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Superman is a 2025 American superhero film based on the eponymous character from DC Comics. Written and directed by James Gunn, it is the first film in the DC Universe (DCU) produced by DC Studios, the first film of the DCU’s Chapter One: Gods and Monsters, and the second reboot of the Superman film series. David Corenswet stars as Clark Kent / Superman, alongside Rachel Brosnahan, Nicholas Hoult, Edi Gathegi, Anthony Carrigan, Nathan Fillion, and Isabela Merced. In the film, Superman must prove to the world that he is their protector after billionaire Lex Luthor conducts a plan to turn public opinion against him.

Development on a sequel to the DC Extended Universe (DCEU) film Man of Steel (2013) began by October 2014, with Henry Cavill set to reprise his role as Superman. Plans changed after the troubled production of Justice League (2017) and the Man of Steel sequel was no longer moving forward by May 2020. Gunn began work on a new Superman film around August 2022. In October, he became co-CEO of DC Studios with producer Peter Safran and they began work on a new DC Universe. Gunn was revealed to be writing the film in December. The title Superman: Legacy was announced the next month, Gunn was confirmed to be directing in March 2023, and Corenswet and Brosnahan were cast that June. The subtitle was dropped by the end of February 2024, when filming began in Svalbard, Norway. Production primarily took place at Trilith Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, with location filming around Georgia and Ohio. Filming wrapped in July. The film takes inspiration from the comic book All-Star Superman (2005–2008) by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely, among others.

Superman premiered at the TCL Chinese Theater on July 7, 2025, and was released by Warner Bros. Pictures in the United States on July 11. The film received positive reviews from critics and has grossed $40.3 million against a budget of $225 million.

Thirty years ago, Jor-El and Lara Lor-Van sent their infant son Kal-El to Earth to escape their planet Krypton‘s destruction. Raised as Clark Kent by human adoptive parents Jonathan and Martha Kent in Smallville, Kansas, the Kryptonian gains incredible powers from the Sun. Inspired to his heroism by Jor-El and Lara’s farewell message, which was damaged on the journey, Clark debuted as Superman, the most powerful metahuman on Earth, three years ago while maintaining in a job as a reporter for the Daily Planet in Metropolis alongside Jimmy Olsen and Lois Lane, with Lois in a relationship with Clark and aware of his secret identity.

Three weeks ago, Superman had stopped an invasion by Boravia, an ally of the United States, on the neighboring country of Jarhanpur. Billionaire Lex Luthor assures General Rick Flag Sr. and others in the U.S. government—who wonder if Superman might be a threat—that he can kill Superman if necessary. Superman loses his first fight against the mysterious “Hammer of Boravia”, who in reality is Ultraman in disguise, citing his involvement in the war as the reason for his actions. However, unbeknownst to the world, Ultraman works for Luthor, who controls him using drones. Krypto takes an injured Superman back to the Fortress of Solitude in Antarctica, where he is healed with concentrated solar radiation. Luthor secretly invades the fortress alongside Ultraman and the Engineer, steals the farewell message from Jor-El and Lara and decodes it in its entirety, before abducting Krypto.

As Superman and fellow heroes of the Justice Gang—Green Lantern, Mister Terrific, and Hawkgirl—battle a kaiju created by Luthor as a diversion, Luthor broadcasts the entire Kryptonian message to the world. To Superman’s shock, in the second half of the message, his parents urge him to conquer Earth and take many wives to populate the world with Kryptonians. Public opinion turns against Superman, and he voluntarily surrenders to the government for questioning; because of Superman’s power, Flag gives custody of the hero to Luthor.

Luthor imprisons Superman in an artificial pocket dimension where he holds various enemies, including Krypto and the metahuman Metamorpho. Using Metamorpho’s baby son Joey as a hostage, Luthor forces him to create Kryptonite to render Superman powerless. Luthor’s girlfriend Eve Teschmacher, infatuated with Jimmy, reveals that Luthor secretly backs Boravia in return for half of Jarhanpur’s territory, providing photo evidence of the plot. Metamorpho decides to help Superman after witnessing Luthor murder a Superman supporter during his interrogation of Superman. The two free Joey and Krypto. Lois convinces Mister Terrific to help find Superman, and they enter the pocket dimension and rescue the heroes before taking Superman to the Kent farm to recuperate. Furious at Superman’s escape, Luthor has his men increase the power to the pocket dimension reactor to lure Superman out, creating a black hole that begins to tear across the city.

