James Gunn reveals the official Superman movie logo exactly one year prior to the July 11, 2025 release date. We also get a first look at a promo poster and official merchandise coming to Comic-Con.
“In exactly one year Superman opens all over the world,” he posted on social media.
July 11th also happens to be James Gunn’s father’s birthday
“Yes, I’m directing [Superman] to be released on July 11, 2025. My brother Matt told me when he saw the release date he started to cry. I asked him why. He said, ‘Dude, it’s Dad’s birthday.’ I hadn’t realized,” Gunn tweeted back in March of 2023.
He added, “I lost my Dad almost three years ago. He was my best friend. He didn’t understand me as a kid, but he supported my love of comics and my love of film and I wouldn’t be making this movie now without him.”
“It has been a long road to this point. I was offered Superman years ago – I initially said no because I didn’t have a way in that felt unique and fun and emotional that gave Superman the dignity he deserved,” Gunn continued at the time.
He said, “Then a bit less than a year ago I saw a way in, in many ways centering around Superman’s heritage – how both his aristocratic Kryptonian parents and his Kansas farmer parents inform who he is and the choices he makes.”
Gunn continued, “So I chose to finally take on writing the script. But I was hesitant to direct, despite the constant pestering by Peter Safran and others to commit (sorry, Peter).”
Said Gunn: “Just because I write something doesn’t mean I feel it in my bones, visually and emotionally, enough to spend over two years directing it, especially not something of this magnitude.”
“But, the long and the short of it is, I love this script, and I’m incredibly excited as we begin this journey. #UpUpandAway,” he posted.
Set video shows off David Corenswet, Cleveland Guardians baseball field
The film stars David Corenswet as Superman and Clark Kent, Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane, and Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor.
The latest set image and video show crew prepping the field at the Cleveland Guardians stadium for a scene, so it seems as if James Gunn will be including a baseball scene in his Superman movie.
And images also reveal David Corenswet as the Man of Steel inside what is described by the crew as a sinkhole or a mortar hole. Check out the latest:
Additional cast:
Also starring in the movie includes Sara Sampaio as Eve Teschmacher, Terence Rosemore as Otis, with Skyler Gisondo as Jimmy Olsen, Wendell Pierce as Perry White, Beck Bennett as Steve Lombard, Mikaela Hoover as Cat Grant, and Christopher MacDonald as Ron Troupe.
Frank Grillo also stars as Rick Flag Sr. who will be starring in Creature Commandos and Peacemaker Season 2.
Milly Alcock is also thought to be debuting as Supergirl prior to her own movie which gets released in 2026.
