James Gunn Teases The Motion & Comedy In His Superman Film

James Gunn is thought for mixing humor and motion in movies like Guardians of the Galaxy and The Suicide Squad, however the filmmaker is taking a recent strategy to Superman. Whereas his new DC Universe venture guarantees loads of lighthearted moments, Gunn emphasizes that Superman will strike a steadiness between humor, fantasy, and grounded drama.

“It’s humorous, but it surely definitely isn’t as comedian or as a lot a comedy as both Suicide Squad or Guardians,” Gunn informed Heroic Hollywood and different journalists on the set of Superman. “There’s loads of humor in it. Individuals like Rachel [Brosnahan] are so humorous and David [Corenswet] could be very [funny as well], so there’s humor in it, but it surely’s attempting to create one thing that’s grounded, but in addition it’s an extremely fanciful world, it’s fantasy, it’s taking from different issues like Recreation of Thrones, the place it’s this universe the place superheroes really exist. What are they like? There’s a magic there that’s plain. However on the similar time, I didn’t wish to do moist muscle-looking T-shirt, these pretend muscle T-shirts that we’ve seen a lot.”

How James Gunn is mixing expertise and storytelling for Superman

Gunn can be leaning into progressive approaches for the movie’s high-flying motion sequences. “It was a bunch of issues. I wrote up this huge doc on motion and what our philosophy is of motion and the way we shoot it and what it’s, and protecting it alive within the air in addition to on the bottom,” he mentioned. “And to have the ability to shoot stuff within the sky as if we had been taking pictures it as a result of every little thing was rougher prefer it’s in Guardians, prefer it’s in The Suicide Squad. And with the ability to shoot stuff within the sky like that’s actually exhausting. So we took so much from movies like High Gun: Maverick, which we’re taking pictures flying issues.”

To realize this formidable imaginative and prescient, Gunn revealed using cutting-edge drone expertise to seize dynamic aerial sequences. “We shoot a number of our motion with precise drones flying in and round Superman and the those who he’s flying with, Engineer, whoever else, that he’s combating up within the air. And we did that on sound levels. We bought these actually small, loopy drones now. We’ve bought a few of the finest flyers on the planet right here who’re working with it. And so we use these guys so much and every little thing’s deliberate out with me, because it at all times is. However on the similar time, I’ve gotten much more into discovering new stuff on the set and new moments and exploring that stuff, discovering magic the place it’s.”

Gunn additionally spoke in regards to the tone of the movie, describing it as a mixture of hope and gravity. “So for me, that is … about coming at one thing from the within. So how can [Nicholas Hoult] inform you what Lex is like? It’s like he’s coming from an inside place. It’s not so completely different with the tone of the movie, I do know what it feels prefer to me. I do know the feel, I do know that it’s one thing completely different than I’ve ever achieved earlier than, however how can I then translate that to you guys on the surface? As a result of I begin with a spot that’s very hopeful, enjoyable… however extremely severe all on the similar time.”

It’s clear that James Gunn goals to convey a particular mix of motion, humor, and coronary heart to the long-lasting story of Superman. The film serves as a pivotal venture in establishing the tone and imaginative and prescient of Gunn and Peter Safran’s DC Universe, with all eyes on it forward of its highly-anticipated Summer time 2025 launch.

Superman arrives in theaters on July 11, 2025. Keep tuned for the most recent updates on James Gunn and Peter Safran’s DC Universe.