James Gunn’s ‘Superman’ Will Be Shot Entirely in IMAX

James Gunn’s Superman goes to be shot in IMAX.

Gunn himself confirmed that attention-grabbing tidbit in response to a fan query on Threads.

After sharing footage from the film’s European areas, Gunn confirmed that “the whole movie is shot in IMAX.”

In current years, the large-scale format has change into the taking pictures model of alternative for a lot of blockbuster filmmakers. And Superman is not going to even be the primary Superman film shot no less than partially in IMAX; Zack Snyder‘s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice contained sequences shot with IMAX 65mm cameras. (So did Wonder Woman 1984.) Blue Beetle and Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom were shot with IMAX digital cameras well.

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This won’t be Gunn’s first time working with IMAX, both. He shot final yr’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 and 2021’s The Suicide Squad digitally for IMAX as nicely.

Other current blockbusters shot for IMAX (digitally or on movie) embrace Avatar: The Way of Water, Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One, No Time to Die, and Jordan Peele’s Nope.

As movies proceed to search for methods to tell apart themselves from tv, large-formats like IMAX have change into more and more common in mainstream blockbusters. Marvel and DC make TV exhibits and you’ll watch at dwelling; it’s also possible to see their motion pictures on streaming after a couple of months in theaters. But if you would like that large visible expertise, you’ll be able to’t look ahead to streaming. (Plus these IMAX theaters cost a couple of dollars additional for tickets, so the studios actually like that.)

Gunn’s Superman is scheduled to open in theaters on July 11, 2025. Originally titled Superman: Legacy, Gunn not too long ago introduced the title had been shortened to easily Superman. The movie will launch a brand new DC film universe, and stars David Cornswet as Superman, Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane, plus a roster of DC heroes that features Green Lantern (Nathan Fillion), Mister Terrific (Edi Gathegi), Metamorpho (Anthony Carrigan), and Hawkgirl (Isabela Merced).