Look, up within the sky! It’s a chicken! It’s a aircraft!
It’s David Corenswet.
The 29-year-old actor from Philadelphia has landed the lead function within the upcoming Superman: Legacy, which can relaunch the DC Comics film and TV universe underneath the inventive oversight of James Gunn. Gunn will even write and direct the movie.
Corenswet already has his key co-star as properly; Rachel Brosnahan — greatest often called the title character from Amazon’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel has been solid to play the Lois Lane to his Clark Kent.
After information of their casting leaked, Gunn confirmed it on his Twitter account, writing “Correct! (They aren’t solely each unbelievable actors, but in addition great folks.)”
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Gunn will each write and direct the brand new movie; he has beforehand mentioned it’ll “give attention to Superman balancing his Kryptonian heritage along with his human upbringing.” It should function a brand new model of the Man of Metal, changing the one which has appeared in DC films for the final ten years — together with most just lately final fall in a short cameo in Black Adam — portrayed by actor Henry Cavill.
Based on varied on-line stories Corenswet and Brosnahan beat out a number of different finalists for his or her roles, together with Nicholas Hoult and Tom Brittney for Superman, and Phoebe Dynevor, and Emma Mackey as Lois Lane. Within the movie, Superman will likely be a youthful character, coming right into a world the place superheroes exist already (together with, apparently, the Authority).
Quite a bit is driving on Corenswet and Brosnahan’s casting. Superman: Legacy is supposed to launch a brand new DC cinematic universe at a time when the ultimate installments of the earlier universe, together with Black Adam, Shazam! Fury of the Gods, and The Flash, have all faltered on the field workplace. Warner Bros. and DC will want the brand new Superman to be a significant hit.
Superman: Legacy is anticipated to premiere in theaters in 2025.
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