David Corenswet in James Gunn’s ‘Superman’ Photo credit: @jamesgun/Instagram

Trunks are back! Filmmaker and DC Studios co-CEO James Gunn on Monday released the first look at actor David Korenswet as Superman from the director’s highly anticipated DCU Launchpad. Superman,

Gunn posted the photo on his Instagram account and said the photo was “taken on set by Jess Mglio and was completely in-camera.” The photo shows Corenswet as the Man of Steel, wearing a sloppy suit with his boots on. And much to the surprise of fans, the photo also marks the return of the popular red trunks that we’ve come to associate with the Son of Krypton until filmmaker Zack Snyder decided to abandon it in his DCEU version in 2012. did not do.

First announced in March last year, Superman (was called earlier superman: legacy) is the first film in Gunn’s DCU, a new DC superhero franchise set after the collapse of the DCEU. According to Gunn, Superman It deals with the superhero’s journey to understand both his elite Kryptonian heritage and his small-town, Midwestern upbringing as Clark Kent.

In addition to Corenswet, the upcoming film includes Rachel Brosnahan as reporter and Clark Kent’s girlfriend Lois Lane, Nicholas Hoult as the villain Lex Luthor, Maria Gabriela De Faria as The Engineer, and Wendell Pierce as estranged editor Perry White. Are. Head of The Daily Planet. Superman will also be supported by Green Lantern (Nathan Fillion), Hawkgirl (Isabella Merced), Mister Terrific (Eddie Gaethgi) and Metamorpho (Anthony Carrigan). The cast also includes Skyler Gisondo, Sara Sampaio and Terrence Rosemore.

The film is the first solo Superman film in more than a decade man of SteelSet to release on 11 July 2025.

Korensvar is best known for starring in Ryan Murphy’s Netflix series Politician And Hollywood. He recently played a theater owner who becomes involved with TI West’s aspiring actress Mia Goth Pearl,