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  • ‘Superman’ Set Photo Teases the Luthor Family’s Ties to the Founding of Metropolis

    ‘Superman’ Set Photo Teases the Luthor Family’s Ties to the Founding of Metropolis

    DC Studios’ co-chair and Superman director James Gunn has been known to drop an Easter egg or dozen in his films. A decade after Guardians of the Galaxy debuted in theaters, Gunn still hasn’t publicly revealed an Easter egg he’s taunted fans with since the film’s release. Photos from the Cleveland set of Superman have indicated that the first DC Studios film will be no different as references to former Supermen, DC Comics creators and characters who may well exist in the DC have all been discovered as fans comb through hundreds of shots. Given what’s known about the film, it’s clear that while it’s the launch of the DCU, Superman takes place in a “lived-in” universe where metahumans are established. As Gunn and crew have tried to create a true-to-the-comics Metropolis, they’ve been sure to add plenty of details to give the City of Tomorrow a rich history as well and now, one that ties to the family of Superman’s archenemy has been spotted.

    Via a set photo by Michael Collier, a set prop for Metropolis’ Downtown District which tells the history of the fictional city has been shared online. The very comic-accurate history of Metropolis, including its founding by Dutchman Paul De Vries, includes a reference to the Luthor family.

    While it may seem like a reference to John Henry Irons at first glance, the sign indicates that Metropolis’ boom during the Industrial Revolution was due to a company called Steel Works. In the comics, that company was founded by Wallace Luthor, the great-grandfather of Lex Luthor. Lex Luthor will be played in Superman by Nicholas Hoult, who has also recently been spotted on set.

    Metropolis would prosper during the Industrial Revolution with the founding of the Steel Works.

    Obviously, it remains to be seen what impact, if any, this detail might have on the film; however, it’s incredible to see this level of reverence to the source material and the attention to detail in crafting the DCU’s Metropolis. The sign itself may ultimately not make it into a single frame of Superman but as Gunn and DC co-chair Peter Safran try to craft a massive shared universe, you never know what may or may not matter and there’s no harm in creating a fully fleshed out DCU bible.

    Superman hits theaters on July 11, 2025.

  • ‘Superman’ Set Photos Confirm the DCU’s First Super Team

    ‘Superman’ Set Photos Confirm the DCU’s First Super Team

    James Gunn loves social media. Whether as a tool to debunk rumors or share panels from comics that inspire his latest CBM, the DC Studios’ co-chair takes full advantage of the reach provided by various platforms. Now, eagle-eyed fans have spotted an interesting detail in a set photo that seems to confirm the presence of a DCU super team that Gunn teased months ago.

    Recent photos from the Cleveland set of Superman allowed for a closer look at the very comic accurate costume of Edi Gathegi‘s Mister Terrific. While his jacket rightfully caught the bulk of attention from fans when photos first circulated, it’s the logo he’s sporting on his chest that has generated a new level of excitement for Superman.

    Multiple fans across Twitter, Instagram and other social media platforms cleverly connected the dots between the logo on Mister Terrific’s chest and an otherwise insignificant prop from the Metropolis set. And, in doing so, have resuscitatied speculation there Justice League International will appear in Superman.

    When Sean Gunn was cast as the DCU’s Maxwell Lord in December 2023, there was plenty of buzz around the idea of the character being the driving force behind the formation of the DCU’s Justice League. Interestingly enough, Gunn took to Instagram to share artwork of the team just a couple of months later in February 2024. But, as is often the case, the buzz died down and the potential was forgotten…until now.

    A comparison of the logo on Terrific’s shirt with a storefront set prop clearly shows that the hero is sporting a Lordtech logo on his chest.

    Putting all the pieces together, it seems hard to dispute the notion that Lordtech is the corporate sponsor behind the DCU’s JLI or whatever name is given to the iteration of the team seen in Superman. The inclusion of Guy Gardner, Hawkwoman and Metamorpho in the project–all of whom were members of the JLI in the comics–only serves to further strengthen an already solid speculative foundation. Though none of those heroes have been captured in set yet, it seems likely they’ll all be sporting that logo somewhere as well!

    Superman leaps into theaters on July 11, 2025.

  • DC Studios’ Max Series ‘Lanterns’ Ordered Straight to Series

    DC Studios’ Max Series ‘Lanterns’ Ordered Straight to Series

    After a long black night, a bright day has finally come for DC’s Green Lanterns. After being announced as an integral part of the new DC Studios’ slate in January 2023, the Max streaming series Lanterns has been ordered straight to an eight-episode series by HBO.

    Following rumors that a writer’s room had been assembled for the series, DC Studios’ recently officially revealed that Ozark writer Chris Mundy would be the showrunner for the streamer. As previously reported, DC Comics writer Tom King and Watchmen and Lost creator Damon Lindelof will also help write the series which will focus on the Green Lanterns two most well known members, Hal Jordan and John Stewart.

