“Not Superman 2!” James Gunn gives details on Man of Tomorrow
DC confuses us, then the director gives explanations … and it is not very easy to follow.
A few hours after the announcement of the release of Superman: Man of Tomorrow In the cinema in 2027, James Gunn provides after-sales service.
Logically, everyone understood that it would be Superman 2the direct suite of the film released this summer, with David Corenswet back under the cape. It must be said that the communication from DC Studios has maintained the vagueness: the official announcement was accompanied by a photo featuring the Kryptonian in the face of Lex Luthor (who will always be embodied by Nicholas Hoult), enough to believe in a real continuation of Superman from 2025.
But not quite actually. And James Gunn wanted to correct the shot. On Threads, the co-president of DC Studios confirmed that Man of Tomorrow would be well released on July 9, 2027, that the scenario was already written and that it was in the rewriting phase – “long but fun“, He said
More importantly, he ensures that Man of Tomorrow “is not a Superman 2”. He specifies: “It is the same film that I had already mentioned previously, Superman plays a major role there, but it is not Superman 2”..
Not easy to navigate. Especially since the director explains in the process that season 2 of the series Peacemaker, currently in progress (on HBO Max), actually acts directly to the film Superman 2025 and “prequel” has Man of Tomorrow. Do you follow?
In other words, continuity is now played on several supports. And we also understand James Gunn posts that John Cena should make an appearance in Man of Tomorrow.
Behind this confusion there is clearly a new logic within the franchise: we are no longer in a succession of autonomous chapters, but in a global narration, thought as a vast puzzle.
