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James Gunn Wants To Bring “Color And Joy” Back To ‘Superman’: “In Some Ways, It’s Lighter”
It's a bird! It's a plane! It's James Gunn's DCU taking shape with the debut of his take on 'Superman'.
James Gunn attends the 'Superman' world premiere held on July 0, 2025 at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles, California.River Callaway/Deadline On the red carpet of Monday’s world premiere, the writer and director told Deadline how he took a “lighter” approach to the DC Comics superhero that gets back to “the color and the joy” of his origins. Since taking over DC Studios with Peter Safran in 2022, Gunn has been hard at work directing Superman, which kicks off his new DCU franchise. In addition to Rachel Brosnahan as Lois, the cast also includes Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor and María Gabriela de Faría as The Engineer, as well as Skyler Gisondo, Sara Sampaio, Sean Gunn, Edi Gathegi, Anthony Carrigan, Isabel Merced and Nathan Fillion as some familiar DC faces.
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