James Gunn has given an update on a Superman sequel.
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The film arrived in cinemas in July and marked the latest in the revamped DC Universe, going on to become a hit at the box office and bringing in $426million (£314million) worldwide gross according to The Numbers.
It sees David Corenswet take on the iconic role for the first time. Before then, Henry Cavill played the DC character in 2013’s Man Of Steel, 2016’s Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice and 2017’s Justice League. He also made a cameo at the end of Black Adam in 2022, before confirming that he would no longer be involved in Gunn’s vision of the DC Universe.
Now, in a new interview with Collider, Gunn has said he has completed the treatment for the film’s follow-up, and that he and his team are currently scheduling production.
“We’re scheduling it now,” he told the publication. “I’m totally done with the treatment. My treatments are incredibly intense. They’re not regular treatments. They’re 60-page treatments with dialogue and everything. And so, now I’m just turning that into a script. We’re planning out when we’re going to shoot that. It’s going to be much sooner rather than later.”
Gunn has previously spoken about the chances of Robert Pattinson’s Batman and Corenswet’s Superman joining forces in a new film, saying: “I’ve met him [Pattinson] before, we’ve talked about it before. But it’s not what’s happening right now,” he told ET. “Everything is in flux, so we’ll figure out what we’re doing next.”
Pattinson is due to reprise his role as The Dark Knight in The Batman 2 – the upcoming sequel to the 2022 film, which is due in cinemas in October 2027.
The latest Superman film was given a three-star review from NME and praised as putting “some pep” back into the long-running franchise.
“To give Gunn his due, he crafts a world that’s as close to the DC Comics Superman that we’ve ever seen, with characters like the shapeshifting Metamorpho (Anthony Carrigan) adding real texture. It’s a promising start-point to his plans for the DC Universe,” it read.
“And while the good-versus-evil plot does little to push the envelope, the idea of Superman being an alien peacekeeper is surely going to stir up political controversies back in Gunn’s MAGA-homeland. Mainly, though, just give us more Krypto – this canine really is super.”
In other news, Gunn recently theorised that negative feelings toward the US may be the reason why Superman is performing better in America than it is worldwide.
