Gunn Shuts Down Superman Casting Rumors, Teases Lex Story

0:00It's April 8th. This is entertainment and celebrity news today, AI-powered stories from the spotlight. James Gunn just shut down those casting rumors for his Superman sequel, Man of Tomorrow. Deadline claim Marisa Abella, Ella Pernell and Adriar Jonah were testing for Maxima, the warrior queen from Planet Almarac. Gunn called it straight up wrong on threads. He blasted Deadline's reporting as Shadi, saying if they'd check with him, they'd know it's nonsense. Gunn's tight with Adriar from way back on, the Belko experiment, and he's a fan of Marisa and Ella, but never met them. Fans hit him up online, and he made it clear he's not confirming Maxima's in the movie at all. The buzz had everyone speculating, but Gunn's keeping cards close. They've got one last roll to cast, then production rap's principal shooting. David Korn's wet returns as Superman, Nicholas Hult, as Lex Luthor, teaming up against Brainiac, played by Lars Eidinger, Aaron Pierre is back as Green Lantern John Stuart II.

1:00Gunn says it's as much a Lex story as Superman's, and he loves the script. Picture hits theaters, July 9th, 2027, expect something extraordinary from these two leads, locking horns with Cosmic Chaos.