Is it just me, or are movie shoots getting quicker and quicker these days? More and more gets done in post-production and churned in the guts of high-powered computers, it feels as if the actual shooting is over in the blink of an eye. It seems like only yesterday we were reporting that James Gunn’s Superman had entered production.
Well, yesterday it wrapped. Gunn posted a message on Instagram alongside an image of several of the cast and crew from shooting in Norway. Included were David Corenswet (Superman) and Nicholas Hoult (Lex Luthor).
In the message, he said:
“And that’s a wrap. God bless our cast and crew whose commitment, creativity, and hard work have brought this project to life. I set out to make a movie about a good man in a world that isn’t always so much.
And the goodness and kindness and love I’ve encountered on a daily basis on the set has inspired me and thrust me forward when I felt too spent to move on my own. Thank you all from the bottom of my heart. It has been an honor.
The destination has been Superman, but the journey has been the toil and the laughter and the emotions and ideas and magic we’ve shared together on set – and for that I am forever grateful.”
Post-production will now begin in earnest ahead of the July 2025 release. Gunn will be shutting back and forth between the post-production facilities and working on the second season of Peacemaker for Max.
Superman was written and directed by Gunn, and also stars Rachel Brosnahan, Isabela Merced, Edi Gathegi, Nathan Fillion, Anthony Carrigan, María Gabriela de Faría, Sara Sampaio, Skyler Gisondo, Terence Rosemore, Wendell Pierce, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Neva Howell, Beck Bennett, Mikaela Hoover, and Christopher McDonald.
The film explores Clark Kent / Superman’s journey to reconcile his Kryptonian heritage with his adoptive human family in Smallville, Kansas.