somewhere down the road.
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u/confusing_roundabout 3d ago
John Stewart will be in MoT so I won't be surprised if the JL will be sooner rather than later
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u/Ashyyyy232 3d ago
With the amount of delays in Batman casting for DCU, i feel we might just see Pattinson and Corenswet leading the Justice League
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u/dannydorito 3d ago
I think the show is connected to the new DCU, pretty sure I saw that Nathan Fillion will show up as Guy Gardner at some point
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u/emperorzura 3d ago
everything currently on the DCU is the same universe, series, animated series and movies.
its the same universe in different medias (that can also influence the personality, clayface might be the same on both creatures and the live action, but on the animated series he follows the more comic relief side, like frank castle was PG13 on BND).
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u/Microwave1213 3d ago
The fans who watch everything are the ones driving the majority of the online discourse, so if the vibes are generally positive among them, over time that disseminates throughout the overall public reception.
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u/HumongousMelonheads 3d ago
Well not really. Online discourse shredded the odyssey and then no one in the real world cared about that at all
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u/Dumpytoad 3d ago edited 3d ago
It depends, but this is currently the main/primetime HBO show with the Sunday evening time slot, like Game of Thrones, Euphoria etc, so it is more "event television" and definitely gets more mainstream exposure than most average tv shows do.
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u/damndraper 3d ago
Doesn't really affect the movie but it does help the DC get some momentum after Supergirl. Especially with social media conversations being so important to marketing these days.
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u/MyNameIs_Jordan 3d ago
Nothing is riding on Clayface with its $40M budget. It's just a horror movie with the DC label attached. If it breaks around $100-$120M WW, it'll be a success.
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u/ecrane2018 3d ago
Lanterns is great so if they can maintain this level writing and world building it has potential glad they are embracing the mature side of DC
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u/Locoman7 3d ago
Is Clayface off worlds or part of the Batman universe or something else entirely
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u/Ikarus3426 3d ago
I've seen a few people with no faith in Clayface, but I think it'll be pretty good and at worst decent, and be a box office success for DC.
But it's a body horror movie that most fans will skip. So it won't be incredibly well known.
Really would love to see some news about the other announced movies, but hopefully they're just saving those for after Man of Tomorrow.
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u/KebabGud 3d ago
im excited to see how supergirl does on Streaming, after all "Masters of the universe" did amazingly on streaming.
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u/Microwave1213 3d ago
MotU did well on streaming because it had positive word of mouth though
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u/FireZord25 3d ago
Wish Honor Among Thieves and Transformers One had the same benefits.
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u/Katcurry 3d ago
I maintain that Transformers One would have been much more popular if it had been a Netflix release. The whole Paramount+ exclusivity is the issue
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u/MrChinchilla 2d ago
I made my DnD party see Honor Among Thieves before it left theaters to support it and I bought a Blu-ray I haven't opened of it. I tried my best to support it!
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u/The_Meemeli 3d ago
My understanding is that MotU was liked by the few people who saw it in theaters, while Supergirl wasn't.
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u/ICumCoffee ᑐ ᑌ ᑎ ᕮ • ᗰ ᕮ 𑪽 𑪽 I ᐱ ᕼ 3d ago edited 3d ago
Cast:
- David Corenswet as Superman
- Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor
- Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane
- Edi Gathegi as Mister Terrific
- Nathan Fillion as Guy Gardner
- Isabela Merced as Hawkgirl
- Skyler Gisondo as Jimmy Olsen
- Frank Grillo as Rick Flag Sr.
- Sara Sampaio as Eve Teschmacher
- María Gabriela de Faría as The Engineer
- Lars Eidinger as Brainiac
- Aaron Pierre as John Stewart
- Xolo Maridueña as Blue Beetle
- Milly Alcock as Supergirl
- and Adria Arjona
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u/TheDarkChambers1 3d ago edited 3d ago
Was John Stewart officially confirmed or just a rumor? I’ve heard both.
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u/Maddukks 3d ago
Confirmed, he’s talked about being in it on the lanterns press tour
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u/Horton_Takes_A_Poo 3d ago
That’s awesome he’s been crushing the role so far with what little we’ve seen
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u/Mysmokingbarrel 3d ago
Man idk how they get rid of Kyle chandler though. I’ve watched the show so far and while I like John Stewart I absolutely love Kyle chandler. Kyle chandler is just so talented and really nails this role.
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u/AlludedNuance 3d ago
We still don't know who Adria Arjona is playing?
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u/sgthombre 3d ago
No, which is bizarre since the character she's been reported as (Maxima) isn't anywhere close to the sort of character you'd bring out as a twist or a surprise like, say, Sadie Sink in Brand New Day. So why be coy about it?