While Green Lantern, Metamorpho, and Hawkgirl stop a second Boravian invasion, Superman and Mister Terrific battle the Engineer and Ultraman as the growing black hole nears Metropolis. After defeating the Engineer, Superman unmasks Ultraman, revealing he is an unintelligent clone of the hero. Luthor is so intent on defeating Superman that he refuses to close the black hole, which splits the city in half. After Superman defeats Ultraman by throwing him into the black hole, he and Mister Terrific go to Luthor’s headquarters to shut down the reactor, closing the black hole. Meanwhile, Lois and Jimmy reveal Luthor’s scheme, clearing Superman’s name. Hawkgirl fatally drops Vasil Ghurkos, the President of Boravia, from a large height, and the Justice Gang is celebrated as heroes alongside their newest member Metamorpho.

Luthor and his cohorts are all arrested, while Superman and Lois share a kiss. Later, as Superman recovers from his injuries at the Fortress of Solitude, his cousin Kara Zor-El drunkenly returns to pick up Krypto. To relax during the healing process, he watches footage of his childhood memories with Jonathan and Martha.

In a mid-credits scene, Superman looks down at the Earth from the Moon while cuddling Krypto.

In a post-credits scene, Superman and Mr. Terrific banter about the imperfect rebuilding of Metropolis after the damage from the black hole.

• David Corenswet as Clark Kent / Superman:
  A survivor from the destroyed planet Krypton who lives on Earth as a superhero. He hides his identity at his day job, working as a journalist for the Daily Planet in Metropolis. Director James Gunn said Corenswet’s Superman is around 25 years old, making him more established than Tom Welling‘s version from the CW series Smallville (2001–2011) but younger than Henry Cavill‘s version in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU). Producer Peter Safran described the film’s take on the character for the DC Universe (DCU) as “the embodiment of truth, justice and the American way” and “kindness in a world that thinks of kindness as old-fashioned”. Gunn said Clark is becoming successful as both a journalist and a superhero in the film, but new elements in his life leave him unbalanced. These include being “madly in love” with his colleague Lois Lane, and making friends with other superheroes who think he is naive. The film shows how these elements impact Clark’s values and choices, which are flawed and put him on a personal journey.
  Corenswet differentiated the role between Clark’s interactions with his parents, his job at the Daily Planet, and as Superman. He described Superman as a “public facing character” who wants to present himself as calm but with authority. Corenswet drew inspiration for Clark from the comic book All-Star Superman (2005–2008) by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely and the posture of Christopher Reeve‘s portrayal from the 1978–87 Superman film series. He was also inspired for Clark’s voice and demeanor by his brother-in-law, whom he described as the “quietest, most wonderful man” despite his tall 6 feet 8 inches (2.03 metres) height and weighing 270 pounds, and described Clark as a “big presence” who is “desperately trying to be as small as possible and as quiet as possible”. Gunn consulted DC Comics writer Tom King regarding other characters’ “suspension of disbelief” regarding Clark’s dual identity, which was attributed to the use of hypnotic glasses to subtly distort his appearance. Gunn included this in the film, noting that it had “kind of been forgotten” from the comic book canon.
  • Corenswet also plays Ultraman, an armored clone of Superman created by Lex Luthor.
    • Oliver Diego Silva portrays Clark Kent at age two.
• Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane:
  A reporter for the Daily Planet who is a colleague of Clark, and “isn’t so sure about him” and needs to be convinced about being in a relationship with him.Brosnahan described Lois as “fiercely intelligent” and feisty. She consulted with several journalists to help her portray Lois as a modern reporter, contrasting with the character’s original comics appearances and previous screen portrayals.
• Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor:
  The CEO of LuthorCorp and the arch-nemesis of Superman, who hates Superman for having the power to do everything but not aligning with Luthor’s own beliefs. Hoult described Luthor as obsessive, determined, and relentless, and wanted the character to feel like a credible threat to Superman. He has his end goal in sight and is motivated by many emotions, including a need to be recognized for his scientific genius. Hoult was inspired by Michael Rosenbaum‘s Lex Luthor in Smallville and by billionaire Steve Jobs for Luthor’s uniform, choosing to work out for the role based on the depiction of Luthor in All-Star Superman. His son Joaquin shaved Hoult’s head in preparation for the role. Gunn took inspiration for the character from Brian Azzarello‘s limited comic book series Lex Luthor: Man of Steel (2005) as well as Jerry Siegel‘s “reckless scientific genius” version of Luthor in comic books from the 1950s and 1960s.
• Edi Gathegi as Michael Holt / Mister Terrific:
  A superhero and inventor who uses a variety of high-tech gadgets to fight crime, and is a member of the Justice Gang sponsored by Maxwell Lord. Gathegi described his character as an “atheist who believes in justice”, and said Holt found meaning in “knowledge” after experiencing the death of his wife.
• Anthony Carrigan as Rex Mason / Metamorpho:
  An archaeologist and superhero who can “transmute elements in his body into various forms”. He becomes a member of the Justice Gang. Carrigan said it was refreshing to play a superhero after previously portraying the Batman villain Victor Zsasz in the television series Gotham (2014–2019). He felt that he could bring some “authenticity and truth” to the role by comparing Metamorpho’s concerns about his abilities to Carrigan’s own alopecia.
• Nathan Fillion as Guy Gardner / Green Lantern:
  An abrasive galactic peacekeeper in the Green Lantern Corps, and a Justice Gang member, whom Fillion described as a fearless, overconfident jerk. Fillion drew inspiration for Gardner speaking his mind with no filter from Estelle Getty‘s Sophia Petrillo from the sitcom The Golden Girls (1985–1992). Fillion referred back to the character’s origin story, in which Gardner was hit by a bus and in a coma, as what “flipped the switch” for his personality, making him “off a little bit”. The film retains the character’s “iconic bowl cut haircut” from the comics, which Fillion insisted on having despite some discussions about changing his hairstyle.
• Isabela Merced as Kendra Saunders / Hawkgirl:
  A superhero with wings and various melee weapons who is a Justice Gang member. She is reincarnated from an alien, retaining her memories and past trauma with a grumpy demeanor. Merced felt the self-awareness and comedic aspects of the film helped Saunders “make light of [her] trauma”.Merced’s short 5 feet 1 inch (1.55 metres) height differentiates her from other DCU heroes. Merced felt that her role as Anya Corazón in the Sony’s Spider-Man Universe (SSU) film Madame Web (2024) helped prepare her to play Hawkgirl, though she did not tell the Superman filmmakers about that role in case they did not want her to play both.

