James Gunn is understood for mixing humor and motion in movies like Guardians of the Galaxy and The Suicide Squad, however the filmmaker is taking a recent strategy to Superman. Whereas his new DC Universe venture guarantees loads of lighthearted moments, Gunn emphasizes that Superman will strike a steadiness between humor, fantasy, and grounded drama.
“It’s humorous, however it actually just isn’t as comedian or as a lot a comedy as both Suicide Squad or Guardians,” Gunn informed Heroic Hollywood and different journalists on the set of Superman. “There’s loads of humor in it. Individuals like Rachel [Brosnahan] are so humorous and David [Corenswet] could be very [funny as well], so there’s humor in it, however it’s making an attempt to create one thing that’s grounded, but additionally it’s an extremely fanciful world, it’s fantasy, it’s taking from different issues like Recreation of Thrones, the place it’s this universe the place superheroes truly exist. What are they like? There’s a magic there that’s plain. However on the identical time, I didn’t wish to do moist muscle-looking T-shirt, these faux muscle T-shirts that we’ve seen a lot.”
How James Gunn is mixing know-how and storytelling for Superman
Gunn can be leaning into revolutionary approaches for the movie’s high-flying motion sequences. “It was a bunch of issues. I wrote up this massive doc on motion and what our philosophy is of motion and the way we shoot it and what it’s, and holding it alive within the air in addition to on the bottom,” he mentioned. “And to have the ability to shoot stuff within the sky as if we had been taking pictures it as a result of every part was rougher prefer it’s in Guardians, prefer it’s in The Suicide Squad. And with the ability to shoot stuff within the sky like that’s actually arduous. So we took rather a lot from movies like High Gun: Maverick, which we’re taking pictures flying issues.”
To attain this bold imaginative and prescient, Gunn revealed using cutting-edge drone know-how to seize dynamic aerial sequences. “We shoot loads of our motion with precise drones flying in and round Superman and the folks that he’s flying with, Engineer, whoever else, that he’s preventing up within the air. And we did that on sound levels. We received these actually small, loopy drones now. We’ve received a number of the finest flyers on this planet right here who’re working with it. And so we use these guys rather a lot and every part’s deliberate out with me, because it at all times is. However on the identical time, I’ve gotten much more into discovering new stuff on the set and new moments and exploring that stuff, discovering magic the place it’s.”
Gunn additionally spoke in regards to the tone of the movie, describing it as a mixture of hope and gravity. “So for me, that is … about coming at one thing from the within. So how can [Nicholas Hoult] let you know what Lex is like? It’s like he’s coming from an inside place. It’s not so completely different with the tone of the movie, I do know what it feels prefer to me. I do know the feel, I do know that it’s one thing completely different than I’ve ever accomplished earlier than, however how can I then translate that to you guys on the surface? As a result of I begin with a spot that’s very hopeful, enjoyable… however extremely severe all on the identical time.”
It’s clear that James Gunn goals to deliver a particular mix of motion, humor, and coronary heart to the enduring story of Superman. The film serves as a pivotal venture in establishing the tone and imaginative and prescient of Gunn and Peter Safran’s DC Universe, with all eyes on it forward of its highly-anticipated Summer time 2025 launch.
Superman arrives in theaters on July 11, 2025. Keep tuned for the most recent updates on James Gunn and Peter Safran’s DC Universe.