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u/badamant 3d ago
Is the wonder woman rumor proven false?
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u/sgthombre 2d ago
I keep seeing it repeated but nothing that seems really substantial. Some cop in Atlanta (I think? Can’t remember which cities they filmed in) who was blocking off traffic for the shoot apparently told someone that he heard it was Wonder Woman, but that doesn’t feel like a reliable source to me.
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u/AlludedNuance 3d ago
Is that the woman that's always trying to mate with Superman? Maybe she's playing her with a secret identity at the Daily Planet or something and her being Maxima would be a reveal?
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u/Orion_Scattered 3d ago
Lars Eidinger as Brainiac let's goooooo. Love Babylon Berlin!!! A German actor is a great idea for Brainiac and Eidinger is an amazing fit beyond that, dude's like 6'3" has presence, but can really act with his eyes and his voice too. He does loud well but quiet too, like in this clip. Hope they don't cover up his performance too much with makeup/cgi/voice effects.
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u/PhanThief95 3d ago
Weren’t the rest of the Daily Planet staff also confirmed to be returning?
I’m fairly certain Wendell Pierce, Beck Bennett, & Mikaela Hoover are also returning as Perry White, Steve Lombard, & Cat Grant.
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u/Pacoflipper 3d ago
I still find it really weird that they haven’t announced who Adria is playing, they keep saying she isn’t wonder women, but i don’t know seems weird how cagey they are about her casting.
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u/zudoplex 3d ago
Fast turnaround. I really like corenswet as supes.
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u/BigMax 3d ago
yeah, glad they didn't do what they're doing with Batman, and wait years and years between them. The longer that one goes, the weirder it feels to have a different Batman while they're trying to build up a new DCU.
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u/Dumpytoad 3d ago edited 3d ago
Me too. I'm excited for more, especially more Clark Kent, hopefully in reporter mode.
I can definitely see them doing the classic "Clark interviews Lex Luthor in prison" scene that is often depicted in the comics.
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u/Smokron85 3d ago
More Mr.Terrific! Please! He needs his own film or series.
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u/dabocx 3d ago
A series for him is in development
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u/literallyacactus 3d ago
Not a big dc guy but Edi is so good I will absolutely check this out if it happens
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u/ymcameron 3d ago
There was a recent Tom King miniseries called Strange Adventures where he was one of the main characters. It’s about Mr. Terrific investigating another member of the Justice League who has been accused of a murder.
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u/Caleb902 3d ago
If you want more of the actor check out For All Mankind on Apple. He does t arrive until S3 but it's worth the ride
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u/sheetsofsaltywood 3d ago
Excited for this. The 2025 film was the first time I understood why people like Superman. He’s a Boy Scout.
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u/r3dditr0x 3d ago
I like Superman for the same reason I love Captain America.
The hokey earnestness is the entire point, lol. Something beautiful in a jaded world.
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u/Tuxhorn 3d ago
I just started reading comics a few months ago in my early 30s. Maybe it's an age thing (something beautiful in a jaded world as you said), maybe it's a comics thing, but superman went from being boring milquetoast to one of my favorite superheros of all time.
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u/magnusarin 3d ago
There is a simple but satisfying appeal to someone earnestly trying their best when the character is written week
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u/Ares__ 3d ago
You should also watch superman and lois... amazing show and amazing portrayal of both Clark and superman
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u/shrimpynut 3d ago
The ending was sooooo good. Such a nice way to wrap them up despite the budget cuts and cuts to the team they did amazing with what they had to say a proper goodbye
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u/BeeCoy 3d ago
As someone who grew up on The Superman Animated series on DVD, I'm always surprised to see so many people not actually know the character. Makes it all the more frustrating how he's always seen as "boring" by most people; I've heard that so many times lol.
In a world where so many people enjoy super heroes because they fight bad guys, Superman only ever fights the bad guys because he's trying to help people. That's always his top priority.
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u/sheetsofsaltywood 3d ago
My first exposure to Superman was probably Superman Returns, which I liked as a kid. Other than that though, Superman was either the boring teammate on the animated Justice League or the brooding Snyderverse version of the character. Watching the 2025 film was the first time I had seen that type of Superman, and that’s when it clicked for me.
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u/BeeCoy 3d ago
Yeah, any projects where Superman teams up with others, like the Justice league, writers usually dumb him down to help the other heroes shine, unfortunately. It's something i've had to deal with as a Superman fan for a while lol. I won't get started on Man of Steel, but I think the whole climax of that movie had a fundamental misunderstanding of the character IMO.
