SUPERMAN Director James Gunn Shares A (Disappointing?) Update On When We'll See The Movie's Next Trailer

With fans eager for a new look at Superman, DC Studios co-CEO and filmmaker James Gunn has said it "will be a beat" before we get a second trailer for the first DCU movie. You can learn more here...

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By JoshWilding - Apr 13, 2025 10:04 AM EST

Filed Under: Superman

Last week, DC Studios released nearly 5 minutes of footage from Superman. The extended sneak peek debuted in theaters before A Minecraft Movie and revealed the Man of Tomorrow's arrival at the Fortress of Solitude alongside Krypto.

The expectation is that we might get a new trailer on Superman Day (April 18). However, filmmaker James Gunn appears to have dismissed the possibility during an exchange with a fan on social media.

"We just released five minutes of footage in theaters so it will be a beat," the DC Studios co-CEO confirmed after being asked when a second trailer will arrive.

While we'd bet on something dropping during Friday's Superman Day celebrations, a poster now seems far more likely than a full-blown trailer. If Superman is following Barbie's marketing campaign, a new sneak peek dropping sometime in May might be the current plan.

Talking at CinemaCon earlier this month, Rachel Brosnahan, who plays Lois Lane, said, "I remember we shot a scene where we were walking through a field at night and the moon was behind [David]. The trees were blowing the distance. It was magic."

Addressing co-star David Corenswet, the actress said, "I think I turned to you - and I don’t know if I'm allowed to curse in here - but I said, 'Dude, you’re f***ing Superman. This is crazy!' And David was like, 'Yes, I know. I’ve been here for many, many months.'"

Superman is one of the year's most highly anticipated movies, and fans demanding a new trailer so soon after getting 5 minutes of footage reiterates that fact. We're also waiting on a new look at The Fantastic Four: First Steps - which opens shortly after Superman in July - though that's sure to drop in time for Thunderbolts*.

What would you like to see in the next trailer for Superman?

Don’t expect the 2nd trailer for ‘SUPERMAN’ to arrive soon, according to James Gunn. pic.twitter.com/oepJoKj6av
— DC Film News (@DCFilmNews) April 12, 2025

Superman, DC Studios' first feature film to hit the big screen, is set to soar into theaters worldwide this summer from Warner Bros. Pictures.

In his signature style, James Gunn takes on the original superhero in the newly imagined DC universe with a singular blend of epic action, humor and heart, delivering a Superman who’s driven by compassion and an inherent belief in the goodness of humankind. 

The movie stars David Corenswet in the dual role of Superman/Clark Kent, Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane and Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor.

Also appearing are Edi Gathegi, Anthony Carrigan, Nathan Fillion, Isabela Merced, Skyler Gisondo, Sara Sampaio, María Gabriela de Faría, Wendell Pierce, Alan Tudyk, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Neva Howell, and Milly Alcock.

Superman arrives in theaters on July 11, 2025.

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Lisa89 - 4/13/2025, 10:25 AM

It’s not too late to de-huge-ify the shorts in post.

bobevanz - 4/13/2025, 10:28 AM

@Lisa89 - that's because he's packing, unlike you

Lisa89 - 4/13/2025, 10:32 AM

@bobevanz - What would I want to be packing in my shorts, exactly?

JurassicClunge - 4/13/2025, 10:32 AM

@bobevanz -

EskimoJ - 4/13/2025, 11:29 AM

@Lisa89 - 🍑

HermansHIV - 4/13/2025, 11:55 AM

@JurassicClunge - Good Sir, please refrain from homophobia here. Chandler McDaniels and I are in a very loving but tumultuous relationship and I do not need him to have any more of an excuse to withhold our love from the greater cbm community.

DocSpock - 4/13/2025, 12:12 PM

@HermansHIV -

Why do you feel the need to trumpet this to the world? I don't see other guys here announcing that they bang a woman with flowery descriptive details.

Oh well, if you crave the attention and feel the need to describe your gay stuff to others who didn't ask for it, then I'm glad you have something to do that makes you happy.

Or was this a joke? If so, you fooled me.

