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James Gunn and David Corenswet had to break the spoilt news about who ’s play Superman to TNT ’s Inside the NBA co - innkeeper Shaquille O’Neal .
gaze down the final year of having a real NBC and you have writer / directorJames Gunnand DC Studios’David Corenswet , Rachel Brosnahan , andNicholas Hoult - starringSupermanhitting this July , Warner Bros. Discovery unleashed a fiddling " incorporated synergy " today that saw TNT’sInside the NBAco - host and NBA iconShaquille O’Nealrunning into Corenswet while waiting to meet with Gunn . See , Shaq run with the sobriquet " Superman " during his clip in the NBA , and it ’s a character he has a good deal of sexual love for ( we ’ll leave the respite of you to drop someSteeljokes ) , so he ’s running under the assumption that Gunn ’s going to have him play The Man of Steel . As you ’re about to see , it does n’t quite go as Shaq expected – but at least he got a good dig in atCharles Barkley …
DC Studios: James Gunn Done with Superman, Batman Origin Stories
Near the ending of November , Gunn responded on societal media for being accused of " overlooking inception stories " while also yell out DC Studios for focusing on " ecological niche characters to headline their own movies like Sgt . Rock or Swamp Thing " and not sharpen enough on characters they believe are well suited to appeal a " general audience . “When DC Studios ' " Chapter One : Gods and Monsters ' was unveiled in 2023 , we learned that a Swamp Thing celluloid was planned ( withJames Mangoldattached ) . late , rumbling have gotten louder that directorLuca Guadagnino(Queer ) andDaniel Craigcould be reunited for a Sgt . careen film . And let ’s not bury the forthcoming Mike Flanagan - compose Clayface move that was latterly give a dark-green lightness .
In terms of superhero beginning taradiddle , Gunn is n’t looking to tell Batman ’s and Superman ’s respective backstories again because we ’ve been down that road many times before ( " I ’m not telling Batman and Superman ’s root stories again because everyone knows them " ) . But in term of Swamp Thing not being deserving enough for his own film , Gunn was n’t having any of it . " Do n’t put Swamp Thing in the corner . That ’s a project in evolution we ’ve really announced , and he ’s an fabulously well - known character with not only some of the great comics of all fourth dimension but a successful film serial publication and his own TV show , something that could be said of only a very small fistful of DC fiber , " Gunn added .
DC Studios’SupermanstarsDavid Corenswet(Hollywood ) as Superman / Clark Kent andRachel Brosnahan(The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel ) as Lois Lane . In addition , theSuperman : Legacycast includesSkyler Gisondoas Jimmy Olsen , Nicholas Hoult(The Great ) as Lex Luthor , Wendell Pierce(HBO’sThe Wire ) as Perry White , Isabela Merced(Sicario : twenty-four hours of the Soldado ) as Hawkgirl , Edi Gathegi(X - Men : First Class ) as Mister Terrific , Nathan Fillion(The Rookie ) as Green Lantern Guy Gardner , Anthony Carrigan(Barry ) asMetamorpho , Sara Sampaioas Eve Teschmacher , María Gabriela de Faríaas Angela Spica / The Engineer , Sean Gunnas Maxwell Lord , Pruitt Taylor Vince(Murder One , Lady in the Lake ) as Jonathan Kent/“Pa Kent , " andNeva Howell(Ghosts of the Ozarks ) as Martha Kent/“Ma Kent . "
join them areBeck Bennett(Saturday Night Live ) asDaily Planetsports editor program Steve Lombard , Mikaela Hoover(Guardians of the Galaxy , The Suicide Squad ) asDaily Planetgossip editorialist Cat Grant , andChristopher McDonaldas skilledDaily Planetreporter Ron Troupe – withFrank Grillo ’s Rick Flag Sr . ( fromCreature CommandosandPeacemakerSeason 2 ) set to appear , along withAlan Tudykin an undisclosed purpose . ComposerJohn Murphy(28 Day Later , Sunshine , Kick - Ass , The Suicide Squad , Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.3 ) will score the film .
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