‘Superman: Legacy’ Movie: Who’s In The Running To Play The Man Of Steel & Everything Else To Know

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Image Credit: Shutterstock Superman: Legacy’s merchandise day is July 11, 2025. Nicholas Hoult and much actors are successful contention for the Man of Steel. James Gunn is penning and directing the film.

Superman volition beryllium returning to the large surface successful 2025. As the DC Universe starts a caller chapter, the Man of Steel volition play a pivotal role. Superman: Legacy is presently successful the midst of trying to their Superman and Lois Lane. Many notable names are successful the moving for the cardinal roles.

So, who is successful the moving to play Superman this clip around? What astir Lois Lane? From the merchandise day to the cast, here’s everything we cognize truthful acold astir Superman: Legacy.

Superman: Legacy Release Date

Superman: Legacy is presently expected to deed theaters connected July 11, 2025. That’s a mates of years down the road, but the movie has yet to commencement filming. Casting is inactive underway, and improvement could beryllium delayed depending connected the magnitude of the existent writers’ onslaught and imaginable SAG strike. Filming is expected to commencement successful 2024.

Who Will Play Superman In Superman: Legacy?

The relation of Superman has not been formed arsenic of June 2023, but Warner Bros. and DC Films are presently successful the process of uncovering the adjacent Man of Steel. The archetypal in-person tests are expected to instrumentality spot successful June, according to Deadline. So, who is successful contention for Superman/Clark Kent? These are the actors who are “expected to participate” successful the upcoming auditions.

Nicholas Hoult

Nicholas Hoult astatine ‘The Menu’ premiere. (Shutterstock)

Nicholas Hoult is nary alien to the satellite of comic books coming to the large screen. He notably played Hank McKoy/Beast in X-Men: First Class, X-Men: Days of Future Past, X-Men: Apocalypse, and Dark Phoenix. His different large movies see Mad Max: Fury Road, The Favourite, The Menu, and About A Boy. He precocious wrapped a 3-season tally arsenic Peter III successful the critically-acclaimed Hulu bid The Great, alongside Elle Fanning.

The histrion opened up to The Guardian astir however helium screen-tested for Matt Reeves’ Batman but mislaid the relation to Robert Pattinson. He besides didn’t get a relation in Top Gun: Maverick. He was formed successful Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One arsenic the main villain but had to driblet retired owed to his obligations to The Great.

David Corenswet

David Corenswet astatine the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival. (Shutterstock)

David Corenswet had his breakout relation successful Ryan Murphy’s Netflix bid The Politician, which premiered successful 2019. He went connected to enactment with Murphy again successful the Netflix constricted bid Hollywood. The histrion starred alongside Mia Goth successful the A24 deed Pearl.

He precocious starred successful the HBO constricted bid We Own This City and volition prima alongside Natalie Portman successful the Apple TV+ bid Lady successful the Lake. David was formed successful the Twister sequel with Glen Powell and Daisy Edgar-Jones.

Tom Brittney

Tom Brittney successful 2017. (Shutterstock)

Tom Brittney is simply a British histrion champion known for his relation arsenic Will Davenport successful the bid Grandchester. He besides starred successful the Tom Hanks movie Greyhound successful 2020

Superman: Legacy volition beryllium released 12 years aft Man of Steel, which featured Henry Cavill successful the titular role. The iconic superhero has besides been played by Christopher Reeves, Brandon Routh, and Tyler Hoechlin.

Superman: Legacy Cast: Who Will Play Lois Lane?

Like the relation of Superman, the remainder of the formed has yet to beryllium fleshed out. The roles of different notable Superman characters, including Lex Luthor and Jimmy Olsen, are expected to beryllium formed aft Warner Bros. and DC Films find their Superman and Lois Lane. In the aforesaid circular of surface tests for Superman, 3 well-known actresses volition beryllium auditioning for the relation of Lois Lane, Superman’s emotion interest.

Rachel Brosnahan

Rachel Brosnahan astatine the 2023 Cannes Film Festival. (Shutterstock)

Rachel Brosnahan conscionable wrapped a 5-season tally arsenic Midge Maisel successful Prime Video’s hit The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, which earned her the 2018 Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress successful a Comedy Series. She’s presently starring connected Broadway successful The Sign successful Sidney Brustein’s Window. 

During her May 2023 quality connected The View, Rachel reacted to the Lois Lane rumors. “Look, it would beryllium extraordinary. I grew up watching Lois Lane, this incredibly talented journalist, who is acold from a damsel successful distress, and I would leap astatine the accidental if it arose,” she said.

Phoebe Dynevor

Phoebe Dynevor astatine the Critics’ Choice Awards. (Shutterstock)

Phoebe Dynevor is 1 of Hollywood’s caller breakout stars. She became a household sanction playing Daphne Bridgerton successful Netflix’s megahit bid Bridgerton. She’s acceptable to prima successful the upcoming films The Threesome, Inheritance, Wichita Libra, and Anniversary.

Emma Mackey

Emma Mackey astatine Paris Fashion Week. (Shutterstock)

Emma Mackey roseate to fame playing Maeve Wiley successful the Netflix bid Sex Education. She precocious played writer Emily Brontë successful the film Emily. Emma stars alongside Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling successful Greta Gerwig’s Barbie. She plays Physicist Barbie. 

What Will Superman: Legacy Be About?

The DC Universe has had an overhaul implicit the past year. James Gunn, who directed the beloved Guardians of the Galaxy movies for Marvel, has stepped successful to go the co-CEO of DC Studios alongside Peter Safran. In January 2023, James laid retired his imaginativeness for the aboriginal of the DC Universe and straight addressed Superman: Legacy.

Henry Cavill arsenic Superman. (Warner Bros./Everett Collection)

James revealed astatine the clip that helium was successful the process of penning the film. He called Superman: Legacy the “true opening of the DCU.”

Peter teased Superman’s travel successful the caller movie with The Hollywood Reporter. “It’s not an root story,” Peter stressed. “It focuses connected Superman balancing his Kryptonian practice with his quality upbringing. He is the embodiment of truth, justness and the American way. He is kindness successful a satellite that thinks that kindness is old-fashioned.”

James admitted helium was intrigued to tackle Superman’s communicative due to the fact that of however it intimately relates to his ain life. “I wholly subordinate to Superman due to the fact that he’s everything I am,” James told THR. “He’s idiosyncratic who is an outsider who feels similar an alien, but besides the eventual insider, due to the fact that he’s fucking Superman. And that’s benignant of similar what I consciousness like.”

James confirmed helium would beryllium directing Superman: Legacy via a bid of tweets. “Yes, I’m directing Superman: Legacy to beryllium released connected July 11, 2025. My member Matt told maine erstwhile helium saw the merchandise day helium started to cry. I asked him why. He said, ‘Dude, it’s Dad’s birthday.’ I hadn’t realized,” James began. The manager revealed that helium turned down directing Superman. years agone and was initially hesitant to nonstop this clip around.

“Just due to the fact that I constitute thing doesn’t mean I consciousness it successful my bones, visually and emotionally, capable to walk implicit 2 years directing it, particularly not thing of this magnitude,” helium tweeted. “But, the agelong and the abbreviated of it is, I emotion this script, and I’m incredibly excited arsenic we statesman this journey. #UpUpandAway.”

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