HermansHIV - 4/13/2025, 2:18 PM

@DocSpock - are you at all aware who Chandler is or the sex devices we own together?

captainwalker - 4/13/2025, 2:44 PM

@DocSpock - Keep him away from any children....

bobevanz - 4/13/2025, 10:28 AM

It'll show up with either Final Destination: Bloodlines or F1. They should play the 5 minute preview with Sinners but they'll definitely add the first trailer

TheJok3r - 4/13/2025, 10:46 AM

The marketing for this movie has been absolutely abysmal. We're less than three months out from release and we still don't know what the story is even about. That 5 minute preview gives me hope this will be a good movie, but whoever's making the marketing decisions needs to be replaced immediately.

TheNewYorker - 4/13/2025, 11:25 AM

@TheJok3r - Because it’s shit! LOL

CaptainAwkward - 4/13/2025, 11:45 AM

@TheJok3r - Warner Bros are scared lol. The first sign of trouble for me was when they removed “legacy” from the title. This is strange because the film is essentially a celebration of the IP known as Superman that is 88 years old. This is why Gunn has included Krypto, Ultraman, Metamorpho, Guy Gardener, Hawkgirl, Supergirl and the robots at the Fortress. The film is heavily inspired by All Star & the silver age era of Superman comics. To me legacy is a fitting name but Warner Bros don’t seem too confident in this. Poor Gunn, the burden weighs heavily on his shoulders.

CaptainAwkward - 4/13/2025, 11:45 AM

@TheNewYorker - I’ve probably asked you this before but do you like Man of Steel? What’s your take on it?

TheJok3r - 4/13/2025, 11:59 AM

@CaptainAwkward - This movie is a great example of high risk-high reward. If this movie succeeds, it'll set up DC as a whole for success for the next decade. If it doesn't, DC on film outside of Batman will be dead.

RolandD - 4/13/2025, 12:21 PM

@TheJok3r - I don’t know, maybe they expect us to find out what the story is when we go to the theater and see the fricking movie. Fans these days have to be spoonfed everything.

TheJok3r - 4/13/2025, 12:30 PM

@RolandD - I'm not saying they should tell us every detail about the movie, just a general plot outline.

RolandD - 4/13/2025, 12:37 PM

@TheJok3r - James Gunn's upcoming Superman movie will focus on a younger Clark Kent, depicting him as an inexperienced cub reporter at the Daily Planet in Metropolis. The film will explore his struggles to reconcile his Kryptonian heritage with his human upbringing, highlighting his values and his role as a hero who embodies truth, justice, and the human way. that, and we know the characters who are going to be in it. That’s all I need to know and I don’t think it’s a mistake that we don’t know more than that. Moore probably will be revealed before the movies out, but I don’t need anything other than this

RolandD - 4/13/2025, 12:38 PM

@RolandD - I would think with the advances in AI that voice dictation would be getting better instead of getting worse. More will be revealed.

RockReigns - 4/13/2025, 1:08 PM

@TheJok3r - same as Barbie’s marketing and that worked out tremendously.

epc1122 - 4/13/2025, 1:59 PM

@TheJok3r - why?

Voxl89 - 4/13/2025, 2:03 PM

@TheJok3r

- The first trailer in december was factually the most viewed and most talked about trailer in the history of both DC and Warner Bros.

- The sneak peek released a week ago is already sitting at over 10 million views, and that's not even mentioning the millions more seeing it in theaters with the current 2nd highest grossing movie of the year.

Wow, what absolutely ABYSMAL marketing LOL

Also...it's *APRIL*, the main huge marketing push for a blockbuster movie doesn't happen until the final month of release so companies don't waste hundreds of millions of dollars months before.

Actual historical facts and basic common sense.
You're welcome.

Voxl89 - 4/13/2025, 2:23 PM

@TheNewYorker - Cope and laughably fail harder "LOL"

TheNewYorker - 4/13/2025, 8:00 PM

@CaptainAwkward - I liked it. Thought the opening scene was epic (at the time)
Wasn’t a super big fan of hobo Clark.
Visually I thought it was great. Overall it was a good enough movie.