    “We’re thrilled to bring this seminal DC title to HBO with Chris, Damon and Tom at the helm,” said DC Studios’ co-chairs James Gunn and Peter Safran.

    John Stewart and Hal Jordan are two of DC’s most compelling characters, and Lanterns brings them to life in an original detective story that is a foundational part of the unified DCU we’re launching next summer with Superman.

    -James Gunn and Peter Safran on Lanterns

    Previously described as a “terrestrial-based investigation story” that “plays a really big role leading us into the main story” in the DCU’s first chapter of stories, Lanterns will revolve around the central characters finding an “ancient horror on Earth.” As of now, there’s no indication of when to expect the series on Max but casting is rumored to be underway for Jordan and Stewart.

    Source: THR

  • First Look at the Mild-Mannered Clark Kent from the Set of ‘Superman’

    First Look at the Mild-Mannered Clark Kent from the Set of ‘Superman’

    A deluge of photos from the Cleveland set if DC Studios’ Superman has but social media over theast several days and it doesn’t seem as though it’s slowing down. Fans were recently treated to the first look at David Corenswet‘s Superman standing in the wake of destruction in Metropolis. Now, the first look at Corenswet as Kal-El’s mild-mannered alter ego has emerged.

    Fresh from set of Superman, feast your eyes on Corenswet as the intrepid Daily Planet reporter Clark Kent!

    Corenswet’s look as Kent is certainly a little more modern take and provides a semi-believeable “disguise.”

    In addition to the first look at Kent, today’s action also provided a glimpse of Mikaela Hoover‘s Cat Grant. The photo shows Grant stepping off the same prop as Lois Lane and Perry White in previous photos.

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  • More ‘Superman’ Set Photos Provide First Look at Rachel Brosnahan’s Lois Lane

    More ‘Superman’ Set Photos Provide First Look at Rachel Brosnahan’s Lois Lane

    As production on DC Studios’ Superman continues in Cleveland, so does the run of photos of the Metropolis set hitting the web. Just hours after the first look at David Corenswet on set in the suit alongside Edi Gathegi‘s Mister Terrific, new photos have provided the first look at Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane.

    While we can’t share them here, you can click the link to Just Jared below to check them all out; however, from the photo embedded in the tweet, you can see Brosnahan‘s Lane wearing her trademark purple!

    While it’s still not entirely clear what’s happening in downtown Metropolis in the photos, additional photos seem to show Brosnahan‘s Lane and Wendell Pierce‘s Perry White stepping off a plane amidst some destruction in the streets (Loeb Drive, specifically, in reference to Jeph Loeb, who wrote 1998’s Superman For All Seasons, a four-issue miniseries that has been referenced by James Gunn as inspiration for the film).

    Given that earlier photos from the set showed Superman looking to the sky, it’s possible that in addition to whatever caused chaos in the streets of Metropolis, Kal-El also saved a plane, carrying Lois, Perry and others, from crashing. Whatever the case, there seems to be quite a bit going on in Superman outside of a beef with Lex Luthor. With filming expected to continue in Cleveland, perhaps some more details will emerge allowing fans to piece together a bit of the story.

  • ‘Superman’ Set Photos Provide First Look at David Corenswet in Action

    ‘Superman’ Set Photos Provide First Look at David Corenswet in Action

    As production on DC Studios’ Superman gets underway in Cleveland, Ohio, pictures of the set have made their way online over the last few days. With downtown Cleveland being transformed into Metropolis, key locations have been spotted along with countless Easter eggs that pay homage to Superman’s long history both in the comics and on the screen. Now, a new round of photos is giving fans their first look at David Corenswet in action despite the actor not having been caught on set just yet.

    Photos of props from the set include newspaper stories about Superman’s heroics in Metropolis including one written by the Daily Planet’s Clark Kent that shows the Man of Steel, fully suited up, from stopping a train. Clearly a nod by writer and director James Gunn to show that Kal-El is indeed more powerful than a locomotive, it also gives fans the first look at David Corenswet‘s Superman in action.

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    In addition to stopping a train, another set photo reveals that Superman also saved people from a collapsing building via the Metropolis Eagle, a rival publication of the Daily Planet. The article provides another look at Corenswet striking the classic hands-on-hip Superman pose.

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    The two articles seen in the set photos show publication dates of May and September, which may indicate a heroic montage is on the way in Superman. Also of interest on the front page of the Eagle is the mention of Lex Luthor winning the “Arcane award.” In the pages of DC Comics, Anton Arcane is a supervillain who first appeared in Swamp Thing #1 and became a frequent thorn in the side of Alec Holland.

  • ‘Superman’ Set Photos Reveal an Easter Egg-Rich Metropolis

    ‘Superman’ Set Photos Reveal an Easter Egg-Rich Metropolis

    Once dubbed the “Miistake on the Lake, Cleveland, Ohio has been the butt of plenty of jokes over the last century. However, the city has undergone a bit of a renaissance over the last decade, seeing the downtown transformed into an exemplar of how to revive long abandonded downtown areas. Downton Cleveland has served as the backdrop for several major films over the last few years and will do so again in DC Studios’ Superman. And as the area is being prepared for filming, photos of the areas being used to double as downtown Metropolis have been revealed and it is FULL of Easter eggs, nods and some plain old comic accurate depictions of key locations.

