This is my new Henry Cavill, Superman Man of Steel 2 article about him coming back officially long term as Superman in the DC movies and them actually making Man of Steel. We heard about this a couple of years ago, but now it is finally official it’s actually a thing. James Gunn was also named the new Kevin Feige of all DC, meaning he’s going to be in charge of all the upcoming movies and DC shows.
So I’ll explain how that’s going to work during this too. Long-time fans have been joking about an Avengers vs. Justice League, Marvel-DC crossover. It turns out they could actually do something like that now because you have James Gunn running DC, calling those shots, and okaying stuff like that. Here is Everything You Need To Know About Superman Man Of Steel 2:
Bright Future For DCU
The future is looking so much brighter for DC in general, like so much good news after all the bad news we’ve had over the last couple of years. Literally, the best possible thing that could have happened, like Henry Cavill coming back long-term.
All the Black Adam stuff seems like it’s worked out for Henry Cavill and everybody involved, and DC finally found a person with a proven track record and creative vision to oversee the future of the movies who’s not just like a pure executive. This sounds like they’ve kind of had in the past.
But the biggest news first obviously is the Henry Cavill news, so careful for spoilers if you haven’t seen Black Adam. I’m assuming most of you know what’s going on, even if you haven’t seen the movie. So after the Black Adam movie was released, Henry Cavill posted a video on social media confirming that he was back as Superman.
Henry said that he wanted to wait until the weekend was over before posting this video because he wanted to give all the fans a chance to watch Black Adam. And then he said now that plenty of the fans had watched Back Adam, he wanted to make it official that he is back as Superman.
Then he talked about the image that he included in the post and said that what fans saw in Black Adam was just a very small taste of big things to come. He said that there’s a lot to be thankful for and that he’ll get to everything in time, but he wanted to thank all of the fans. He thanked everyone for their support and for their patience and promised that it would be rewarded.
Henry Cavill As Superman
Henry Cavill comes back as DCEU Superman, even though technically, they’re calling it the DCU now. Like as part of all this, they’re calling it the DC Universe, not the DC extended universe, and they’re calling it DC Studios which sounds just like Marvel Studios because it’s the same basic type of organization. But Henry Cavill is coming back as the Canon Superman. This is all Canon to the previous DCEU stuff that Zack Snyder stuff that he’s done before.
Henry Cavill did a much longer public talk recently addressing everything in Greater detail like “okay, like let’s talk about me coming back now. What does this mean for the future? Zack Snyder even sent in a clip for that special event where he referenced him always being Superman to him. Because he’s the person who originally cast Henry Cavill, they spent so much time working on the character Superman together.
In that clip, Zach Snyder said, and I rephrased: “Henry, you were placed in the belly pan or on the wires when we initially shot Man of Steel and were practicing the flying shots. I’m not sure which we did first. It seemed strange to be standing alone in front of a green screen while filming flying shots with only our hands contacting the camera.”
Zack continued by saying: “You have to pretend to be flying up before you have ever seen what it may look like or feel like to be doing that. How did that go? Was that strange, or did you anticipate the outcome the way it did? I look forward to working with you in the future, and you are obviously the greatest Superman, so that is my question.”
During the talk, Henry Cavill also addressed his future appearances and crossovers. He’ll feel more like you would expect Superman to feel tonal, like he won’t be the sad boy Superman or anything like that.
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The New Superman
The Black Adam post-credit scene was like 10 seconds super quick. Obviously, that’s going to become a much bigger thing in the future, like he’ll come back for much larger appearances, and then finally, in Man of Steel 2, whatever they wind up calling that movie. It won’t be called Man Of Steel 2, but that’s the basic way you talk about it right now. Like right now, it is the next movie in his franchise of films.
They’re not completely rebooting everything with Superman in a traditional sense, and they’re still treating everything like it happened. Everything is still Canon without completely referencing everything every five seconds. This is always the biggest question is everything Canon now, like are they changing anything? Are they returning anything?
If you’re a big fan of the Charlie Cox version of Daredevil, it’s the same basic deal with Henry Cavill Superman and all his future appearances. They might retune the suit just a little bit in some of his new appearances and refresh it again during the next Man of Steel movie. But all the stuff that happened to him during the first Man of Steel movie, Batman v Superman, and the Justice League movie will all still be Canon.
And just to be clear, none of the stuff with Henry Cavill coming back in Black Adam to the larger DC Universe of Superman has anything to do with James Gunn taking over with DC. That’s a totally separate thing. It’s just a coincidence that both of those things happened at the same time.
James Gunn’s Role In DC
If you’ve been following this news for a long time, James Gunn said that the first time he actually met with Warner Brothers about potentially doing a new movie, obviously he did The Suicide Squad movie, but when he met with him for the first time it was just sort of a general meeting to see what he was interested in.
