James Gunn is understood for mixing humor and motion in movies like Guardians of the Galaxy and The Suicide Squad, however the filmmaker is taking a contemporary method to Superman. Whereas his new DC Universe mission guarantees loads of lighthearted moments, Gunn emphasizes that Superman will strike a stability between humor, fantasy, and grounded drama.
“It’s humorous, but it surely definitely isn’t as comedian or as a lot a comedy as both Suicide Squad or Guardians,” Gunn informed Heroic Hollywood and different journalists on the set of Superman. “There’s loads of humor in it. Individuals like Rachel [Brosnahan] are so humorous and David [Corenswet] may be very [funny as well], so there’s humor in it, but it surely’s attempting to create one thing that’s grounded, but in addition it’s an extremely fanciful world, it’s fantasy, it’s taking from different issues like Recreation of Thrones, the place it’s this universe the place superheroes really exist. What are they like? There’s a magic there that’s simple. However on the similar time, I didn’t need to do moist muscle-looking T-shirt, these faux muscle T-shirts that we’ve seen a lot.”
How James Gunn is mixing expertise and storytelling for Superman
Gunn can be leaning into progressive approaches for the movie’s high-flying motion sequences. “It was a bunch of issues. I wrote up this massive doc on motion and what our philosophy is of motion and the way we shoot it and what it’s, and retaining it alive within the air in addition to on the bottom,” he stated. “And to have the ability to shoot stuff within the sky as if we have been capturing it as a result of every part was rougher prefer it’s in Guardians, prefer it’s in The Suicide Squad. And having the ability to shoot stuff within the sky like that’s actually arduous. So we took lots from movies like Prime Gun: Maverick, which we’re capturing flying issues.”
To realize this bold imaginative and prescient, Gunn revealed the usage of cutting-edge drone expertise to seize dynamic aerial sequences. “We shoot loads of our motion with precise drones flying in and round Superman and the folks that he’s flying with, Engineer, whoever else, that he’s combating up within the air. And we did that on sound phases. We received these actually small, loopy drones now. We’ve received a few of the greatest flyers on the planet right here who’re working with it. And so we use these guys lots and every part’s deliberate out with me, because it all the time is. However on the similar time, I’ve gotten much more into discovering new stuff on the set and new moments and exploring that stuff, discovering magic the place it’s.”
Gunn additionally spoke in regards to the tone of the movie, describing it as a mixture of hope and gravity. “So for me, that is … about coming at one thing from the within. So how can [Nicholas Hoult] inform you what Lex is like? It’s like he’s coming from an inside place. It’s not so completely different with the tone of the movie, I do know what it feels wish to me. I do know the feel, I do know that it’s one thing completely different than I’ve ever accomplished earlier than, however how can I then translate that to you guys on the skin? As a result of I begin with a spot that’s very hopeful, enjoyable… however extremely severe all on the similar time.”
It’s clear that James Gunn goals to deliver a particular mix of motion, humor, and coronary heart to the long-lasting story of Superman. The film serves as a pivotal mission in establishing the tone and imaginative and prescient of Gunn and Peter Safran’s DC Universe, with all eyes on it forward of its highly-anticipated Summer season 2025 launch.
Superman arrives in theaters on July 11, 2025. Keep tuned for the newest updates on James Gunn and Peter Safran’s DC Universe.
