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Jennifer Holland is making DC fans happy after revealing when Peacemaker Season 2 will start filming.

Filming for James Gunn‘s Superman has commenced in Norway, and the DC Studios co-head is teasing the first scene.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Lex Luthor met Lex Luthor as Nicholas Hoult was the latest guest on the “Inside of You” podcast with host Michael Rosenbaum. Hoult is taking on the role of Lex Luthor in James Gunn’s upcoming “Superman,” which is now filming in Atlanta. Rosenbaum spent seven seasons playing a younger version of the villain on “Smallville.” Hoult revealed that Rosenbaum’s Lex was the first Lex he ever saw on screen as he watched “Smallville” long before getting a look at Gene Hackman’s Lex in Richard Donner’s “Superman” movies.

Melissa Benoist is sharing her thoughts on the DC Universe‘s new Supergirl, Milly Alcock!

Over the last couple of years, we’ve seen major hiccups and pivots across the world of superhero moviemaking. Warner Bros.

John Oliver has some ideas for DC co-heads James Gunn and Peter Safran as to who should be their next Batman.

DC‘s upcoming Superman movie has just added a new cast member!

Katcy Stephan Wendell Pierce has joined James Gunn‘s “Superman,” Variety can confirm. “The Wire” actor will play Perry White, editor-in-chief of the Daily Planet newspaper that employs Clark Kent (David Corenswet), Lois Lane (Rachel Brosnahan) and Jimmy Olsen (Skyler Gisondo). Other cast members include Nicholas Hoult as villain Lex Luthor, Anthony Carrigan as Metamorpho, Isabela Merced as Hawkgirl, Nathan Fillion as Guy Gardner, Terence Rosemore as Otis, Sara Sampaio as Eve Teschmacher, María Gabriela de Faría as The Engineer and Edi Gathegi as Mister Terrific.

James Gunn’s Superman (ne Superman Legacy) has cast Wendell Pierce as Daily Planet editor-in-chief Perry White.

To riff off of Justin Timberlake‘s Sean Parker in “The Social Network“, “Drop the “Legacy,” it’s cleaner.” That’s what James Gunn did for the title of his upcoming Superman movie as production on the blockbuster got underway yesterday. The new title? Simply “Superman“; a clean, bold title without any superfluous or nonsensical subtitle attached, as franchises are wont to do nowadays.

Superman movie has officially started shooting, according to a new Instagram Threads post from the film’s writer and director, James Gunn. Gunn also unveiled the new shield for the new feature which is set for a release in the summer of 2025.David Corenswet is playing the legendary DC character in the first film from the James Gunn’s “Chapter One: Gods and Monsters” initiative at the helm of the company with Peter Safran.In the post, Gunn said: “When I finished the first draft of the script, I called the film Superman: Legacy.

Rachel Brosnahan has shared a fun little video from the first day of filming the new Superman movie!

Superman: Legacy is now just Superman, director and DC studio chief James Gunn has revealed.

James Gunn has new plans for Superman: Legacy.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director James Gunn announced that Feb. 29 marked the start of filming on his new “Superman” movie, which will kick off the rebooted DC Universe under the supervision of him and his DC Studios co-boss Peter Safran. Gunn also revealed that his movie, which had been titled “Superman: Legacy,” is now simply called “Superman.” “Overjoyed to be announcing the start of principal photography on SUPERMAN today, February 29, which just so happens to be – coincidentally and unplanned – Superman’s birthday,” Gunn wrote in a caption to a photo of what appears to be a close-up of his version of the Superman costume.

Dan Lin has been appointed as Netflix’s new head of film. He’ll replace Scott Stuber, who previously announced he’d be stepping down from the streaming behemoth in March. Lin’s name had been in the mix — along with recently departed Disney executive Sean Bailey, former Universal chief Stacey Snider and others — since the top film job opened in January.

Deadline has learned that producer Dan Lin is taking over for Scott Stuber as Netflix’s Top Film Boss.

Grant Gustin is opening up about the possibility of playing Barry Allen/The Flash again!

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Rachel Brosnahan spoke to Variety On the Carpet presented by DIRECTV at the 2024 SAG Awards about gearing up to start filming James Gunn’s “Superman: Legacy,” in which she’s taking on the role of Lois Lane. The filmmaker posted the first cast photo last week after a table read of the script, and then Warner Bros. execs confirmed filming would officially begin next week.

“I’m still preparing,” Rachel Brosnahan told us about her big role as Lois Lane in James Gunn’s DC movie Superman: Legacy.