Additionally, Skyler Gisondo plays Jimmy Olsen, a boyish young photographer who is Clark and Lois’s closest colleague, while Sara Sampaio plays Eve Teschmacher, Luthor’s assistant and girlfriend who is secretly also involved with Jimmy. Sampaio felt comfortable performing with Hoult for her scenes, having worked with him prior on a campaign for Armani. Wendell Pierce plays Perry White, the editor-in-chief of the Daily Planet. Pierce said that White is “always grumpy” because Luthor had an affair with Perry’s wife, and that Perry’s second child may actually be Luthor’s; Pierce said Perry’s “driving force” throughout the film is wanting to “get to” Luthor in light of this. Pierce asked his friends for information on the character because he did not read comic books growing up. Other staff at the Daily Planet include Beck Bennett as reporter Steve Lombard; Mikaela Hoover as columnist Cat Grant; and Christopher McDonald as reporter Ron Troupe. Pruitt Taylor Vince and Neva Howell respectively play Jonathan and Martha Kent, Clark’s adoptive human parents. Vince and Howell studied tapes of the parents of The Howard Stern Show personality and Charred Walls of the Damned drummer Richard Christy to develop their Kansan accents in the film.

María Gabriela de Faría appears as Angela Spica / The Engineer, an ally of Luthor whose abilities come from nanotechnology built into her body and has “an edge”, ahead of a planned film about the Authority, the team that she is a member of in the comics; Zlatko Burić appears as Vasil Ghurkos, the President of Boravia who is a political ally of Luthor; while Terence Rosemore and Stephen Blackehart appear as Luthor’s henchman Otis Berg and Luthor’s assistant Sydney Happersen, respectively. Frank Grillo reprises his role as A.R.G.U.S. director Rick Flag Sr. from the animated DCU series Creature Commandos (2024–present); Tinashe Kajese-Bolden reprises her role from the DCEU film The Suicide Squad (2021) as A.R.G.U.S. member Flo Crawley; Milly Alcock has an uncredited cameo appearance as Superman’s cousin Kara Zor-El / Supergirl ahead of her own film, Supergirl (2026); John Cena has an uncredited cameo appearance as Christopher Smith / Peacemaker on a news show, mocking Superman, ahead of his role in the second season of Gunn’s DC series Peacemaker (2025); and comedian Michael Ian Black appears as the host of the news show that interviewed Smith. Gunn’s brother Sean appears as tech billionaire businessman Maxwell Lord, the head of LordTech who funds the corporate-sponsored Justice Gang. Sean said they ignored past depictions of Lord when creating their version, including Peter Facinelli‘s portrayal in the Arrowverse series Supergirl (2015–2021) and Pedro Pascal‘s in the DCEU film Wonder Woman 1984 (2020).

