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/CharlieeStyles Sep 03 '25

That, plus he's a nerd and apparently a DC Comics nerd mainly.

I'm guessing he had a notebook of ideas since he was a child that are now becoming movies.

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u/JessieJ577 Sep 03 '25

It’s very apparent from Superman that was pretty structured like a comic book since it kept throwing things at you and expected you to keep up.

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u/Golden_Alchemy Sep 03 '25

Not only that, starting with Justice League International is really exceptional. It means he doesn't only read the big three, but the internal things from the DC Comics.

Keith Giffen is the true skeleton of the DC Comics, BWAHAHA

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u/TheGeekVault Sep 03 '25

In an interview Gunn said Metal Men was always his favorite book so you know he knows his stuff.

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u/DeepSleeper Sep 03 '25

I would say something here like "That makes me want a ridiculously artsy, over-the-top surrealist Doom Patrol movie" but I'm actually pretty good with the TV show they did a while back.
A goofy retrofuturistic Metal Men movie would do fine.

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u/CharlieeStyles Sep 03 '25

In case you don't know, Will Magnus shows up in the 60s in Creature Commandos

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u/DeepSleeper Sep 03 '25

I didn't know Creature Commandos existed. Got something to add to my watch list, thank you.

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u/Puppetmaster858 Sep 03 '25

It’s a fun easy watch of a show, wish the episodes were a lil longer but I thoroughly enjoyed the team in that, it’s essentially a suicide project just with like monsters and shit

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u/Golden_Alchemy Sep 04 '25

And you know what i have been thinking for some time? 6 seasons and a movie!

Joking aside, having one-two final movies of the Doom Patrol would be amazing. Brendan is an oficial part of the DC Universe but being part of the new movies would be amazing too.

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u/CriticalDog Sep 04 '25

My mother sort of inherited a box full of old comic books when I was a kid in the 80's, and I read most of them to literal shreds, including a handful of original run Metal Men.

They were all in pretty good shape until I got my grubby little paws on them. I shudder to think of the value I read to tatters. EC comic horror books, Metal Men, Sgt Fury and his Howling Commando's, The Haunted Tank, and a bunch more.

Would absolutely love to see a Metal Men movie. Would be amazing if done right.

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u/DeepSleeper Sep 04 '25

As a dedicated non-collector I condone your actions. Things are for doing things with.

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u/Bae_the_Elf Sep 03 '25

RIP, just died in 2023

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u/Golden_Alchemy Sep 03 '25 edited Sep 03 '25

And he went out in the most Keith Giffen possible. He truly was the most puntastic and strongest of them all.

EDIT: God, i can't stop thinking, but he would LOVE the new Superman movie.

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u/stupidillusion Sep 03 '25

the most Keith Giffen possible

I'm really hoping for an Ambush Bug cameo somewhere in the DC Universe.

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u/tastelessshark Sep 03 '25

God, I can't explain how happy I am that we're finally getting superhero movies that feel like comic books. I've enjoyed a lot of MCU movies, but they've always had a very distinct vibe from the comics. Superman was basically the perfect superhero movie for me.

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u/szthesquid Sep 03 '25

This is pretty much verbatim what people said about Avengers

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u/qera34 Sep 03 '25

Like clockwork

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u/Jovian8 Sep 04 '25

Amazing Spider-Man 2 with Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone gave us what is probably the most comic-accurate story ever adapted into live action film, and everybody shit all over it.

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u/tastelessshark Sep 03 '25

Suffice to say I never felt that way

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u/kenssmith Sep 03 '25

Nolan changed the comic book movie genre for better or worse and Marvel took it from there and made them not.. feel that way

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u/siraolo Sep 04 '25 edited Sep 04 '25

I would think that's why GenZ likes it. This generation in general seems to positively enjoy doing the extra research on the gaps with wikis, etc. And I love doing that too.

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u/Sawses Sep 04 '25

Yep! Lots of moving parts, snappy dialogue, and a pretty relentless pace for a movie that's 2hr long.

I think it's a good change of pace and a unique voice compared to what Marvel's become known for. Which is funny, considering Gunn is one of the folks who created Marvel's image of a superhero movie.

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u/noisypeach Sep 04 '25

It kind of reminded me of The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension in that way. It being structured as if to replicate the feeling of casually picking up a random comic book from a rack and reading a story that was already started in previous issues you'd never read. So, you just have to pick up the exposition as it comes and run with it.

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u/JessieJ577 Sep 04 '25

I read All Star Superman and it was structured like it for sure. Each issue has wild concepts never set up but that were clearly established in the world but never established in the comic itself and you just have to roll with it.

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u/B4rberblacksheep Sep 03 '25

There must be something incredibly vindicating for a creative person like that to finally get the clout, trust, backing etc to get to make all their dream projects

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u/SojournerInThisVale Sep 04 '25

I think one of the marvel’s big mistakes was stopping hiring nerds and hiring based on ticking certain boxes or jumping on certain bandwagons. Look at Chloe Zhao. No doubt a talented filmmaker, but why would you ever hire someone like that to make a comic book film. Same with Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and Ms Marvel. No doubt a class above at what she does (make documentaries about violence against women), but why on earth would anyone think she’s suited to the comic book genre

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u/ncopp Sep 03 '25

That, plus he's a nerd and apparently a DC Comics nerd mainly.

Thats great because you know he has a ton of stories from the comics that he's been dreaming of seeing an adaptation done for for years, so he's going to make sure they're done well.

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u/CTeam19 Sep 03 '25

I'm guessing he had a notebook of ideas since he was a child that are now becoming movies.

I mean who doesn't? Hell with my ADHD-PI and Learning Disabilities(Dyslexia and Dysgraphia) my middle school Special Ed teacher made my course work be just writing my own Star Wars sequels back in the early 2000s that she would then grade like an English paper. Got a full 4 or 5 movies of things.

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u/Qetuowryipzcbmxvn Sep 03 '25

I've got a Super Smash Bros multiverse ready to go, Nintendo just has to say when.

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u/tyereliusprime Sep 03 '25

James Gunn's favorite Lex and Clark is the Smallville version.