The Man of Metal is staying proper the place he’s on the calendar. On X (formerly Twitter), director/author James Gunn revealed his subsequent movie, Superman: Legacy, could be sticking to its beforehand introduced date of July 11, 2025 now that the SAG-AFTRA strike has (seemingly/hopefully) reached its finish.
“Because of the efforts of our gifted crew, who by no means misplaced religion throughout the longest strikes in Hollywood historical past,” he wrote, “and who by no means let their foot off the pedal, persevering with to barrel ahead, creating probably the most superb character and set designs I’ve seen in my total profession.”
Throughout the Hollywood strikes, quite a lot of films initially meant to come back out throughout the 2023 vacation season—like Dune: Part Two and Challengers—had been as a substitute pushed to 2024 by their respective studios out of worry {that a} lack of actor promo would damage these movies. (A few of which had been being considered as hopefuls for awards season.) Issues had been trying so dire that final weekend, Common up and pushed again its live-action remake of How to Train Your Dragon regardless of that not popping out till summer season 2025.
Extra not too long ago, Marvel Studios determined to do some pushing again of its personal—a number of films that had been meant for 2024 like Captain America: Courageous New World and Thunderbolts have now been punted to 2025, leaving Deadpool 3 the one MCU film for subsequent 12 months. (Exterior of TV exhibits like Echo and presumably Ironheart, there’ll nonetheless be Marvel illustration subsequent 12 months in Sony’s Kraven the Hunter and Venom 3.) In order that Superman has managed to maintain its authentic launch date locked down is pretty notable—it’s at the moment the solely superhero film in manufacturing that managed to not budge from the strikes and preserve its beforehand introduced launch date.
Starring David Corenswet and Rachel Brosnahan, Superman: Legacy will start manufacturing in March 2024 in Atlanta. And assuming the whole lot goes in accordance with plan, the film will fly into theaters on July 11, 2025.
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