Look, up within the sky! It’s a fowl! It’s a airplane!
It’s David Corenswet.
The 29-year-old actor from Philadelphia has landed the lead function within the upcoming Superman: Legacy, which is able to relaunch the DC Comics film and TV universe beneath the inventive oversight of James Gunn. Gunn can even write and direct the movie.
Corenswet already has his key co-star as properly; Rachel Brosnahan — greatest often known as the title character from Amazon’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel has been forged to play the Lois Lane to his Clark Kent.
After information of their casting leaked, Gunn confirmed it on his Twitter account, writing “Accurate! (They are not only both incredible actors, but also wonderful people.)”
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Gunn will each write and direct the brand new movie; he has beforehand mentioned it can “focus on Superman balancing his Kryptonian heritage with his human upbringing.” It will characteristic a brand new model of the Man of Steel, changing the one which has appeared in DC motion pictures for the final ten years — together with most just lately final fall in a short cameo in Black Adam — portrayed by actor Henry Cavill.
According to numerous on-line reviews 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. In the movie, Superman will likely be a youthful character, coming right into a world the place superheroes exist already (together with, apparently, the Authority).
Loads is using 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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