Information on Superman: Legacy has been progressively popping out in latest weeks because it looks like WB is near discovering its new Superman and Lois Lane. As the primary film in James Gunn and Peter Safran’s interconnected universe, Legacy will find yourself setting the trail for the following decade’s price of films, and in additional methods than one.
Per a Friday report from the Hollywood Reporter, the upcoming flick will even characteristic some members of the comedian ebook staff The Authority in some capability. The obvious plan is to solid these roles (and that of Superman’s nemesis Lex Luthor) after actors have been locked down for Lois and Clark. Display assessments for these two roles are stated to happen throughout Father’s Day weekend, so we’ve obtained a while earlier than we’ll be listening to about who could or is probably not within the working to play these Authority characters. Contemplating that staff is ready to have its personal film that’ll be co-written by Gunn, and might be the second movie of this entire shebang, that type of seeding is sensible.
The Authority hails from DC’s Wildstorm imprint, and had been launched in with the titular 1999 comedian from Warren Ellis and Bryan Hitch, which semi-spun out of characters made throughout Ellis and Tom Raney’s Stormwatch run from 1993-1997. Again then, they had been billed as a black ops superhero staff who “will get issues carried out it doesn’t matter what,” which means they’d kill their enemies if wanted (or needed). Whereas the characters lived in a world separate from the first DC Universe, the staff was introduced into the fold with the New 52. Extra lately, Grant Morrison and Mikel Janín’s Superman & the Authority miniseries noticed the Man of Metal construct out his personal model of the staff.
There’s been round 20 members of the Authority through the years, so Gunn has loads of characters to select from for Superman: Legacy. We’ll know extra about which Authority members will present up forward of the movie’s launch on July 11, 2025.
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