James Gunn Gives Perfect Response to Fan Concern About His Superman Movie Cast

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James Gunn Gives Perfect Response to Fan Concern About His Superman Movie Cast

James Gunn took to social media to dispel worried notions and concerns about his upcoming DCU debut movie, Superman: Legacy.

Superman: Legacy is shaping up to be quite the opening number for James Gunn and Peter Safran’s revamped DCU. Several characters, including some additional superheroes, have been cast for the film ahead of production kicking off in 2024.

Heroes like Mister Terrific and Hawkgirl were announced to join the 2025 movie. Also involved are supporting cast members such as Eve Tessmacher, who will presumably report to Lex Luthor (played by X-Men: First Class’ Nicholas Hoult).

But does Legacy have too many characters?

On Instagram, James Gunn personally responded to another user who claimed that Superman: Legacy “went from a solo Superman to 100+ characters.” This was likely in reaction to the amount of casting information that has surfaced for the film in recent months.

Gunn was quick to point out that there most certainly not “100+” characters in Superman: Legacy and that nothing being done was outside of the norm:

“Or like every other single protagonist of all time with 10 speaking roles announced.”

Elsewhere, in the comment section of another Instagram post made by James Gunn, a user asked, “any more casting news announcement dropping soon?”

The director promised “a couple more soon.”

”Well we’re running out of characters to announce but there will be a couple more soon.”

It’s important to note that there are indeed a few key characters in the Superman mythos yet to be cast for Legacy, including Jonathan and Martha Kent, and some of the players from Clark’s workplace at The Daily Planet.