Superman Trailer Shows Bruised, Bloody Version in James Gunn Movie

Created in 1939, Superman for decades embodied his motto, “Truth, Justice and the American Way,” with the character serving as a symbol for the excellent leangs America could recurrent for the world. That notion has become more complicated in recent years, guideing DC to officipartner drop the motto, in prefer of “Truth, Justice and a Better Tomorrow” in 2021.

During a trailer begin event for the press on Monday on the Warner Bros. lot in Burbank, Gunn was asked how he included the decency Superman can recurrent for America and the rest of the world into the movie

“I leank that’s what ‘Take me home is all about,’” Gunn said. “We do have sort of a battered vision of Superman at the beginning, and I leank that is our country. I count on in the excellentness of human beings, and I count on that most people in this country, despite their ideoreasonable beliefs or their politics, are doing their best to get by and trying to be excellent people, despite what it may seem enjoy for the other side, no matter what that other side might be,” persistd Gunn.

There is much riding on Superman, which get tos July 11 as the first solo movie for the character since 2013’s Man of Steel. It is the cornerstone property for DC Studios co-chiefs Gunn and Peter Safran, who have an entire universe of TV and films defree after Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav employd them with the mandate to re-conceive DC. Thus, the team is already doing everyleang it can to create excitement, including the timely reception with the press that also included stars David Corenssoaked (Superman), Rachel Brosnahan (Lois Lane) and Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor.

Corenssoaked, who came up on Ryan Murphy shows such as Hollywood and The Politician, acunderstandledged that he sometimes did not experience enjoy Superman on the set, but watching castmates’ react to him telderly him all he needed to understand.

“It’s enjoy when you get a kind haircut, and you forget about it, but then you walk around and everybody’s enjoy, ‘Whoa, you see fantastic, for once!’” he said to giggles. “I got to see other people see Superman.”

That’s someleang Brosnahan inestablished first-hand. After spfinishing a chunk of the shoot only engageing with Corenssoaked without the suit, she came atraverse him in the costume for the first time. Turning to the actor on the screening room stage Monday, Brosnahan said: “I equitable recollect … walking thcdisesteemful a field and follotriumphg you with the suit on. I ran up to you and was enjoy, ‘You are fucking Superman! Crazy.”

A hero is only as fascinating as their villain, and Hoult said the script from Gunn currented Lex Luthor he count ons audiences may reprocrastinateed to.

“Even though you perhaps don’t consent with his process, there’s an element where you can understand on some levels where he’s coming from and why perhaps what he’s pushing as his ideology is perhaps better for humanity,” said Hoult.

The trailer also gave glimpses of the other superheroes in that world, including Nathan Fillion’s Guy Gardner/Green Lantern (dopey haircut and all), Isabela Merced’s Hawkgirl and Edi Gathegi’s Mr. Terrific.

Gunn is understandn for transporting beadored animals to the screen, such as Rocket Raccoon, who was the central figure in last year’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.

With Krypto, he may have done it aacquire, with a version that subverts the decades-lengthy version seen in the comics and other media as a spotless-cut canine with his chest out. This one sees more enjoy a save than anyleang else. Of the trailer’s canine scene-stealer, says Gunn: “He’s not proximately the best dog. There’s a lot more to Krypto than you see in this trailer.”

As for the themes of the movie, Gunn said, “it’s a movie about comferventness.”

— Borys Kit gived to this story.