James Gunn

Hello, ladies and gentlemen. I'm Leader Vladimir and I'm pleased to inform you that Superman 2025 is powering up at the box office. Multiple news outlets have estimated that Superman will earn $217M ($122M domestic, $91.5M) in its opening weekend.

For context, this is higher than the opening weekend of Man of Steel, which earned $202.1M ($128.7M domestic, $73.3M international). There are some concerns for Superman's international results, though, as Asia is proving to be a soft market, even though James Gunn personally traveled to China as part of the promotional campaign. This is likely because of the perception of Superman as a symbol of Americana, while movies like Jurassic World: Rebirth, the Monsterverse and Transformers earn the better part of their profits from overseas markets. From a cultural perspective, Superman is held at a much higher standard than Jurassic Park, Blue Beetle or even Captain America.

Superman is also enjoying a good critical reception. It is currently Certified Fresh (82%) and Verified Hot (93%) at Rotten Tomatoes. Audiences awarded Superman with an "A-" Cinemascore, putting it on par with Man of Steel and The Batman 2022. It has beaten Superman Returns (B+), Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (B), and the only DC movies above it are Wonder Woman and Shazam!, both of which scored an A. It also got 4 ½ out of 5 via PostTrak.

Positive reviews and good word-of-mouth will ensure Superman continues making a profit in the coming days, but it will face stiff competition from both JWR and Fantastic Four: First Steps. Even so, this is undeniably a good result for a movie that is supposed to be the first chapter in a brand-new slate of DC movies. Gunn has thanked fans for their support, while David Zaslav has celebrated Superman's success.

Superman 2025 is playing on theaters.

I hope this will never happen again 🙏🏻🙏🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻

I was just curious about that

Why is everyone kept saying “It will fail”????

I don’t think it’s going to!

It will be Success!

Hello, everyone. I'm Leader Vladimir and I'm pleased to inform you all that James Gunn has announced the conclusion of filming for Superman 2025.

I was worried that filming would be dragged out or even outright delayed because Teamsters and the Basic Crafts union have said that negotiations with major studios like Warner Bros weren't going well and they would probably go on strike, like what happened last year, but I'm pleased to learn that a tentative agreement was reached, but not yet ratified.

I'm not sure if the movie will undergo reshoots because that seems to be the norm these days, but Gunn has always been clear about editing the movie during the process of filming to reduce the chance for reshoots, so if reshoots do happen, they probably won't be as extensive as those of The Flash or Aquaman and The Lost Kingdom.

In any case, I'm pleased that filming has concluded and that Gunn, David Corenswet were able to do their part in making this movie a reality. I sincerely hope that this movie hits theaters at its designated release date and that it gives Superman fans the experience they deserve.

With both Superman and Batman, as well as Robin and Green Lantern, being reinvigorated for the D.C.U., and The Flash (2023) paving the way for the new franchise, it makes one wonder if the Justice League will one day be reiterated for it as well. James Gunn and Peter Safran may not have said anything about the team given their current plans, but given how the League is D.C.'s flagship team and those three particular heroes being among its members, it makes one wonder if the two of they will one day include them in any future entries. Plus, the title for the franchise's first "Chapter", "Gods and Monsters", is named after one of the team's comic arcs and its animated film version. And if so, with Darkseid being the League's greatest enemy, the only remaining questions are if he'll be included as well in the future, who could portray him, what he's after could be, and how such a future conflict could take place. Obviously, given the plans that James and Peter have made and those that they're developing, in addition to considering what their vision will be, it'll be very different from Zack Snyder's scrapped plans. But given how popular they are in the comics, they just have to be included.

This picture above is a possible look at what the Superman 2025 suit will look like. This suit will most likely (hopefully) have trunks (appeasing trunks fans) and features an alien-looking chest emblem, as opposed to a regular-looking ‘S’. The fact that his chest emblem looks a bit like an 'S' is what leads people to call him Superman. Now, maybe this suit gets damaged, or he just wants a new one, which leads to the second picture.

Now, as the DCU goes on, Corenswet’s suit will look more like this^. Losing the trunks (since some people don’t like them. Yes, those people are weird) and getting a more classic-looking ‘S’ since Superman has adapted the Superman name more and wants to have the initial as his emblem. This would be the suit David wears the most in the DCU. His ditching the family emblem in favor of a more human look could cause some conflict between him and Supergirl, who wants to preserve their Kryptonian legacy.

Here comes the Avengers: Endgame moment, with David being at least in his mid-40s. Same as before, Superman’s suit might get damaged or he just wants a new one, which leads him to get his Kingdom Come suit. He might use his OG suit from the first film (similar to when Captain America steals the replica of his OG suit in Winter Soldier), but this time going back to basics, with the trunks making a comeback (yay!) and him adopting his family’s crest once again, this time in black instead of yellow. This would be a full circle moment, giving us Kingdom Come Superman! What do you think?

I don't understand why The Suicide Squad and season 1 of Peacemaker aren't to be included in the article for the D.C. Extended Universe. They're set in said franchise. James Gunn may have said that "a rough memory" of their events took place in the upcoming D.C. Universe, but they were originally part of the D.C.E.U. before The Flash created the D.C.U. Besides: they aren't officially part of the incoming franchise's first "chapter". So why won't they be included? Explain that to me.