‘Superman’ Trailer: A Bloodied Man of Steel With Green Lantern, Hawkgirl and Krypto the Superdog: ‘We’re Embracing All of the Mythology,’ Says James Gunn
variety.comAdam B. Vary Senior Entertainment Writer “Home. Take me home.” There is a remarkable amount of symbolism packed into these words, the only ones spoken by the titular Man of Steel in the first teaser trailer for “Superman.” The footage premiered Thursday following a press preview on Dec.
17, introduced by writer and director James Gunn. The filmmaker has said for two years now that this movie will formally launch the new DC Universe that he and fellow DC Studios co-chief Peter Safran have been tasked with leading.
But as the teaser makes abundantly clear, this Superman — as played by relative newcomer David Corenswet (“Hollywood,” “Twisters”) — will debut for the first time into a cinematic universe inhabited by the full spectrum of DC Comics characters.
Superman is, in effect, coming home to DC. Of course, the teaser offers a first look of Corenswet as Superman’s bespectacled alter ego, Clark Kent, reporter for the Metropolis newspaper The Daily Planet.
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