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Friday, December 20, 2024

Expectations of Steel: First ‘Superman’ Trailer Reaction

 


There’s one North Pole resident who can fly around the world in a night dominating social media right now, and it ain’t Santa Claus.

DC Studios has given us our best look yet at James Gunn’s optimistic take on The Man of Steel with a new Superman teaser trailer that sent anticipation for the 2025 film up, up and away when it dropped on Thursday. With bright colors, big-time action and a fantastic cast – including David Corenswet as the titular Kansas farmboy-turned-demigod, Rachel Brosnahan as intrepid Daily Planet reporter Lois Lane and Nicholas Hoult as calculating “bald-is-beautiful” poster boy Lex Luthor – Superman looks like a lot of fun. Plus, we get a glimpse of the live-action debut for one of comic books’ goodest boys, Krypto the Superdog, who proves to be just as heroic as his nigh invincible owner.

If you know me, you know I have owned a LOT of action figures in my life, but one of my first was Kenner’s “Super Powers” Superman, who met an unfortunate fate when I accidently jammed him between the cushions of my mom’s Toyota Tercel – there was obviously some Kryptonite stashed in the glove compartment. Superman II was also one of the first movies I watched on repeat as a three-year-old, alongside Ghostbusters and The Empire Strikes Back. So yeah, me and Supes go way back.

I didn’t gel with Zack Snyder’s take on Superman in The Man of Steel or its sequels, and Bryan Singer’s 2006 Superman Returns hasn’t aged particularly well, so I’m excited for a film that seems tonally similar to the classic Christopher Reeve film while creating something entirely new. I’ll be looking up when Superman flies into theaters July 11, 2025.

Watch the teaser below!  

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