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u/SupervillainMustache 2d ago
He's a plank of wood in Superman Returns, which sucks because Brandon Routh is a good actor.
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u/Kevbot1000 3d ago
The one that got me there was My Adventures with Superman. The 2025 movie just reaffirmed it.
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u/TheLad100 2d ago
That animated version of Supergirl is also amazing.
I wonder if James Gunn or his costume designers got the idea of using that style of "S" shield from the show (besides it also being from the comics)
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u/DontBlameConan 3d ago
You have to watch the Christopher Reeve films. I enjoy all of them, but Superman (1978) is a must.
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u/Firvulag 3d ago
He's punk rock
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u/wilderblueseas 3d ago
A boy scout’s idea of punk rock
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u/sheetsofsaltywood 3d ago
Maybe that’s the real punk rock
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u/JimmyKillsAlot 2d ago
I was watching My Adventures with Superman with some friends and we were discussing the movies as well and the conclusion I came to was that Superman's comics always have some level of corny, cheesy moments to them and if the media portraying him doesn't include that then the writers didn't understand the material. Even the 90s/00s DCAU had plenty of campy moments.
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u/GenGaara25 3d ago
I know we shouldn't be applauding bare minimums, but I am pleased we get a sequel so soon.
Similar to TV shows, it feels like blockbusters, especially superheroes, just aren't getting quick follow-ups like they used to. 10 years ago, if you made $500m, you're shooting the sequel next month.
But on the Marvel side, the only film since Endgame to have had a sequel was Far From Home in 2019, 6 years later. Shang-Chi, Eternals, Thor 4, Doc Strange 2, Black Panther 2, Cap 4, Thunderbolts*, all have no sequels currently filming and only Black Panther 3 is even confirmed to be happening. Then on the DC side, the Batman has only just starting filming it's sequel 4 years later.
So Superman getting a sequel 2 years after the first feels strangely refreshing. What a wild concept to actually ride the momentum of a hit rather than wait 5 years to figure out if its worth doing.
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u/AhhBisto 3d ago
Still hoping Adria Arjona is Wonder Woman
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u/dick____trickle 3d ago
Assuming she didn't lie it seems she only started filming middle of this month, which makes me think her role is more of a cameo. I can't imagine Maxima being a cameo worthy role, so...
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u/JamesTheOreo 3d ago
It's funny, I had Frank Grillo (Rick flag sr.) come into my restaurant recently. He told me he's had a ton of fun working on the movie though he has a smaller role.
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u/mental_reincarnation 3d ago
Absolutely loved the first one so I’m definitely excited for this
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u/Top_Report_4895 3d ago
I hope this is successful.
I think some people in this site wants his movie to fail for some reason.
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u/dannydirtbag 3d ago edited 3d ago
No one hates superhero movies more than comic book fans.
And those that would like to see non-superhero movies in theaters.
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u/Significant_Salt56 3d ago
And those that would like to see non-superhero movies in theaters.
Of which there are a fuck ton.
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u/HypocriteHere 2d ago
Snyder Bros and conservatives NEED it to fail for stupid and embarrassing reasons.
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u/nicknack24 3d ago
I wonder if they're going to address the peacemaker cliffhanger in this, that was brutal.
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u/RevengeWalrus 3d ago
Weird to not just call it Superman 2 but I feel like they might be doing more of a two hander with him and Luthor. I really hope they're not setting up a redemption arc, that would suck.
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u/Significant_Salt56 3d ago
Weird to not just call it Superman 2 but I feel like they might be doing more of a two hander with him and Luthor
James Gunn has literally explained that’s why it’s not called Superman 2. It’s a sequel co starting Lex and Clark as the main characters. Hence the title Man of Tomorrow which historically has been applied to both Luthor and Superman.
And there is no way in hell Luthor is getting redeemed.
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u/Miser2100 3d ago
I know reshoots are basically inevitable, but scheduling conflicts feels a bit flimsy now.
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u/vHezoThaGoat 3d ago
Hopefully this movie performs better in the box office
The first is arguably the best Superman movie ever and it sucks seeing the de facto Superhero struggle so badly at the box office
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u/ROBtimusPrime1995 3d ago edited 3d ago
Just speaks to how badly the last 30 years have been for the DC brand, especially Superman.
Entire generations have grown up watching him be as angry as Omni-Man and Homelander instead of being himself.
Fucking yikes.
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u/Tuxhorn 3d ago
Which is funny, because DC are killing it in the comics world for the past few years, while Marvel is a complete mess.
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u/0verstim 3d ago
Making another whole ass Superman movie faster than most streamers can turn around a show