The Warner Brothers Executives specifically pitched to him doing a new Superman movie. They basically told him he could do anything that he wanted, any kind of movie, use any kind of character. They pitched him, Batman, as well, because this was before they had locked down Matt Reeves for the next Batman movie.
He obviously chose to do The Suicide Squad characters because that’s more of his Vibe doing the C and d-list characters like the Guardians of the Galaxy type of energy with DC characters. But for like a brief hot second, there was a chance that James Gunn could have done a new Superman movie. And no, I do not think that James Gunn is going to direct the Man of Steel 2 movie. I think that that’ll be somebody completely different.
Even though he’s taking over all of DC, he’ll still have his own side projects that he works on himself, like Peacemaker season 2. He’s working on some other spin-offs in some other DC movies. But those will be more like the movies that you typically expect him to do. But given that he is taking over DC, he will creatively oversee whichever director and writers they hire to do Man of Steel 2.
Thank The Rock For Bringing Back Superman
Right now, the talk is that the Christopher McCrory pitch that he had a long time ago with Henry Cavill is back in the mix. Christopher McCrory said that he had a pitch that he and Henry Cavill came up with for a Man of Steel 2. It was rejected at the time by the previous powers that be, but they’ve all either been fired or quit. And that has a lot to do with Henry Cavill being able to come back in the first place in the Black Adam movie, like how the rock was able to get him to come back.
Because finding out what actually went down behind the scenes, it actually turns out the rock had to put somebody in a chokehold to get Henry Cavill in the Black Adam movie in the first place. So credit, where credit is due, The Rock is responsible for Henry Cavill coming back. And then that was sort of like the back door to him coming back for even bigger stuff Man of Steel 2, and all the other stuff that they have planned now.
So The Rock really wanted Henry Cavill this whole time these last several years he was trying to get the movie made. Along with the new Warner Brothers Discovery CEO, he obviously has done a lot of controversial things, like he’s canceled a lot of stuff as well. During his presentation, he specifically shouted out this new focus on doing more Superman stuff.
So clearly, the company wanted to do more Superman stuff, and you have the rock that’s trying to make Black Adam a much bigger thing in pushing for Henry Cavill, who has a lot of power over his own films. So that’s how they landed the giant Henry Cavill Superman-size W. So you take those W’s when you can get them.
Superman vs. Black Adam
As far as the plan for future Superman stuff over the next couple of years, The Rock said that Black Adam 2 currently isn’t intended to be just the Superman vs. Black Adam movie. He’s not totally sure how they’re going to pay off that fight, but they will pay it off. Now they’re in the process of actually banging out a much bigger, longer-term deal for Henry Cavill so they can actually start making Man of Steel 2.
Because of all the DC stuff that’s been canceled or pushed off recently, reportedly what happened is they canceled plans for a Supergirl HBO series with that new version of Supergirl, and now she’s just gonna stay Multiverse. She’s still going to be part of the upcoming movies, but they’re not making her like the de facto only super person on screen. Henry Cavill is coming back as your main version of Superman on the main Earth.
So when we get to The Flash movie, he might be wearing a different version of the costume. When we get to Man of Steel 2, they’ll probably creatively retune the costume just a little bit again. No big surprise there. When The Rock was asked about who would win between Black Adam and Superman, he said, and I rephrased it: “Black Adam strikes first, in my opinion.
I’m not sure if Black Adam gets the last strike at this point. I love Superman because I’m a DC fan who grew up loving him. I still do. At the same moment, I heard the fans. We will create Black Adam in your place, making him the most strong and unstoppable force on Earth. It’s been too long since the universe’s most strong and unstoppable force took the field.”
James Gunn is Taking Over DC
Just to explain all the James Gunn stuff, yes, he is taking over DC, but that’s really not going to happen until he releases Guardians of the Galaxy 3. Kevin Feige specifically did an interview about this, and he was very congratulatory. He was the first person to congratulate James Gunn. He said he’d be the first person in line to see all the stuff that he did.
Kevin Feige said, and I rephrased it: “We have two amazing things coming up: the Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special and the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 in May. I don’t know how we’ll have time to work on DC till May. But when he does, I will be very eager and first in line.”
But only after he finished working on all the Marvel commitments that he has right now. Like the Guardians of the Galaxy holiday special and Guardians of Galaxy 3, he is very busy, but as soon as he’s done working on our stuff, I cannot wait to see what he does at DC. That just means that James Gunn won’t do a lot of heavy lifting at DC in his new role until spring next year after Guardians the Galaxy 3 comes out in theaters.
His partner Peter Safran who’s done a bunch of previous DC movies is doing more of the business stuff, like the financial side of all the DC movies and shows now. James Gunn is doing more of the Kevin Feige thing, where he’s more of the creative vision, working on more of the creative aspect of everything.
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