William Earl administrator During Friday’s Q4 earnings call, David Zaslav, Warner Bros. Discovery’s CEO, said that James Gunn‘s “Superman: Legacy” will start filming next week. Gunn posted the first picture of the full cast on Instagram yesterday, writing, “After the table read with the #Superman cast.

It takes more than a village to make a movie. It often takes a global network of visual effects artists working alongside the on-set actors, crew, and filmmakers.

To celebrate the ramp up of Superman: Legacy‘s production in Atlanta, director/scribe and co-DC boss James Gunn posted a photo of the cast on Instagram today.

The first Superman: Legacy cast photo is here, and it’s from the table read of the movie!

In perhaps one of the best feel-good stories in Hollywood this year, a coalition of 35 filmmakers have invested in a coalition to save Los Angeles’ fabled Westwood Village Theater. Organized by Jason Reitman, the group will book first-run features and repertory programming from the theater’s directors/caretakers.

Pat Saperstein Deputy Editor UPDATED: Jason Reitman has gathered more than two dozen filmmakers to help acquire Westwood’s historic Village Theater, which will program first-run and repertory programming. The group includes JJ Abrams, Judd Apatow, Damien Chazelle, Chris Columbus, Ryan Coogler, Bradley Cooper, Alfonso Cuarón, Jonathan Dayton, Guillermo del Toro, Valerie Faris, Hannah Fidell, Alejandro González Iñárritu, James Gunn, Sian Heder, Rian Johnson, Gil Kenan, Karyn Kusama, Justin Lin, Phil Lord, David Lowery, Christopher McQuarrie, Chris Miller, Christopher Nolan, Alexander Payne, Todd Phillips, Gina Prince-Bythewood, Jay Roach, Seth Rogen, Emma Seligman, Brad Silberling, Steven Spielberg, Emma Thomas, Denis Villeneuve, Lulu Wang, and Chloé Zhao.

Concept art and pitches are generally not our bag, but what if some of the team members behind Sony’s dynamic and visually arresting “Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse” franchise could do for Batman, what the ‘Spider-Verse’ team did for Spider-Man? That’s kind of the pitch, it seems. Yuhki Demers, a production designer at Netflix and visual development member on both ‘Spider-Verse’ films, revealed that he and director Patrick Harpin (“My Dad The Bounty Hunter”) pitched a “Batman Beyond” animated movie to Warner Bros.

Bassem Youssef is addressing the Superman Legacy controversy after he suggested he was dropped from the DC movie for supporting Palestine.

Bassem Youssef is setting the record straight on the Superman Legacy controversy after he suggested he was dropped from the DC film following his public support for Palestine.

Isabela Merced is dishing on her and Bella Ramsey‘s chemistry!

Isabela Merced is an understatement. The 22 year old actress has just starred in her first superhero film alongside Dakota Johnson and Sydney Sweeney, and is now primed to make an ever bigger splash as a part of the cast of “The Last of Us” season 2 and “Superman: Legacy.” The Last of Us: Isabela Merced is the latest star to join Season 2 of the seriesIsabela Merced wears Versace dress worn by Naomi Campbell to ‘Madame Web’ premiereThis week, Merced attended the premiere of “Madame Web,” where she discussed the film and her career with different journalists. She revealed that in the coming months she’d be working on both “Superman: Legacy” and “The Last of Us,” a movie and a TV show that will be taking up a lot of her time.

James Gunn is clearing the air about casting for his new movie Superman: Legacy.

Thanks to his public support of Palestine, comedian Bassem Youssef claims he lost out on a role in James Gunn’s upcoming “Superman: Legacy.” But Deadline and IGN report that a source close to the Warner Bros. blockbuster stated Youssef was never offered the role at all. That’s because when Youssef made his comments on an October 17, 2023 interview on “Piers Morgan: Uncensored,” the studio couldn’t formally communicate with him due to the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike.

Egyptian-born comedian Bassem Youssef claims he lost a role in James Gunn‘s Superman Legacy movie due to his public support of Palestine, however, a source close to production tells Deadline, that’s not the case: Youssef was never formerly offered the role.

Angelique Jackson In “Madame Web,” Isabela Merced stars as Anya Corazon, a teenager who learns she’ll one day develop spider-like superpowers. But given Merced’s incredibly busy production schedule over the next few months, she might want to look into the power of teleportation. On Monday night, Merced posed on the black carpet outside the Regency Village Theatre in Westwood with “Madame Web” stars Dakota Johnson, Sydney Sweeney and Celeste O’Connor for the world premiere of Sony and Marvel’s superhero movie.

Isabela Merced is one of the stars of Sony and Marvel’s Madame Web. However, the actress will soon cross over to the DC Universe to play the role of Hawkgirl in Superman Legacy.