James Gunn’s Superman has added Will Reeve, son of the late Superman star Christopher Reeve, in a cameo function, based on native reporting out of Cleveland, the place manufacturing is at the moment in movement.
Whereas reps for Warner Bros and DC couldn’t be reached for remark, the youthful Reeve will reportedly be taking part in a TV reporter, which is becoming given his real-world work as a correspondent for ABC Information.
Reeve’s father Christopher is indelibly linked to the Superman franchise, having change into the definitive portrayal of the long-lasting superhero for a whole technology. His relationship with the franchise started in 1978, when he was forged because the titular character in Richard Donner’s Superman: The Film, and he went on to don the cape in three sequels between 1980 and 1987: Superman II, Superman III, and Superman IV: The Quest for Peace.
The elder Reeve’s story is on the coronary heart of Tremendous/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story, a documentary directed by Ian Bonhôte and Peter Ettedgui, which premiered to important acclaim at this 12 months’s Sundance Movie Pageant and can be launched in choose U.S. theaters by way of DC Studios and Fathom Occasions on September 21, with an encore presentation to comply with on Christopher Reeve’s birthday, September 25. The doc chronicles Reeve’s astonishing rise from unknown actor to iconic film star, and the way his definitive portrayal of Clark Kent/Superman set the benchmark for the superhero cinematic universes that dominate cinema at this time, additionally inspecting the near-fatal horse-riding accident that left him paralyzed from the neck down in 1995, and his work later in life as a passionate advocate for incapacity rights and care.
A global theatrical rollout for the doc can be forthcoming at a date not but disclosed.
The primary title in a revamped DC slate overseen by studio bosses Gunn and Peter Safran, Superman will comply with the superhero of the identical title as he seems to be to reconcile his Kryptonian heritage together with his human upbringing. He’s the embodiment of fact, justice and the American manner, guided by human kindness in a world that sees kindness as old school.
David Corenswet assumes the function of Clark Kent/Superman, with Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane and Nicholas Hoult because the villain Lex Luthor. Others set for roles within the extremely anticipated Warner Bros characteristic, as beforehand introduced, embody Nathan Fillion, Isabela Merced, Edi Gathegi, Anthony Carrigan, Skyler Gisondo, María Gabriela de Faría, Sara Sampaio, Wendell Pierce and Beck Bennett, to call only a few.
Gunn is directing from his personal script, which attracts on characters created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. Safran produces the pic, which is slated for launch on July 11, 2025.
