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Blue Beetle” director Ángel Manuel Soto is an eternal optimist. It was January 2020 when Soto’s coming-of-age story “Charm City Kings” debuted at the Sundance Film Festival, winning the U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Prize for ensemble acting.

There’s a lot of excitement surrounding DC Studios right now, since the takeover by co-CEOs James Gunn and Peter Safran. But with that excitement, there is quite a bit of confusion.

Gal Gadot has some news…it looks like she’s sticking around as Wonder Woman!

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Gal Gadot is keeping the hope for a “Wonder Woman 3” alive despite the big changes going on at DC Studios. In an interview with ComicBook.com while promoting her upcoming Netflix action movie “Heart of Stone,” Gadot alluded to hearing from new DC bosses James Gunn and Peter Safran about developing a third “Wonder Woman” movie together. “I love portraying Wonder Woman,” Gadot said when asked about the third movie.

James Gunn is clarifying some rumors about the DC development slate starting with Superman: Legacy and a potential Justice League live-action film under his direction.

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom is undergoing some changes.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter Candice McDonough has been appointed to the newly created role of executive VP of publicity and communications for DC Studios. In the new position, she will oversee media relations, publicity, as well as external and employee communications. McDonough is moving from parent company Warner Bros. Film Group, where she led communication for more than five years. She will report to DC Studios co-chairmen and CEOs James Gunn and Peter Safran. “Candice is not only one of the smartest communications strategists out there, but we also know firsthand that she has a unique knack for partnering with creative talent to ensure their work is presented in the strongest and most compelling way,” Gunn and Safran said in a statement. “We could not be more excited to welcome Candice to DC and our senior team.”

The James Gunn and Peter Safran run DC Studios at Warner Bros. has made Candice McDonough their newly created EVP of Publicity and Communications.

Barry‘s Anthony Carrigan is having a top-notch day, having been announced as part of the cast of James Gunn’s Superman: Legacy just after landing his third Emmy nomination for his work on the HBO dark comedy.

James Gunn is hard at work on the upcoming DC Universe movie Superman: Legacy, which will reintroduce the beloved superhero.

Warner Bros has begun rounding out the cast for DC franchise resetter Superman: Legacy, studio chief Peter Safran has announced in a new piece with Vanity Fair, with Nathan Fillion (Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3), Isabela Merced (Madame Web) and Edi Gathegi (The Harder They Fall) coming aboard.

Believe it or not, horror fans, but “The Conjuring” Universe is the genre’s most lucrative franchise ever. How profitable are we talking? $2.1 billion at the box office over eight films costing a mere $178 million to produce.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director David Corenswet is officially the new Superman, which is a dream come true for the actor. Literally. Back in 2019, Corenswet was promoting his supporting role in Ryan Murphy’s Netflix limited series “Hollywood” when he told Entertainment Weekly that his biggest acting goal was “definitely to play Superman.” Here we are four years later and now he’s Superman. The actor also said he was aware of his similar looks to Henry Cavill, who played Superman in three movies directed by Zack Snyder. “It came to my attention before the internet got a hold of me,” Corenswet told EW at the time about comparisons to Cavill. “But my pie-in-the-sky ambition is definitely to play Superman. I would love to see somebody do an upbeat, throwback [take on Superman]. I love the Henry Cavill dark and gritty take, but I would love to see the next one be very bright and optimistic.”

Meet the new Superman. David Corenswet has been cast as Clark Kent in Superman: Legacy.

“Superman: Legacy” has found its stars.

Deadline reported Tuesday. Corenswet rose to fame in the A24 horror film “Pearl,” but is best known for “Hollywood” and “The Politician,” which are both Ryan Murphy Netflix series. Brosnahan recently ended her five-season run as the title star in Amazon‘s “The Marvelous Mrs.

