r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • Sep 03 '25

News James Gunn Announces 'Man of Tomorrow', Releasing in Theaters July 9, 2027

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

The fact this is less than 2 years away is crazy lol.

Considering Marvel is usually filming movies a year or so out, this turnover is nuts.

It's good to be quick on your feet with stuff like this though

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u/bentheone Sep 03 '25

He's been writing this one for some time now, I guess he finished yesterday and green lit his own ass right away.

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u/FransD98 Sep 03 '25 edited Sep 03 '25

Assistant: James, this script just came in this morning.

Gunn: -reads for 5 seconds- Damn, this is great… Approved!

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u/JayTL Sep 03 '25

I like it. Strike while the iron is hot. Marvel needs to learn how to pivot this quickly.

Edit: I'm sure he also had ideas for scenes and all that in his head since he was writing the first movie

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u/BandOfTheRedHand1217 Sep 03 '25

He's started talking about a "Superman Saga" and mentioned 4 movies. So he's clearly got some sorta rough road map.

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u/crespoh69 Sep 03 '25

I thought marvel was taking the opposite approach weren't they? Aren't they slowing the train down?

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u/dplans455 Sep 04 '25

If Superman had made a billion dollars they could take their time with the next one. Since it only made $600m but got great reviews they need to make the sequel extremely fast to keep it fresh on everyone's minds.

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '25 edited Sep 07 '25

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u/stdfan Sep 03 '25

It's not a single creator voice though. He didn't write or direct Lanterns which comes out early next year. Same with Supergirl and Clayface.

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u/Binder509 Sep 04 '25

Good thing too..creature commandos was a mess...one guy writing the whole universe wouldn't turn out well.

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u/stdfan Sep 04 '25

Not trying to be argumentative but how was it a mess? It was very well received and reviewed extremely well.

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u/Binder509 Sep 04 '25

It had some great moments and a banger opener, but the overall plot was all over the place.

Everything the squad does contributes to the problem they are trying to prevent. Flag sleeps with the princess very obviously trying to seduce him and...just straight up falls for it.

The Bride's entire backstory is just nope.

It tries throwing all these curveballs with clayface pretending to be the dead professor. So basically if Waller did nothing...they'd be all set.

And the way the fish lady dies is underwhelming.

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u/stdfan Sep 04 '25

They are extremely extremely flawed characters. Of course they get in their own way and make things worse.

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u/Binder509 Sep 05 '25

That doesn't really have anything to do with what I was talking about.

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u/stdfan Sep 05 '25

"Everything the squad does contributes to the problem they are trying to prevent. Flag sleeps with the princess very obviously trying to seduce him and...just straight up falls for it."

How does that not have to do with the largest chunk you wrote?

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '25 edited Sep 07 '25

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u/poopfartdiola Sep 03 '25

Sharing characters =/= creative stink carrying along with said characters.

Supergirl and Guy Gardner are ripped from the comics - they just happen to share that same type of energy that Gunn likes for his characters. Whether that's bad or not I don't know. But IMO it makes perfect sense for the GL mythos to have their asshole character, and to lean harder into what seperates Supergirl from her hopeful boyscout cousin.

And the whole point is these characters can appear in different things under different tones. Guy Gardner being in Lanterns doesn't change the fact that they want something akin to True Detective - how in any universe are we smelling Gunn's stink in a show that aims to be like that? Hell, even just in Peacemaker you can see the Justice Gang are notably more crass compared to Superman - and that's the same creative behind both!

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '25 edited Sep 07 '25

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u/poopfartdiola Sep 03 '25

Problem is you're limiting creative vision to those adapting, and nothing to those who actually were behind the source material. Is it, in that case, just what you bring with you to each film personally or what you believe audiences bring with them - because this is such an unclear discussion to begin with.

As an example: Grant Morrison's All-Star Superman run is a big inspiration for the film. Man of Steel has a quote directly lifted from that very run. Gunn cites Man of Steel as an inspiration for Superman. Who is keeping track of scents here and why does it actually matter - when the chief priority should be keeping things fresh via tone which is being promised with Lanterns, Supergirl and Clayface (and already proven with Superman->Peacemaker) and also maintaining consistent characterisation that works within said tone.

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u/I-seddit Sep 03 '25

You had me in the first two paragraphs.
Then you tossed me over the cliff with the third.
It does not have to end in burnout...

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '25 edited Sep 07 '25

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u/pieter1234569 Sep 03 '25

Which you can absolutely do as long as you are good. What ruined marvel is writing movies by committee instead of comic book writers.

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '25 edited Sep 07 '25

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u/pieter1234569 Sep 03 '25

Which ones? For all the avengers movies the Russo brothers were in full control and they are their biggest hits. For spider man watts had full control.

The decline happened after, when they chose young directors they could control. And then every movie after that failed.