It’s a chook, it is a plane, it is … not Henry Cavill!
DC Studios CEO James Gunn dropped the first photo of the hottest actor to play Clark Kent, David Corenswet.
“Get Completely ready. Superman. 7.11.25,” the director wrote Monday in a caption on the social media system Threads alongside the image of Corenswet, 30, decked out in the legendary Superman suit.
The Warner Bros. movie had beforehand been titled “Superman: Legacy,” but Gunn introduced in February that he experienced chopped off the next half of the title.
“When I concluded the initial draft of the script, I referred to as the film ‘Superman: Legacy,’” he wrote. “By the time I locked the remaining draft, it was crystal clear the title was ‘Superman.’”
Corenswet will take in excess of from Cavill — who turned 41 on Sunday — after he performed the hero in 6 films, commencing with 2013’s “Gentleman of Metal” and ending with an uncredited cameo in previous year’s “The Flash.”
Superman is by significantly the biggest role to date for Corenswet, who has formerly appeared on two Ryan Murphy Netflix collection, “The Politician” and “Hollywood.”
He’ll star opposite “Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” star Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane and “The Great” actor Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor.
“Superman,” which will strike theaters July 11, 2025, is the to start with film in the prepared revamp of the DC Universe. It is component of an initial grouping of films dubbed Chapter One particular: Gods and Monsters.