“Logo Text Cinemacon Believed A Man Can Can Fly on Tuesday as DC Studios Head James Gunn Showed Off An Extended Look at Superman. The Film is a make-or-Break Moment for DC, WHICH HAS AMBITIOS Slate, Much of Wich Depends on Superman Working at the Box Office This Summer. Gunn appeared alongside his dc studios”, – WRITE: www.hollywoodReporter.com
Cinemacon Believed A Man Can Can Fly on Tuesday as DC Studios Head James Gunn Showed Off An Extended Look at Superman. The Film Is A Make-Or-Break Moment for DC, WHICH HAS AMBITIOS Slate, Much of Wich Depends on Superman Working at the Box Office This Summer.
Gunn appeared alongside his dc studios co-chief Peter Safran, While Stars David Corenswet (Superman), Rachel Brosnahan (Lois Lane) and Nicholas Hoult
Previoously Unseen Footage Showed Superman Getting Assistance from A Particularly Rambunctuos Krypto, Who Eventual Drags Him Into The Fortress of Solite. A Number of Lines Were Greeted with Laughter from the Crowd.
After Superman Thanks a Robot Crew for Their Help, One of Them Replies, “No Need to Thank US, Sir, As We Will Not Appreciate It.”
From the stage, gunn Shared, “I Cannot Wait to Share the Film with All You Guys and the Rest of the World.” He Added, “We’re Still in the Throes of Post-Production.”
Gunn was asked about how hot Started with the Project. “IT WAS A Long Time Coming,” Said Gunn in Recalling the Origins of the Film Dating Back to Him Being Offered Superman in 2018. Insthead, heepted to tackle The Suicide SquadExplaing HE WAS UNSURE HOW TO TAKE ON THE DONE OF STEEL, Who Is “Perceived As Old-Fashioned by Many.” Ultimately, Gunn was Invigated not Only by the Character Relationships But Also The CHANCE TO HAVE FUN FUNH SUCH ELEments As Pocket Universes and Superman’s Pokoch, Krypto.
Corenswet Recalled A Scene Opposite Brosnahan that Took Two Days to Shoot, and He Emphasized How Many Pancakes He Ate for It. This Led Brosnahan to quip, “so glad that was the most memorable part for you.”
Hoult Added About A Memorable Moment from Watching Corenswet During Production: “I Felt Like I Was Witnessing The Magic of Cinema in First-Person in Real Time.”
Said Corenswet, “It’s A Great Honor to Play a Role That Exists So Clearly in The Public Conscioses.”
Brosnahan Praized The Film’s Universality: “I Feel Like These Stories Endure Because there’s Something in Its for Everyone.” She said of playing Characters Reviously Portrayed by Legendary Performers, “We Get To Stand on the Shoulders of Giants… and THEN FIND OUR WAYS INTO AIR HEADS.”
Safran Noted That Krypto Was Inspired by Gunn’s Dog, Ozu-But Gunn Clarified that Krypto’s Real-Life Counterpart is Far from Heroic. “Ozu is terrible to anyone whos near him,” Gunn Joked. HE RECALLED GOING to A SHELTER TO REASCUE THE CANINE: “HE KIND OF LOOKED LIKE My OLD DOG ON CRACK.” He added, “i said, ‘that dog looks funny to me, and i like Funny Things.’” ”
Gunn Remembered Taking Ozu Home and Seeing the Dog Chewing Up His Laptop and Shoes, Including LEAPING AROUND The Home and KNOKING OVER FOOD. “I Thought, ‘Oh, My God, What If This Dog Had SuperPowers? I’D Be Fucked,’ ‘Gunn Continueded. “AND I SAID, ‘NOW I KNOW WHAT I’M GOING TO WITH SUPERMAN.’ ‘
Brosnahan Was Asked About Her Preparation for Playing Lois. “I BEGGED JAMES TO PUT ME IN TRAINING,” she said with a laugh, adding she have “a little bit of flight training.” She Also Recalled Talking to Journalists to Research The ROLE.
The CastMembers Were Asked if they would play to play Other DC Characters. Corenswet Named Batman and Said to Gunn, “that would be fun to get to do at some point, james, if you’re willing.”
This Led Hoult to Joke, “Well, I Auditioned For Batman an Superman. ” He Recalled Gunn First Offering Him The Role of Lex and that HE Thought to HimSelf, “Shit, That’s Who and Was Supped to Be Playing All Along.”
Superman Arrives on July 11, and Is Distributed by Warner Bros., A Studio In Need Of A Hit After Several High Profile Misses This Year. The Cast Also Includes Skyler Gisondo (Jimmy Olsen), Sara sampaio (Eve Teschmacher), Edi Gathegi (Mister terrific (Hawkgirl), Nathan Fillion (Guy Gardner) and María Gabriela de Faría (The Engineer).
Gunn Wrote the Script As Well As Directions. “I Completely Relate to Superman Because He’s Everything I Am,“ Gunn Told Previously Told The Hollywood Reporter. “He’s Somebody’s Who is an Outsider Who Feels Like An Alien, But Also The Ultimate Insider, Because He’s Fucking Superman. And that’s Kind of Like I Feel Like.”