James Gunn is thought for mixing humor and motion in movies like Guardians of the Galaxy and The Suicide Squad, however the filmmaker is taking a recent strategy to Superman. Whereas his new DC Universe challenge guarantees loads of lighthearted moments, Gunn emphasizes that Superman will strike a stability between humor, fantasy, and grounded drama.
“It’s humorous, however it definitely is just not as comedian or as a lot a comedy as both Suicide Squad or Guardians,” Gunn informed Heroic Hollywood and different journalists on the set of Superman. “There’s loads of humor in it. Individuals like Rachel [Brosnahan] are so humorous and David [Corenswet] may be very [funny as well], so there’s humor in it, however it’s making an attempt to create one thing that’s grounded, but in addition it’s an extremely fanciful world, it’s fantasy, it’s taking from different issues like Recreation of Thrones, the place it’s this universe the place superheroes truly exist. What are they like? There’s a magic there that’s plain. However on the identical time, I didn’t wish to do moist muscle-looking T-shirt, these faux muscle T-shirts that we’ve seen a lot.”
How James Gunn is mixing expertise and storytelling for Superman
Gunn can also be leaning into modern approaches for the movie’s high-flying motion sequences. “It was a bunch of issues. I wrote up this massive doc on motion and what our philosophy is of motion and the way we shoot it and what it’s, and maintaining it alive within the air in addition to on the bottom,” he mentioned. “And to have the ability to shoot stuff within the sky as if we have been taking pictures it as a result of the whole lot was rougher prefer it’s in Guardians, prefer it’s in The Suicide Squad. And with the ability to shoot stuff within the sky like that’s actually arduous. So we took so much from movies like Prime Gun: Maverick, which we’re taking pictures flying issues.”
To realize this bold imaginative and prescient, Gunn revealed using cutting-edge drone expertise to seize dynamic aerial sequences. “We shoot a whole lot of our motion with precise drones flying in and round Superman and the those that he’s flying with, Engineer, whoever else, that he’s combating up within the air. And we did that on sound phases. We obtained these actually small, loopy drones now. We’ve obtained among the greatest flyers on this planet right here who’re working with it. And so we use these guys so much and the whole lot’s deliberate out with me, because it at all times is. However on the identical time, I’ve gotten much more into discovering new stuff on the set and new moments and exploring that stuff, discovering magic the place it’s.”
Gunn additionally spoke concerning the tone of the movie, describing it as a mixture of hope and gravity. “So for me, that is … about coming at one thing from the within. So how can [Nicholas Hoult] let you know what Lex is like? It’s like he’s coming from an inside place. It’s not so totally different with the tone of the movie, I do know what it feels prefer to me. I do know the feel, I do know that it’s one thing totally different than I’ve ever performed earlier than, however how can I then translate that to you guys on the surface? As a result of I begin with a spot that’s very hopeful, enjoyable… however extremely severe all on the identical time.”
It’s clear that James Gunn goals to deliver a particular mix of motion, humor, and coronary heart to the enduring story of Superman. The film serves as a pivotal challenge in establishing the tone and imaginative and prescient of Gunn and Peter Safran’s DC Universe, with all eyes on it forward of its highly-anticipated Summer season 2025 launch.
Superman arrives in theaters on July 11, 2025. Keep tuned for the newest updates on James Gunn and Peter Safran’s DC Universe.