    The most noteworthy example of how much attention to detail is being paid by James Gunn‘s design and production crews comes in the way of Cleveland’s Leader Building. Crews are turning the building into the exterior of The Daily Planet, complete with comic accurate logos and a near perfect front entrance.

    Signs around town also reference New Troy, one of the boroughs of Metropolis where key locations such as The Daily Planet, Lexcorp Tower and the Ace of Clubs Pub.

    Another round of photos show some storefronts including the Wounded Duck,a bar owned by Tim Drake, aka Robin, on Earth-2. It’s also very worth nothing that a storefront for Jitters coffee shop, featured in CW’s The Flash has been created, and gives a look at the Metropolis skyline. From the looks of it, The Daily Planet will be sporting its trademark massive globe atop it. It also looks as though a Lexcorp building may be outlined in the far left of the Jitters’ logo.

    Other storefronts include nods to Superman actor Christopher Reeve and DC Comics artist Frank Quietly.

    We certainly haven’t found all the references and nods but it is clear that Superman is being created with a deep reverence to quite possibly EVERYTHING DC-related that has preceded it.

  • Danny McBride Rumored to Be Attached to a DC Studios Max Series

    Danny McBride Rumored to Be Attached to a DC Studios Max Series

    A year and a half after James Gunn and Peter Safran gave fans the first glimpse of DC Studios’ upcoming slate, most of the projects on the list have begun to take shape. Superman will complete production this summer and cameras are set to roll on Supergirl: Woman of  Tomorrow this Fall, giving fans a double dose of El to bring the all-new, all-different DCU to theaters in 2025 and 2026.

    Plenty of stories will be told through streaming series, as well, beginning this December when the animted Creature Commandos launches DC Studios’ Chapter One: Gods and Monsters. Damon Lindelof, Chris Mindy and Tom King are working on putting together a pilot script for Lanterns, a terrestrial-based investigation story featuring Hal Jordan and John Stewart. And now, another the creative team behind another streaming series may be assembling.

    According to a report from Nexus Point News, the studio has brought in a team headlined by Danny McBride to write the Max series Booster Gold.

    According to the reports, McBride will team up with John Carcieri and Jeff Fradley for the gig. The trio have not only a long history of working together but also with HBO, having collaborated with the studio on the hit series Vice Principals and The Righteous Gemstones. Should the report prove true, the only question remaining will be what role they write for Walton Goggins.

    Described as an “outright comedy” by James Gunn, Booster Gold will tell the story of Michael Jon Carter, “a loser from the future who uses his basic future technology to come back to today to pretend to be a superhero.” While the studio has not yet cast an actor for Carter, Top Gun: Maverick, Anyone But You and Hitman actor Glen Powell has become a popular choice for the role among fans.

    Source: Nexus Point News

  • DC Studios Slates ‘Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow’ for a 2026 Release

    DC Studios Slates ‘Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow’ for a 2026 Release

    Following a flurry of moves that saw the all-new, all-different DCU find their Kara Zor-El, it was expected that Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow might be on deck behind James Gunn‘s Superman in DC Studios’ lineup. It looks as though that will be the case as Warner Bros. has now slated the film for a 2026 release.

    According to trade reports, Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow will hit theaters on June 26, 2026.

    Once House of the Dragon star Milly Alcock signed on in the lead role in January, rumors began to swirl that the film would begin production before the end of 2024. Then, in April, the studio began working on a deal with director Craig Gillespie to helm the film, adding fuel to the fire that the project was nearing production.

    In our story, we have Superman who was sent to Earth and raised by incredibly loving parents. Kara was on Krypton. She was on a piece of Krypton that drifted away from the planet and she lived there for the first fourteen years of her life in a horrible situation where she watched everyone around her die. So, she’s a much harsher and more fucked up Supergirl than you’ve been used to thus far.

    -James Gunn on the DCU’s Supergirl

    The film will be an adaptation of Tom King‘s comic book series of the same name, though Gunn described the studio’s Supergirl as “much more hardcore” than the one from the publishing side. While Gunn has stated that King “has been one of the architects of this entire situation,” Ana Nogueira adapted his material for the script for Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow.

  • First Official Look at David Corenswet’s Superman

    First Official Look at David Corenswet’s Superman

    DC Studios’ Superman has been in production for some time and has, more or less, avoided any major leaks from the set. Short of a pretty pedestrian look at Maria Gabrielle de Faria’s villain known as The Engineer, set photos and videos haven’t provided anything of interest. Incredibly enough, there’s been nearly nothing in terms of a look at The film’s star, David Corenswet, neither as Clark Kent nor Kal-El, until now…

    Via Instagram, director James Gunn unveiled the first look at Corenswet in full costume as Superman.

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