James Gunn Shuts Down Superman Casting Rumors

0:00It's April 8th. From red carpets to breaking stories, this is entertainment and celebrity news, powered by AI. James Gunn just shut down those hot casting rumors for his Superman sequel, Man of Tomorrow. Deadline claimed Marissa Vella, Ella Pernell, and Adria Arzona were testing for Maxima, the warrior queen from Almarac. Gunn called it straight up wrong on threads, saying the reporting was shoddy, and if they check with him, he'd have said it was nonsense. He went further, noting he's longtime friends with Arzona, from the Belko experiment, and a fan of Abella and Pernell, but never met them. Gunn expressed real disappointment in Deadline's usual solid journalism slipping here. Entertainment weekly checked with reps, but no extra word yet. Fans hit him up on threads, and he clarified, he's not confirming Maxima at all. DC has just one role left to cast, then the line ups locked. He's drawing big reactions online, with everyone buzzing about who that mystery spot

1:00goes to. The confirmed stars are David Cornswitt, back as Superman, Nicholas Holt, as Lex Luthor, teaming up against Brainiac, played by Lars Eidinger, Aaron Pierre reprises Green Lantern John Stuart II, fresh off the Lantern series. Gunn told Howard Stern, it's as much a Lex story as Superman, and he loves the script with those two leads. Make sure hits theaters, July 9, 2027, can't wait to see how this epic threat plays out.