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With over $250 million at the global box office in less than week, James Gunn’s “Superman” is widely considered a win for the new DC Universe that Gunn and Peter Safran are spearheading at DC Studios.
Slated for streaming on HBO Max in 2026, Lanterns is a mystery series that follows Hal Jordan (Kyle Chandler) and Jon Stewart (Aaron Pierre)—two of the most popular characters to have held the mantle of Earth's Green Lantern—as they investigate a murder in Nebraska.
An A-lister makes an appearance in the new "Superman" movie, in reference to the hero's origin story.
Superman gave Clark Kent back his heart, but did James Gunn give our staffers back their hope for his comic world?
It feels like it’s missing a first act or even an entire preceding film; characters from the DC catalogue, including Lex Luthor (Nicholas Hoult), Lois Lane (Rachel Brosnahan) and Green Lantern (Nathan Fillion) appear with minimal expository fanfare.
It could be the charisma of Christopher Reeves’ Superman, or it could be the bruting aura of Henry Cavill. One thing is for sure, David Corenswet will officially go down as one of those iconic iterations of Superman that will be remembered for generations to come.
DC Comics has revealed DC K.O., an epic new crossover that sees Superman and three dozen other characters competing in a Mortal Kombat-style death tournament.
T he immense pressure on the box office performance of James Gunn's Superman has not exactly been a secret. A DC franchise reboot has been in the works now for two years – through the memorable flops of the final four DCEU titles that were released in 2023 – and the latest movie about the last son of Krypton was given the responsibility of getting audiences around the globe excited about what's in the works for DC Studios' nascent DC Universe.