Some more intel on James Gunn ‘s Superman follow-up (not sequel), Man of Tomorrow . The Superman director and DC Studio Co-Boss told Howard Stern recently that the next movie is “a story about Lex Luthor and Superman having to work together to a certain degree against a much, much bigger threat.”

“It’s more complicated than that,” said Gunn, “It’s as much a Lex movie as it is a Superman movie.”

In addition, sources have told Deadline that an April 2026 production start is being planned for Man of Tomorrow. The movie, as announced last week, will hit theaters on July 9, 2027.

Gunn immediately went into developing the next DC movie involving Superman in the wake of his movie’s $614M-plus global success. Previously, it was reported that it would be more about the new charac

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