Before we learned thatDavid Corenswetwould be play Superman in DC motion-picture show for the next several years , various retail store such asourselvesreported that James Gunn ’s Superman movie was go to focalise on a untested variation of the character . It was an important thing to note at the time sinceHenry Cavill’sSuperman during the DCEU was a hombre in his early thirty ( if that ) , so learn that Gunn and WB may skew young back then made horse sense .
But agree to Gunn over onThreads , he did n’t consider Superman : Legacy with the intent of focusing on a young reading of Clark Kent . In response to a fan question about if his “ young Superman ” movie would be set in the past , the theater director / author responded by stating that he was “ never making a ‘ vernal Superman ’ movie , just a Superman flick . ” Part of the disarray about if this movie would constitute as a Young Superman flick is thatlate last yr , Gunn said his plastic film would “ focus on an former part of Superman ’s living , ” hence why he did n’t just bring Cavill along for the ride afterBlack Adamhad already teed up his return .
Like other laughable book character across the Big Two , Superman ’s age is one of those thing you ’re not really meant to think about until the taradiddle postulate you do so , like when he has a kid or his hair starts gray . That ’s the MO for his various medium appearance over the decennary , too : the DCAU never really had a hard age on him , for example , while Young Justice ( a show where all characters visibly age ) has him at43 years oldby the sentence of its fourth and net season . And in Smallville and the honest-to-goodness Legion of Superheroes cartoon , he ’s a teenager who gradually ages up as his office take out dual duty as a puberty metaphor and also show him arise into his heroic identity . And the currently airingMy Adventures with Supermanseries puts him in the vague age range of being a “ 20 - something , ” but you could middling arrogate he ’s still in his very early 20s .
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While Superman : Legacy may not have a “ untried ” version of the theatrical role in the way we ordinarily think , it may be that he ’ll still feel like a bit of a kid when he ’s scratch shoulders withother heroesfor the first clip in his life . We ’ll find out more when the movie ( peradventure ) releases on July 11 , 2025 .
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