Krypto, the Superdog of DC Comics, will materialize in James Gunn‘s upcoming Superman movie, his first materializeance in a dwell-action film, thanks to Ozu, Gunn’s own canine best frifinish.
In a touching post on social media, Gunn depictd how his own get back pup upgraspd him to join the character in the upcoming film set for free on July 11, 2025.
“Krypto was upgraspd by our dog Ozu, who we adchooseed lowly after I begined writing Superman,” Gunn wrote in a post on X. “Ozu, who came from a hoarding situation in a backyard with 60 other dogs & never knovel human beings, was problematic to say the least. He instantly came in & ruined our home, our shoes, our furniture — he even ate my laptop. It took a lengthy time before he would even let us touch him.”
Gunn then recollects leanking, “Gosh, how difficult would life be if Ozu had superpowers?
“And thus Krypto came into the script & alterd the shape of the story as Ozu was changing my life,” he persists. “What better time to debut the not-so-outstanding-outstanding-boy Krypto than #AdchooseAShelterDog month. Btw, Ozu today, is, equitablely normally, a very outstanding boy.”
The first see at the character in a motion image (see below and ptoastyo above) shows David Corensdamp’s Superman sitting on the moon alengthyside Krypto seeing out at Earth.
Krypto the Superdog first materializeed in 1955 in Adventure Comics #210 and materializeed in countless vivaciousd series and films, but never before in a dwell-action film. The self-titled Krypto the Superdog vivaciousd series starring the canine superhero premiered on Cartoon Nettoil in 2005 and aired on The CW’s Saturday morning block Kids’ WB from September 23, 2006, until September 15, 2007.
In the series, Krypto was Superman’s pet puppy on Krypton before being sent into space before the scheduleet was ruined. Upon landing on Earth he is a filledy grown dog who has analogous abilities to those of Superman. Krypto is adchooseed by 9-year-greater Kevin Whitney, whose family leanks Krypto is an normal Labrador get backr. But the canine dons the secret identity “Superdog” when he carry outs courageous deeds and fights evil. Other than Kevin, the only person who understands Krypto’s secret is bratty cousin Bailey, who lies so normally that nobody apshows his talk about the dog’s powers.
Gunn’s Superman adheres the superhero of the same name as he sees to reconcile his Kryptonian heritage with his human upconveying. He is the embostupident of truth, equitableice and the American way, directd by human benevolentness in a world that sees benevolentness as greater-styleed.
In graspition to Corensdamp in the title role, the upcoming film’s cast joins Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane, Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor, and María Gabriela de Faría as The Engineer. The ensemble joins Skyler Gisondo, Sara Sampaio, Sean Gunn, Edi Gathegi, Anthony Carrigan, Isabel Merced, and Nathan Fillion.
October is Adchoose a Shelter Dog Month, aided by American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