CamtonoOfBeskar - 4/13/2025, 10:51 AM

I'm indifferent towards dogs so I don't think this movie will be for me.

CaptainAwkward - 4/13/2025, 11:03 AM

@CamtonoOfBeskar - The film will be enjoyable no doubt. I think it will do many things right for the character, it seems to be drawing its inspiration from All Star and the silver age comics. The original title “legacy” is quite fitting because the film is celebrating the lore of Superman. Robots, Krypto, Fortress, Supergirl, Lex, Ultraman, etc. This feels like a love letter, an encore to the existence of Superman as an IP. However the film won’t be without its flaws and discrepancies.

Krypto may prove to be too jarring, an unnecessary distraction for the non-dog lovers out there. The additional cast consisting of Gardener, Terrific, Hawkgirl, Metamorpho could make things too congested, bloated, overstuffed, lacking stability, just there to sell toys, sequels and spinoffs. The tone is another critical element, this is Gunn we’re talking about. His filmography gives you a good idea of what to expect - a lot of comedy, slapstick, gag humour. There needs to be a balance in how he handles seriousness from silliness. Judging by previous superman films, leaning too far to one side in tone breeds disastrous results.

Gunn’s depiction of Superman will also be under scrutiny. Is he too powerful? Is he too weak? Is he too stern, too intense, too soft, sensitive, simple, etc. There’s a lot to consider, expectations are high.

JustAWaffle - 4/13/2025, 11:07 AM

@CamtonoOfBeskar - Might you be intellectually open, if only provisionally, to the possibility that the film’s merits could transcend your aversion, even with the inclusion of a canine element?

Nightwing1015 - 4/13/2025, 11:28 AM

@JustAWaffle - that's a well written comment

JustAWaffle - 4/13/2025, 11:58 AM

@Nightwing1015 - Tanks. I was tryin to sound all smart n’ stuff 😄

But seriously I hope he loosens his apprehension toward dogs in film.

RolandD - 4/13/2025, 12:27 PM

@JustAWaffle - it seems to me that would be a reasonable comment for a movie like Marley and Me or Turner and Hooch rather than this movie that happens to have a dog in it. I could say I’m not going to like the movie because I don’t like women reporters.

JustAWaffle - 4/13/2025, 1:43 PM

@RolandD - I doubt they’re going to revolve the entire movie around Krypto tho.

JustAWaffle - 4/13/2025, 1:44 PM

@RolandD - But I could be way off 🙃

RolandD - 4/13/2025, 2:21 PM

@JustAWaffle - I think you’re 100% right. He might feature some, but it’s not gonna be the Krypto show.

TheVisionary25 - 4/13/2025, 10:51 AM

That’s dissapointing but oh well…

I can see us getting a new poster or featurette then from the film on Superman Day.

I wouldn’t be surprised if we get a new trailer with Mission Impossible.

xfan320 - 4/13/2025, 11:27 AM

LOU OKP?

THEKENDOMAN - 4/13/2025, 11:33 AM

This is far from disappointing.

I rather they not rush and wait to give us something [frick]ing spectacular.

Good things come to those who [frick]ing wait.

For [frick]s Sake.

epc1122 - 4/13/2025, 11:51 AM

@THEKENDOMAN - it’s just a trailer though. The movie has wrapped for quite some time and I have a feeling the trailer is already finished and they’re just waiting to release it because the marketing team probably has a schedule they’re working on. I could be wrong but again, I’d be surprised if they’re still working on the trailer. Too bad we don’t get a schedule for when things are released. As fans, we should lol 😂

THEKENDOMAN - 4/13/2025, 12:16 PM

@epc1122 - I hear you matey and you maybe right on both counts.

Let’s see👊🏿

RolandD - 4/13/2025, 12:29 PM

@THEKENDOMAN - We just got a five minute clip like Gunn said. This would absolutely not be the time to release another trailer. Leave us wanting more.

SUPERMAN Director James Gunn Shares A (Disappointing?) Update On When We'll See The Movie's Next Trailer

With fans eager for a new look at Superman, DC Studios co-CEO and filmmaker James Gunn has said it "will be a beat" before we get a second trailer for the first DCU movie. You can learn more here...

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