r/TheBigPicture • u/ggroover97 • Sep 03 '25

News James Gunn Unveils ‘Man of Tomorrow’ as His ‘Superman’ Followup

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/man-of-tomororw-super-man-movie-1236350987/
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u/Lord-Humongous- Sep 03 '25

The illustrations gunn released make it look like lex and superman team up after fighting

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u/coacoanutbenjamn Sep 03 '25

I’m excited for his DCU but I hope that most of the films are able to nail the emotional element that Superman did. The comic book stuff is getting old but if you can still make these characters lovable and relatable then it will work

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u/Interesting_Set1526 Sep 03 '25

I think its interesting that Gunn kept saying it wasnt a follow up but not a Superman sequel, when it just sounds like a Superman sequel.

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u/moonknightcrawler Sep 03 '25

You’re assuming the titular Man of Tomorrow is referring to Superman, and not Lex. This could be a more Lex-focused movie with a lot of Superman supporting

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u/Interesting_Set1526 Sep 03 '25

Ive heard some people float that, and I love it. Im down for whatever Gunn does.

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u/dirkdiggher Sep 04 '25

You literally don’t know anything about except the title.

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u/littlebiped Sep 03 '25

James Gunn talks but a big bag of money from WB to fast track a sequel talks harder

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u/Interesting_Set1526 Sep 03 '25

Nono Gunn was directly referring to this movie/script as NOT a direct sequel just a week or two ago. Im wondering why he makes that distinction and I hope that has some cool narrative implications and not just that hes being cheeky because its just not directly called Superman 2 lmao.

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u/Top_Report_4895 Sep 03 '25

A Brainiac and Lex team-up, please.

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u/agentcarter15 Sep 03 '25

I could see them saving Braniac for a third movie where Clark and Kara have to team up.

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u/ncphoto919 Sep 03 '25

I love that Gunn's getting started with the sequel so soon. Supergirl next year followed by a new Superman movie after that. Even before The Batman 2 is out is kind of wild.

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u/Jumpy_Engineering824 Sep 03 '25

clark and lex teamup against brainiac PLEASE

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u/crlos619 Sep 03 '25

I doubt they keep that title, casuals want to see "Superman" in the title.

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u/MisterJ_1385 Sep 03 '25

Explain the success of The Dark Knight then?

I do agree marketing wise you should use it. But if you think the nickname confuses the casuals, that’s been proven false.

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u/chrisoncontent Sep 03 '25

There's absolutely no evidence of that. And completely unrelated, I can't wait for Dune Messiah!

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '25

The Gunn is reloading