James Gunn’s Superman was a great comic-book movie unburdened by a lot of the multi-billion-dollar franchise machine powering it, and a sequel isn’t distant. As a result of regardless that this summer season’s DC blockbuster didn’t really feel like simply one other advertising beat on a pitch deck, it very a lot is that, too. Gunn’s announcement on Wednesday that Man of Tomorrow will hit theaters in 2027 reveals his rebooted DCU is about to be in full swing.
“Man of Tomorrow. In theatres July 9, 2027,” the director posted on social media today alongside comedian ebook artist Jim Lee’s rendering of Superman and Lex Luthor standing subsequent to one another, the latter showing in his inexperienced and purple Warsuit. This “Lexorian armor” is what the billionaire genius makes use of to even the taking part in area with his himbo Kryptonian rival, and suggests on the very least the subsequent film will give us one other showdown between the 2. Or perhaps they’ll find yourself working collectively to face an excellent deadlier, extinction-level occasion like, say, a go to from Brainiac?
July 2027 will probably be simply two years after Superman arrived in theaters, bringing the field workplace success again in file time. Nevertheless it’s removed from the one upcoming DCU film presently on the calendar. Right here’s a short take a look at the reveals and films in growth that presently have dates hooked up to them:
- Lanterns TV Collection: Early 2026
- Supergirl: June 26, 2026
- Clayface: September 11, 2026
- Man of Tomorrow: July 9, 2027
- Dynamic Duo: June 30, 2028
Matt Reeves’ follow-up to The Batman can also be within the combine with a slated launch date of October 1st, 2027, additional powering DC’s presence on the multiplex, although the Robert Pattinson-led movies are usually not, strictly talking, a part of James Gunn’s DCU.
You could be detecting a sample right here: we’re getting not less than one Superman-related film and one Batman-related film yearly for the subsequent two years. There’s additionally Teen Titans, Marvel Lady, and Deathstroke films in growth, alongside a bunch of different tasks. Gunn has beforehand promised that the scripts will come first in these productions, stopping messy reshoots and different costly holdups till the tales have been locked down. That not less than sounds prefer it’s in distinction to the latest Marvel means of letting the wants of franchise growth run the present.
The proof, after all, will probably be on this new DCU’s observe file as soon as it really takes form. For now it’s only one good film and a few cool concepts. We’ll see how the subsequent two years pan out. Within the meantime, Peacemaker season 2 simply kicked off on HBO streaming for everybody on the lookout for clues about the place Gunn’s interconnected superhero universe will go subsequent.
