James Gunn clears up Superman: Legacy confusion after Henry Cavill recasting

James Gunn has cleared up a degree of confusion surrounding the recasting of Henry Cavill as Superman.

Cavill had performed the position of the Kryptonian superhero in a number of DC comics movies, together with Man of Metal, Batman v Superman, and Justice League.

Regardless of the actor reprising the position for a current cameo in The Flash , it was confirmed final 12 months that Cavill would get replaced within the DC universe going ahead.

The choice was stated to have rested with Guardians of the Galaxy directorJames Gunn, who together with producer Peter Safran was appointed co-chairman and co-CEO of DC Studios final 12 months.

In June, Gunn introduced that the position of Superman could be performed within the forthcoming Superman: Legacy by The Politician star David Corenswet. The movie is about to return out in cinemas in 2025.

Gunn had initially written that Cavill was being recast as a result of Superman: Legacy was set to give attention to a youthful model of the character.

“Within the preliminary phases, our story might be specializing in an earlier a part of Superman’s life, so the character is not going to be performed by Henry Cavill,” he wrote on X (previously often called Twitter).

Nonetheless, this week, Gunn issued a clarification on the social media platform Threads, after a query from a fan regarding the current DC launch Blue Beetle.

“So in Blue Beetle not less than within the industrial Jaime is aware of who Superman is, and also you’ve stated Blue Beetle is in your DCU,” they requested. “So is your younger Superman film set up to now?”

“I used to be by no means making a ‘younger Superman’ film, only a Superman film!” Gunn responded.

In addition to producing the movie, Gunn can be set to direct Superman: Legacy. Rachel Brosnahan will star alongside Corenswet as Lois Lane.

Superman is the second main position Cavill has stepped down from in current months, with the Mission: Not possible – Fallout star additionally standing down from the Netflix fantasy collection The Witcher.

Cavill had performed the lead position of demon slayer Geralt of Rivia in three seasons of the favored fantasy collection. He might be changed by The Starvation Video games star Liam Hemsworth.

Followers effusively praised Cavill’s efficiency in his last episodes, with many lamenting the actor’s exit.