Bradley Cooper, who previously collaborated with Gunn in his Guardians of the Galaxy films, and Angela Sarafyan portray Superman’s Kryptonian parents, Jor-El and Lara Lor-Van, in a sequence where a recorded message of theirs is played back as Superman heals.Alan Tudyk, Grace Chan, prior Gunn collaborators Michael Rooker and Pom Klementieff, and Gunn’s wife Jennifer Holland voice the Superman robots, who aid Superman at the Fortress of Solitude; the former four respectively voice “Four” (nicknamed “Gary”), “Twelve”, “One”, and “Five”, while Holland is uncredited. Christopher Reeve’s son, ABC News correspondent Will Reeve makes a cameo appearance as an on-the-ground news reporter. Michael Rosenbaum, who previously portrayed Lex Luthor in Smallville, voices one of Luthor’s Raptar guards. Dog actor Jolene stood-in for Clark’s superpowered dog Krypto, whom Gunn described as a “not-so-good-good-boy”. The character was primarily created with visual effects, and was 3D modeled after Gunn’s dog Ozu.

Warner Bros. Pictures was planning in 2012 for the film Man of Steel (2013), based on the DC Comics character Superman, to start a shared universe, which became known as the “DC Extended Universe” (DCEU). They announced a full slate of DC films in October 2014, prioritizing Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) as the second DCEU film after Man of Steel failed to meet the studio’s financial expectations. Despite this, they said an undated sequel to Man of Steel was in development with Henry Cavill set to reprise his role as Clark Kent / Superman. Man of Steel director Zack Snyder said they had been considering the imprisoned Kryptonians from the first film and the character Brainiac as antagonists for the sequel before work began on Batman v Superman. A Man of Steel sequel was in active development as a top priority for the studio in August 2016, which Cavill’s manager Dany Garcia confirmed the following month. Amy Adams, who portrayed Lois Lane in Man of Steel, said in November that the studio was working on the screenplay. Matthew Vaughn was Warner Bros.’ top choice to direct the film and had preliminary conversations about it by March 2017. Vaughn and comic book writer Mark Millar previously pitched a new Superman trilogy prior to the development of Man of Steel, in which the destruction of the planet Krypton would not occur until after Superman had already grown up on the planet. After the troubled production of the DCEU film Justice League (2017), Warner Bros. re-thought its approach to DC projects. By the end of 2017, a Man of Steel sequel was not coming “anytime soon, if at all”. Justice League producer Charles Roven said story ideas had been discussed but there was no script.

Before the release of Mission: Impossible – Fallout in July 2018, director Christopher McQuarrie and co-star Cavill pitched their take on a new Superman film, partially inspired by the animated film Up (2009), but Warner Bros. did not pursue the idea. Later in 2018, the studio asked James Gunn to write and direct a Superman film, but he was uncertain if he wanted to take on the character. He did not have a clear vision, especially since Superman is a well-known character unlike the Guardians of the Galaxy who he adapted for Marvel Studios in the film Guardians of the Galaxy (2014). Gunn chose to make The Suicide Squad (2021) instead, calling it “the easier path”. In September, negotiations for Cavill to reprise his role for a cameo appearance in Shazam! (2019) ended due to contract issues, as well as a scheduling conflict with Cavill’s Fallout commitments. Cavill was reported to be parting ways with the studio, with no plans for him to reprise his role in future projects, but Cavill said in November 2019 that he had not given up on the character and still wanted to do the role justice. At that time, Warner Bros. was unsure which direction to take the character and was talking to “high-profile talent” about the property, including J. J. Abrams—whose company Bad Robot signed an overall deal with Warner Bros.’ parent company WarnerMedia—and Michael B. Jordan, who pitched himself as a Black version of the character. By May 2020, Warner Bros. was no longer developing a Man of Steel sequel, but Cavill was in talks to appear in a different DC film. In February 2021, Ta-Nehisi Coates was revealed to be writing a new Superman film that Abrams was producing. The film was expected to feature a Black actor portraying Superman, with the potential for Jordan to take on the role.