Rachel Brosnahan will be taking on the roles of Clark Kent and his lady love in the upcoming film the first under the new DC Studios mantle following the hiring of James Gunn and Peter Safran as co-chairs and co-CEOs.The film, set for a July 2025 release, will be written and directed by Gunn, who has said he's drawing from the comic run by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely. While not an origin story, the film will focus on Clark's younger years as a reporter and budding hero.Corenswet is best known for his roles in Ryan Murphy's Netflix series, as well as the Mia Goth-led A24 horror film, while Brosnahan just wrapped her acclaimed five-season run as the titular lead of Prime Video's which netted her an Emmy Award and two Golden Globes.Gunn also confirmed the casting news on Twitter, writing that his new leads are «not only both incredible actors, but also wonderful people.»The casting comes after Henry Cavill announced last October that he would be returning to play Superman after making a cameo in the credits of Dwayne Johnson's DC debut, However, after Gunn and Safran took over DC Studios, Cavill returned to social media to share that he would not, in fact, be suiting up again.«I will, after all, not be returning as Superman,» Cavill wrote at the time.

Superman: Legacy.Directed by James Gunn, the film will launch DC’s new film universe, spearheaded by Gunn and his co-CEO of DC Studios, Peter Safran.According to The Hollywood Reporter, Corenswet and Brosnahan were selected from six actors who had screen tests earlier this month (June 17). The other actors in contention were Nicholas Hoult and Tom Brittney for Superman, while Emma Mackey and Phoebe Dynevor were also in the running for Lois.Gunn later confirmed the casting on Twitter, writing: “Accurate! (They are not only both incredible actors, but also wonderful people).”Corenswet most recently starred as the projectionist in the 2022 slasher film Pearl, with his previous credits including Ryan Murphy projects The Politician and Hollywood.

Rachel Brosnahan will be taking on the roles of Clark Kent and his lady love in the upcoming film the first under the new DC Studios mantle following the hiring of James Gunn and Peter Safran as co-chairs and co-CEOs.The film, set for a July 2025 release, will be written and directed by Gunn, who has said he's drawing from the comic run by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely. While not an origin story, the film will focus on Clark's younger years as a reporter and budding hero.Corenswet is best known for his roles in Ryan Murphy's Netflix series, as well as the Mia Goth-led A24 horror film, while Brosnahan just wrapped her acclaimed five-season run as the titular lead of Prime Video's which netted her an Emmy Award and two Golden Globes.Gunn also confirmed the casting news on Twitter, writing that his new leads are «not only both incredible actors, but also wonderful people.»The casting comes after Henry Cavill announced last October that he would be returning to play Superman after making a cameo in the credits of Dwayne Johnson's DC debut, However, after Gunn and Safran took over DC Studios, Cavill returned to social media to share that he would not, in fact, be suiting up again.«I will, after all, not be returning as Superman,» Cavill wrote at the time.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film Writer DC Studios has knighted a new Clark Kent and Lois Lane. David Corenswet and Rachel Brosnahan will play the coveted parts in James Gunn’s “Superman: Legacy.” The latest on-screen iteration of the iconic comic book hero will largely be a workplace origin story, Gunn said when he and fellow DC steward Peter Safran laid out their narrative plans in January. Corenswet, who broke out in Ryan Murphy’s Netflix series “Hollywood,” will play cub reporter Kent at the fictional newspaper The Daily Planet. Brosnahan will be his coworker and co-lead. Gunn is directing the project from his own screenplay, based on the character created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster.  Safran (“Aquaman,” the upcoming “Aquaman 2,” and The Conjuring franchise) will produce. The project is set for release on July 11, 2025.

Following months of audition tapes and in-person screen tests, Warner Bros and DC Studios have their new Clark Kent and Lois Lane. David Corenswet has been set to play Superman while Rachel Brosnahan are on board to play Lois Lane in James Gunn’s Superman: Legacy.

A new report has revealed what happened during the screen tests for the upcoming DC Studios movie Superman: Legacy.

