Superman (Legacy)- Summer 2025

[Steevy Maximus]

Following a prior tease, the first trailer for Superman (with Legacy terming seemingly dropped) has been posted. Due July 11, 2025, the film marks the first major release of the brand new DC film universe under the direction of James Gunn. Reportedly, Gunn's major influence on the film comes from Grant Morrison's All Star Superman series.

And, at least in this trailer, Krypto is a good boi. Trailer also features appearances by Lex Luthor, Mr Terrific, Metamorpho, Hawkgirl, and Nathan Fillion's Guy Gardner (bowl cut and all). And a big ass Kaiju

 

[Paladin]

The problem with releasing a movie like this with a character driven by "inherent belief in human goodness" as Gunn put it is that 2024 has proven definitively to me there really is no such thing as inherent human goodness.

 

[Corvus]

Hey, thanks for being a consistent downer wherever you go.

 

[Thefakelink]

Anyways….

I like what I’ve seen so far. My hope is that it does all it sets out to do to kick off the new DCCU(?) and manages to have some fun along the way.

 

[Teufel]

I love this new take on the John Williams theme. I've only watched the trailer a couple times but I've had it on loop in the background while doing other stuff for quite a while. Which I guess is another way of saying there are a lot of things I think look bad or questionable, but you could put that timeless bit of music to anything and I'd get pumped up. Kind of interesting you have the Williams theme as a tie in the past, but the trailer doesn't look like a rehash of the Donner films and it doesn't look like the grimdark Snyder Supes (I did not care for Man of Steel at all.)

Nathan Fillion as a Green Lantern. Not familiar with this particular character, but Fillion is always great. Honestly I'd go see it for him alone.

Excited to see Hawkgirl. Finally watched the Justice League cartoons a couple years ago and if this iteration is half as good I'll be happy.

 

[Steevy Maximus]

Nathan Fillion as a Green Lantern. Not familiar with this particular character, but Fillion is always great. Honestly I'd go see it for him alone.

Guy Gardner is basically the “aggressive asshole” Green Lantern. One of his most famous interactions during the initial run of Justice League International saw him challenging Batman to a fight (sans power ring) over leadership. Batman takes him out in a single punch and the rest of league leave him on the ground.

Fillion will do the character proud

 

[Teufel]

Sounds like perfect casting.

 

[LBD "Nytetrayn"]

Including Krypto is certainly a bold choice...

 

[Corvus]

For James Gunn, the man who made a star out of a talking Racoon and a tree? That's right in his wheelhouse.

 

[Shadewing]

That's part of Gunn's charm; not only will include the weird comic stuff, he'll find a way to make it work. On Paper, GotG should never have worked, its a super obscure team with a lot of weirdness that at the time you could only really get in comics. Yet it became a rival to Avengers in popularity.

 

[Steevy Maximus]

Including Krypto is certainly a bold choice...

Earlier interviews indicated he was looking more towards the Silver Age of comics and All Star Superman (itself a love letter to much of the silver age type stories).
In that context, Krypto and the giant monster are definitely the kinds of things the Silver Age Superman stories would lean into.