A New Superman Featurette Puts Faith in Its Hero and James Gunn

Even before we first saw a trailer or learned about its cast, expectations for James Gunn’s Superman movie were sky-high. As the starting point for a new slate of DC projects, and the first solo movie for the superhero in over a decade, everyone knows there’s a lot of pressure here. To help celebrate Superman Day—the character debuted April 18, 1938 in Action Comics #1—and to build up hype, Warner Bros. released a featurette for the upcoming film. If you’re invested in the movie’s production, the video is worth looking at, but its bigger point is to show how much the cast and producer Peter Safran believe in Gunn. Rachel Brosnahan, Lois Lane herself, saying “In James Gunn we trust!” at the end couldn’t be any clearer and is already a sentiment in some spaces. Just about everyone’s coming into Superman with excitement or some curiosity about Gunn’s aims. For its stars, this movie gave them the opportunity to work with a filmmaker who they’ve teamed with previously or whose output they ... Read full article.