The Man of Metal is staying proper the place he’s on the calendar. On X (previously 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.
“Due to the efforts of our proficient crew, who by no means misplaced religion through 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 complete profession.”
In the course of the Hollywood strikes, quite a few films initially meant to come back out through the 2023 vacation season—like Dune: Half Two and Challengers—have been as a substitute pushed to 2024 by their respective studios out of concern {that a} lack of actor promo would damage these movies. (A few of which have been being seen as hopefuls for awards season.) Issues have been trying so dire that final weekend, Common up and pushed again its live-action remake of How one can Practice Your Dragon regardless of that not popping out till summer season 2025.
Extra just lately, Marvel Studios determined to do some pushing again of its personal—a number of films that have 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. (Outdoors of TV reveals 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 unique launch date locked down is pretty notable—it’s at the moment the one superhero film in manufacturing that managed to not budge from the strikes and hold its beforehand introduced launch date.
Starring David Corenswet and Rachel Brosnahan, Superman: Legacy will start manufacturing in March 2024 in Atlanta. And assuming every thing goes in response to plan, the film will fly into theaters on July 11, 2025.
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