New Insider Reports Indicate The DCU’s ‘Superman’ Movie Is Good

This summer will mark the official launch of the DCU with Superman. Well, the official launch other than an animated series about murderous monsters (Creature Commandos). The live-action kick-off stars the most iconic hero in the world and early indications seem to be that it’s…quite good.

There have been some spins that have tried to paint “troubled production” in Superman’s final days, but it has only filmed “pickups” in Atlanta recently, not actual reshoots. An additional composer was brought in, David Fleming, to join John Murphy, but both have music in the film and it’s not as if one erased the other.

One big sign that the movie is solid, other than Gunn saying so himself, is that the entire, finished movie is set to be ready to go as of next Friday, according to THR’s Heat Vision. Getting that in a full five weeks ahead of release is reportedly a sign of “studio satisfaction.”

Besides that, there are the one-off tweets here and there about leaked test screenings. Here’s filmmaker Joe Russo (not that one) on Twitter, retweeting the production news: “Can confirm. I have a friend who saw it in April and he said it delivers. You might even say James Gunn’s SUPERMAN is… super good.”

It always seemed likely that Gunn would land the plane when it came to Superman, as all we have to do is look at his other superhero projects and see that he simply has not missed with any of them so far, a big reason he was tapped for the DCU job in the first place. Here’s the line-up of his DC and Marvel projects:

• Guardians of the Galaxy – 92% critics, 92% audience
• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 – 85% critics, 87% audience
• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 – 82% critics, 94% audience
• The Suicide Squad – 90% critics, 82% audience
• Peacemaker season 1 – 93% critics, 89% audience

Not a bad score in there, and with three films above a 90%. Gunn’s Suicide Squad is tied as the second-highest-scored DCEU film with Shazam! and just below Wonder Woman’s 93%. The point of all this is that it seems pretty unlikely that Superman is bad, whether it clocks in with an 80%, 90% or more.

Marketing is starting to spool up for the film, which releases July 11, and a video went viral this week of David Corenswet in costume talking and playing with children on set after filming with them, drawing many comments of “this is the ‘real’ Superman” and such. Check it out below, and we’ll stay tuned for more news ahead of release.

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