With the recent news that David Corenswet landed the role of Superman/Clark Kent in the upcoming DC Universe film Superman: Legacy, we now want to hear from fans.
11.07.2023 - 22:49 / deadline.com
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.
Fillion will portray Guy Gardner — one iteration of the superhero Green Lantern — with Merced as Hawkgirl and Gathegi as Mister Terrific. David Corenswet will play Clark Kent aka Superman, as previously announced, with Rachel Brosnahan as his love interest, Lois Lane.
Studio boss James Gunn is directing from his own script, which draws on DC characters created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. Safran is serving as producer.
Fillion currently leads the popular ABC police procedural The Rookie and has appeared most recently on the film side in such other comic book titles as Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 and The Suicide Squad, both of which Gunn directed. Also on the docket for him is the Austin Peters-directed thriller Skincare with Elizabeth Banks.
Merced has a full dance card up ahead with roles in everything from Sony’s Madame Web to the Fede Alvarez-helmed Alien: Romulus, action thriller Ballerina Overdrive and Hannah Marks’ Turtles All the Way Down. Recent credits for the actress on the film side include Rosaline and Father of the Bride.
Currently seen starring in Apple TV+’s sci-fi drama For All Mankind, Gathegi also counts amongst his recent credits films like The Harder They Fall and shows like Briarpatch. Other upcoming projects include the sci-fi drama Aporia with Judy Greer and the Netflix series Zero Day with Robert De Niro.
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With the recent news that David Corenswet landed the role of Superman/Clark Kent in the upcoming DC Universe film Superman: Legacy, we now want to hear from fans.
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Barry” star Anthony Carrigan is having a big day — just hours after he earned his third Emmy nomination for playing NoHo Hank, it was revealed that he’ll next play a superhero in DC’s “Superman: Legacy.” Carrigan has been cast as the classic DC character Metamorpho, whose alter ego is the archeologist Rex Mason, joining an ensemble led by David Corenswet as the Man of Steel and Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane. “It’ll certainly be a bit of a jump,” Carrigan told Variety of morphing characters. “I’m excited just to shake things up. Noho Hank is such a specific character, and I’m excited to play someone completely different and surprise people with just being unrecognizable.”
Anthony Carrigan has been cast in Superman: Legacy!
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.
tells the story of Superman’s (Corenswet) journey to reconcile his Kryptonian heritage with his human upbringing as Clark Kent of Smallville, Kansas. He is the embodiment of truth, justice and the American way, guided by human kindness in a world that sees kindness as old-fashioned.James Gunn (the “Guardian of the Galaxy” films, “The Suicide Squad,” the original Max series “Peacemaker”) will direct from his screenplay based on characters from DC.
“Superman: Legacy” is shaping up, and director James Gunn is feeling it.
James Gunn’s upcoming “Superman: Legacy” (summer 2025) promises to be the first theatrical entry point for the newly branded DCU. And it has been said that the superhero pic will usher in a heap of various DC Comics characters that will get fleshed out down the road as DC Studios looks to create their own cinematic universe.
Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment Writer “Superman: Legacy” writer-director James Gunn is expanding the new DC universe with three new actors joining the cast: Nathan Fillion (“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.
not Henry Cavill, David Corenswet or even Tyler Hoechlin. The new animated Adult Swim / Max series, “My Adventures With Superman,” premiering July 6 and 7 (on Adult Swim and Max, respectively) is timely in the sense that Clark Kent has dominated recent headlines — be the late Christopher Reeve’s bizarre posthumous AI “cameo” in “The Flash” that outraged fans or the news that Corenswet will succeed Cavill in the big-screen DC movies,with “Mrs. Maisel” star Rachel Bosnahan replacing Amy Adams as Lois Lane. For better or worse, “My Adventures With Superman” is landing at peak “Superman” saturation.
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.”
revealed as DC’s new Superman and Lois Lane on Tuesday, it was hard to get revved up about the news.That’s not to diss the casting for 2025’s “Superman: Legacy.” Corenswet, the 29-year-old freshly minted Clark Kent, appropriately looks like a younger version ofhis predecessor Henry Cavill and was charismatic on the Netflix series “Hollywood” and “The Politician.” And 32-year-old Brosnahan, the lovable star of Amazon’s “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” is ideal as his Daily Planet counterpart.I’m sure they’ll do fine.But the casting change-up didn’t come across as a major victory for Warner Bros.
With the news that David Corenswet landed the role of Superman/Clark Kent in the upcoming DC Universe film Superman: Legacy, we now want to hear from fans.
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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.