Legacy’ Finds Leads with David Corenswet and Rachel Brosnahan

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James Gunn has found his Superman and Lois Lane and Rachel Brosnahan. After a lengthy search, David Corenswet star in Superman: Legacy, the film that will launch DC’s new universe under writer-director Gunn and his co-DC Studios boss, Peter Safran.
Few roles are as coveted — or come with as much pressure — as Superman. Only three actors have played the character on the big screen, with Christopher Reeves’ career-defining work in 1978’s Superman launching the modern superhero genre and spawning three sequels. Brandon Routh starred in Bryan Singer’s Superman Returns (2006), a film that failed to ignite the box office and resulted in him being a one-and-done. And a decade ago, Henry Cavill starred in Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel, the film that launched the DC Extended Universe and made Cavill a fan-favorite actor for his dignified work as Clark Kent.
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Cavill went on to appear in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) and Justice League (2017) and after years of away from the role, appeared in a cameo in Black Adam (2022) and announced his intention to star in more Superman projects. That was all before Gunn and Safran were hired to revamp DC, which included plans for a younger Superman.
The pressure is high on Superman: Legacy, which will be the lynchpin for Gunn and Safran’s new universe and has a release date of July 11, 2025.
“I completely relate to Superman because he’s everything I am,” Gunn told The Hollywood Reporter in April for a cover story. “He’s somebody who is an outsider who feels like an alien, but also the ultimate insider, because he’s fucking Superman. And that’s kind of like what I feel like.”
The Superman project will be the first film to be fully produced under Gunn and Safran’s tenure. The long-delayed Flash film was released under the newly minted studio heads; that movie, which was plagued by the poor publicity incurred by star Ezra Miller, earned a disappointing $55 million during its opening weekend. Superman will mark the beginning of the new DC slate.
Legacy marks a massive career shift for Corenswet, not only coming in at No. 1 on the call sheet on a studio film for the first time but doing so as one of pop culture’s most enduring heroes. The actor first broke out in Ryan Murphy series The Politician, which was followed by a starring turn in another Murphy-backed Netflix series Hollywood. Other credits include HBO series We Own This City and A24 horror sequel, Pearl. Up next there is the Apple series Lady in the Lake and Twister sequel, Twisters.
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