The cast is rounded out by Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane, Nicholas Hoult as the villainous Lex Luthor, Nathan Fillion as Green Lantern, Anthony Carrigan as Metamorpho, Edi Gathegi as Mister Terrific and Isabela Merced as Hawkgirl.
In one of the scenes being filmed, Cleveland.com reported that Superman “appears to save a woman running from a giant, destructive monster.”
Earlier this year, Gunn shared a first-look photo of Corenswet suiting up for action, as an explosion can be seen behind him.
Will’s dad Christopher played Clark Kent/Superman on the big screen in four films, beginning with 1978’s Superman directed by Richard Donner. He reprised the role in 1980’s Superman II, 1983’s Superman III and 1987’s Superman IV: The Quest for Peace.
Christopher became paralyzed in 1995 after falling off a horse during an equestrian competition. The actor was wheelchair-bound for the rest of his life and used a ventilator to help him breathe before dying of heart failure in 2004.
At the end of shooting his scene as a TV news reporter for the new film, Will, 32, reportedly received a hug from Gunn and applause from the rest of the cast and crew that were on set.
Supermanwill be the first DC film after Gunn and producer Peter Safran were tapped to launch a new phase of movies centring on the comic book publisher’s most popular characters, including Batman, Swamp Thing, Super Girl and more.
In 2023, Gunn said the first chapter in his new DC Universe will be called Gods and Monsters, with the first feature being Superman in July 2025.
“It’s not an origins story. It focuses on Superman balancing his Kryptonian heritage with his human upbringing,” Safran added at a press event in Los Angeles in January. “He’s the embodiment of truth, justice and the American way. He’s kindness in a world that thinks of kindness as old fashioned.”
Meanwhile, all three of Christopher’s children will appear in a new documentary chronicling their dad’s life, titled Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story and opening in select theatres this fall.
“I understand that not every child experiences going to the grocery store and seeing their dad on the magazine at the checkout aisle, but…it was a totally normal childhood,” he told the publication. “My parents did such a good job of staying true to their values that I never felt deprived of a normal childhood, even though my experiences, at face value, were inherently different from other children my age.”