James Gunn has called out “really lazy” superhero movies which have become “too generic”.The filmmaker, who was appointed co-CEO of DC Studios with Peter Safran last year, discussed the current superhero movie landscape and his plans for the DC Universe during an appearance on the Inside Of You podcast.Speaking to host Michael Rosenbaum, Gunn agreed there are “too many” superhero films and TV shows, adding that the next iteration of DC would not “overextend” itself.“We’re not going to overextend ourselves with DC,” Gunn said. “We’re going to be very careful with the product we put out and make sure everything is as good as it can possibly be.”The director, who is best known for Marvel’s Guardians Of The Galaxy trilogy, however believes the biggest problem isn’t quantity but the quality of superhero stories.“What’s happened is people have gotten really lazy with their superhero stories,” Gunn added.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director James Gunn agreed during a recent interview on the “Inside of You” podcast that there are “too many” superhero movies and television shows. Gunn is the new co-boss of DC Studios alongside Peter Safran, and he assured fans the company will not “overextend” itself with content as it begins to launch a new DC Universe that includes Gunn’s “Superman: Legacy” and more. “We’re going to be very careful with the product that we put out and making sure everything is as good as it can possibly be,” Gunn said. While the sheer volume of superhero content is a problem, Gunn stressed that lazy storytelling is a much bigger issue facing the genre at the moment.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter “The Flash” continues to stumble at the box office, collecting $26.6 million from 78 international territories over the weekend and bringing its overseas tally to just $123.3 million. The Warner Bros. comic book movie, starring Ezra Miller as the eponymous, timeline-spanning speedster, has grossed $210.9 million globally, including a lousy $87 million at the domestic box office. It’s far less than what a film of its size and scope — it cost $200 million to make and another $100 million to market — needs to break even in its theatrical run. China is leading the foreign territories with a lackluster $23.6 million followed by Mexico with $14.4 million and the United Kingdom with $8.5 million.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter In another universe, “The Flash,” once touted by its own studio as “one of the greatest superhero movies of all time,” would be towering over the box office with ease in its second weekend of release. But in this universe, audiences are flat-out rejecting the Warner Bros. movie, starring Ezra Miller as the eponymous, timeline-spanning speedster. Rather than taking a victory lap, the comic book adventure is cratering in third place with $15.3 million from 4,265 North American theaters, marking a brutal 73% decline from its unimpressive $55 million debut. That’s a far bigger drop than recent DC adaptations, including “Black Adam” (59%) and “Shazam: Fury of the Gods” (69%), which ended up as huge money losers for the studio.

“The Flash” currently sits at $141 million at the global box office, marking another meager showing for a DCEU film in theaters. And now only two films remain to end the franchise’s run on a high note: James Wan‘s much-anticipated “Aquaman And The Lost Kingdom” in December and Angel Manuel Soto‘s “Blue Beetle” later this summer.

A report has emerged suggesting that screen testing for Superman: Legacy may have already taken place, and the frontrunners for the roles of Superman/Lois Lane have become more clear.

You’d be hard-pressed to find a CEO in the film and TV industry to have such an immediate impact as David Zaslav over at Warner Bros. Discovery.

Gal Gadot is teasing her return as Wonder Woman!

Gal Gadot hinted that she might not be done playing Wonder Woman on the big screen.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment Writer SPOILER ALERT: This story mentions a few significant plot developments in “The Flash,” currently playing in theaters. In the climax of “The Flash,” Barry Allen (Ezra Miller) watches helplessly as his timeline-hopping escapades cause several other superhero universes to careen into each other and become obliterated in the process. Ironically, Warner Bros. is facing almost an identical dilemma — and the stakes could be nearly as existential. “The Flash” is the second of four mega-budgeted DC adaptations the studio is set to release this year, starting with “Shazam! Fury of the Gods” in March, and followed by “Blue Beetle” and “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom” in August and December. Yet these movies were conceived and greenlit by an executive team that all have departed the studio; in their place, new DC Studios chiefs James Gunn and Peter Safran have announced they will reboot the DC franchise in 2025, starting with Gunn’s “Superman: Legacy.”

As James Gunn and Peter Safran take the DC Universe in a new direction and casting is underway for Superman: Legacy, speculation for who the next Batman in The Brave and the Bold has grown.

James Gunn had a busy weekend auditioning to find the star of Superman: Legacy. The DC Studios co-head gave fans an update on the casting call.

Spoiler alert: The following article contains “The Flash” spoilers.

Rotten Tomatoes.Both of those audience metrics are below what was received for “Black Adam,” a DC film that opened to $67 million domestic and $140 million worldwide last fall and which “The Flash” had long been expected to top. “Black Adam” grossed just $393 million against a $200 million budget before marketing costs, and it is now likely that “Flash” will fall below that total from a similar if not higher budget.