SUPERMAN Director James Gunn Shares New Official Look At Sean Gunn As Maxwell Lord - SPOILERS

SUPERMAN Director James Gunn Shares New Official Look At Sean Gunn As Maxwell Lord - SPOILERS

Superman director James Gunn has taken to social media to share a new official look at his brother and GOTG Vol. 3 star, Sean Gunn, as Maxwell Lord...

By MarkCassidy - Jul 09, 2025 10:07 AM EST
Filed Under: Superman

Sean Gunn played Kraglin in the Guardians of the Galaxy movies, before going on to provide the voice of Weasel in The Suicide Squad and the Creature Commandos animated series. This week, the actor will make his live-action DCU debut as Maxwell Lord in his brother James' DCU Superman reboot.

While speaking to The Wrap at FanExpo Chicago last year, Gunn was asked about making the jump from the MCU to the DCU, and he feels that - because he's now a part of a very different shared DC universe under his brother and co DC Studios CEO Peter Safran - comparing his experience is like "apples and oranges."

“I came into the whole process of working at Marvel once the machine was kind of already up and running smoothly and doing well. DC, I’ve done Suicide Squad, but now they’re kind of overhauling it, and it’s new ever since my brother took over as head of the studio,” he explained. “It’s sort of been a new process for them. So it would be, it’s really kind of true, like trying to compare apples and oranges.”

Gunn was also asked about his take on Lord, and while he declined to go into too much detail, he did reveal that this version of the character "won't be based on any live-action portrayals fans have seen before. It’s all from written materials with things that we figure we’re looking at." 

Spoilers follow.

Gunn did make a brief appearance as Lord in the trailer for Peacemaker season 2, and his Superman role is actually even smaller. Towards the end of the movie after Lex Luthor is arrested, we see the wealthy industrialist being interviewed on TV, and all he has to say is: "The one thing both the left and right can agree on is that Lex Luthor sucks."

We know that Lord funds the trio of Metahumans known as the Justice Gang, but we don't really learn much about him aside from this. Will he turn out to be a villain like his comic book counterpart? There's always a chance his actions will lead to Guy Gardner, Mr. Terrific and Hawkgirl breaking away from the corporate-owned team to form a new "League" with Superman down the line.

James Gunn has now taken to social media to share a new look at Lord on the cover of his in-universe biography.

Superman stars David Corenswet as Clark Kent/the Man of Steel, Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane, Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor, Isabela Merced as Hawkgirl, Nathan Fillion as Guy Gardner, Edi Gathegi as Mr. Terrific, and Anthony Carrigan as Metamorpho.

The cast also Pruitt Taylor Vince and Neva Howell as "Ma" and "Pa" Kent, and Milly Alcock's Supergirl has been confirmed to make her debut ahead of her own Woman of Tomorrow movie.

"And that’s a wrap," Gunn posted last year when filming concluded. "God bless our cast and crew whose commitment, creativity, and hard work have brought this project to life. I set out to make a movie about a good man in a world that isn’t always so much. And the goodness and kindness and love I’ve encountered on a daily basis on the set has inspired me and thrust me forward when I felt too spent to move on my own.

Thank you all from the bottom of my heart. It has been an honor. The destination has been Superman, but the journey has been the toil and the laughter and the emotions and ideas and magic we’ve shared together on set - and for that I am forever grateful."

You can check out a synopsis for the movie below.

"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."

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vectorsigma
vectorsigma - 7/9/2025, 10:56 AM
Eat crow haters 😭😭😭😭
vectorsigma
vectorsigma - 7/9/2025, 10:58 AM
The results will not bode well for the mental health of @VictorSmegma aka Josh "snowflake" Wulding 😂😂😂😂😂
bobevanz
bobevanz - 7/9/2025, 10:58 AM
Cincinnati gang stand up! The whole theater cheered when they showed the Hall of Justice. See it in Imax!
[frick] the haters
vectorsigma
vectorsigma - 7/9/2025, 10:59 AM
@bobevanz - 3 showings and cheers were all there when the cousin arrived
asherman93
asherman93 - 7/9/2025, 5:28 PM
@bobevanz - Now if only Cincinnati could get some daily passenger train service...
lord22
lord22 - 7/9/2025, 11:06 AM
maxwell-lord is barely in the movie 5 seconds max
Lisa89
Lisa89 - 7/9/2025, 11:31 AM
@lord22 - 5 seconds max? Lord!
WruceBayne
WruceBayne - 7/9/2025, 11:55 AM
@Lisa89 - HA!
lord22
lord22 - 7/9/2025, 12:13 PM
@Lisa89 - yes peacmaker have more screen time
0bstreperous
0bstreperous - 7/9/2025, 11:14 AM
Everyone clapped in my theater at the end
vectorsigma
vectorsigma - 7/9/2025, 11:16 AM
As expected, this is a great movie. I never had doubts since Gunn became DC head and everyone here that didnt block me knows that 😂.

And as expected, this is my 2nd best next to Ne Zha 2 this year

Some musings

- hope we get a Gunn cut, seems a lot was cut that affectes the pacing. I dont remember seeing that krypto action in the air againt the raptors shows in the trailers. A Gunn cut will also add to the earnings

- i dont know if this lex has appeared in comics but im still trying to get used to it. I am more used to the Timm verse version. The scenes in the movie where he is just with the engineer and ultraman are just like that. But when he is with his "crew", the dr evil comparisons cant get out of my head

- for a momemt there, i thought the ultraman reveal was cavill and it was funny and meta in my head, lolz!

- that last scene before the credits with Superman smiling while looking at his childhood videos/pictures is so feelgood
tluciotti74
tluciotti74 - 7/9/2025, 2:37 PM
Sean Gunn and Jason Mewes should do a podcast together!

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