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James Gunn’sSuperman: Legacyis poised to be the beginning of a new DCU and audiences will be introduced to a slew of new actors essaying iconic roles. The cast of the film is already stacked with David Corenswet and Rachel Brosnahan leading the pack.
María Gabriela de Faría’s The Engineer and Nicholas Hoult’s Lex Luthor are set to be the film’s antagonists. While fans may not be as enthusiastic about the choice of villains for Gunn’s first DCU feature, bringing back a former DC actor to portray a classic Superman villain will certainly raise the excitement level for the film.
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Christian Bale as General Zod Would Be an Epic Move for James Gunn
Christian Balehas starred in DC’s highly regardedDark Knighttrilogy back in the day. His contribution to the DC universe has been celebrated by fans and they continue to hope for the actor’s return to DC in some form to this day. With the DCU now rebooting, James Gunn can pull an epic move by bringing back the actor to play an iconic villain.
In 2023, all of the main cast ofSuperman: Legacyhas been announced with David Corenswet and Rachel Brosnahan set to play Clark Kent and Lois Lane. Supporting characters like Hawkgirl, Mister Terrific, Guy Gardner, and Metamorpho are poised to deepen the film’s narrative and lore while The Engineer and Lex Luthor are confirmed as antagonists of the film.
However, most fans are not familiar with most of the obscure characters that Gunn has chosen for the film. Even The Engineer is more of a deep cut in the DC lore. Gunn could increase the excitement level of the film exponentially by bringing back Bale to play General Zod, which would be fascinating news for fans. They last saw the Superman-Zod conflict inMan of Steel,
Putting Bale as Zod in the new DCU could repair some of the mixed aspects thatMan of Steelreceived. Additionally, while the film is already jam-packed, the character doesn’t necessarily have to be the primary villain of the film and could be teased in a post-credits scene for the next film. Bale also has already toldEntertainment Tonightthat he would be down for anything good in the superhero world. It is up to Gunn to pull off such a masterstroke act.
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James Gunn Confirms More DCU Productions Starting in 2024
James Gunnis all set To start shootingSuperman: Legacyin March of 2024 with a planned release of July 2025. With several DCU projects announced by Gunn last year, fans have been wondering when all these projects will start production.
When a fan asked Gunn whetherSuperman: Legacywill be the only DCU production this year onThreads, the director simply teased more projects set to shoot this year with his one-word“Nope”.For now, it is not known which DCU project Gunn is planning to shoot this year other thanSuperman: Legacy.
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The best possible guess is that Gunn will probably start shooting theWallerseries sometime this year, with the possibility ofSupergirl: Woman of Tomorrow(casting tests have started) by the end of the year.Creature Commandoesis also set to premiere this year on Max and thus Gunn has a lot on his plate overseeing all these upcoming DC ventures.
Rahul Thokchom
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Rahul Thokchom is a senior content writer at Fandomwire who is passionate about covering the world of pop culture and entertainment. He has a Masters Degree in English that contributes to the richness and creativity in his works.
