SUPERMAN: New Leak Claims To Reveal How The Movie Compares To James Gunn's Previous Marvel And DC Work

SUPERMAN: New Leak Claims To Reveal How The Movie Compares To James Gunn's Previous Marvel And DC Work

There's once again some online chatter about Superman's internal test screenings and one leaker claims to reveal how the DCU reboot compares to filmmaker James Gunn's previous Marvel and DC work...

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By JoshWilding - Mar 01, 2025 05:03 AM EST
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As is so often the case, we've now heard good and bad things from Superman's early internal test screenings. It's always best to take chatter like that with a pinch of salt, though we perhaps shouldn't be surprised that the reboot is drawing mixed reviews. 

While filmmaker James Gunn has a great track record, the Man of Steel isn't a character it's easy to make relevant in today's world. The hero is viewed as overpowered and old-fashioned by some, meaning even the best Superman movie is unlikely to strike a chord with them. 

Today, scooper @MyTimeToShineH brings word that someone they've spoken to has seen Superman and shared the following: 

This person's ratings for Gunn's other superhero projects:

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 1 – 9/10

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 – 7/10

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 – 7.5/10

Peacemaker – 8/10

The Suicide Squad – 9/10

Creature Commandos – 7.5/10

He also rated Superman a 7.5/10

That's by no means a bad rating, though it's clearly subjective because placing The Suicide Squad above Peacemaker and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3...well, to each their own!

The DCU's future hinges on Superman's success, something that doesn't appear lost on DC Studios after we recently learned marketing veteran Ricky Strauss has been tapped to consult on the movie. 

It wouldn't be overly surprising for Superman to skip public test screenings, meaning we may not get proper reactions to this reboot until screenings take place for journalists in late June/early July.

Keep checking back here for updates as we have them. 

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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ProfessorWhy
ProfessorWhy - 3/1/2025, 5:26 AM
If Superman flops this is going nowhere. They'll be putting boomtubes and cosmic treadmills into whatever movie comes next in an attempt to kitchen sink the fan base; maybe even incorporate the Snyderverse, and then we'll be back to mostly mediocre Batman flicks for 15 years, then a full DC reboot helmed by Kirk Cameron
Apophis71
Apophis71 - 3/1/2025, 5:41 AM
@ProfessorWhy - I doubt it will flop, if it is as good as GotG3 and Creature Commandos even if not 'great' then enough should be interested/invested in it to give it a similar BO to GotG3 I'd say.

The more important things is how well recieved it is by the GA for future films however as if NOT great it could be at risk of diminishing returns esp if others of the new DCU are hit and miss or poorly recieved but currently hopefull it will at least be back to a Superman how I saw him as a kid, a North Star type not the path Snyder went with which for me didn't work even if the film was OK (and would have called it good if it wasn't Superman V Zod thus forcing me to compare it more harshly to Reeves Superman 1 & 2).
CaptainAwkward
CaptainAwkward - 3/1/2025, 5:55 AM
@ProfessorWhy - for some strange reason I feel like the synderverse will return in some way shape or form but I just don’t know how.
TheVandalore
TheVandalore - 3/1/2025, 6:20 AM
@ProfessorWhy - as much as that is an obvious joke, I have zero doubts Kirk Cameron would make a better Superman movie than Gunn.
ProfessorWhy
ProfessorWhy - 3/1/2025, 6:27 AM
@TheVandalore - and his Jesus imagery would be less overt than Snyder's
JurassicClunge
JurassicClunge - 3/1/2025, 5:30 AM
Well people act like GOTG3 was amazing so I guess it will be loved 😅🤣
CaptainAwkward
CaptainAwkward - 3/1/2025, 5:54 AM
@BraveNewClunge - GOTG3 was very good. Ngl.
TheVandalore
TheVandalore - 3/1/2025, 6:28 AM
@BraveNewClunge - none of the Guardians movies were amazing. But I've noticed there is almost no consistency when it comes to fans rankings of the Guardian's trilogy. Some people swear the first is the best while I honestly think the first is by far the weakest and most formulaically predictable and boring of the 3. I personally think 2 is the strongest of the 3, because I feel the comedy worked better and the heart of the story was compelling and emotional while not being emotionally manipulative by hurting animals to generate heat for your villain.

I liked how Peter brought need with Ego before the twist. Felt like a real story arc that had weight. Rockets story on the other hand was just cruel with no subtlety. I feel like 2 just hit all the right marks for me while the other two just missed too many marks.

But I know there's a large chunk of fans who hate 2 and feel it's the worst in the trilogy.

It's all just opinions, but I've noticed there's almost no uniform consistent ranking for Guardians.
JurassicClunge
JurassicClunge - 3/1/2025, 7:22 AM
@TheVandalore - this is very true. I agree with you on GOTG 3 but I felt 1 had more heart imo. I didnt like 2, the comedy just didnt land for me, felt like Gunn was in sniffing his own farts mode.


Very good take tnough sir 🤔 I never looked at it this way.
JurassicClunge
JurassicClunge - 3/1/2025, 7:24 AM
@CaptainAwkward - I thought it was ok, the villians were trash and the cutesy cgi animals didnt work for me. Just seemed more annoying than anything else and I love animals.
TheFinestSmack
TheFinestSmack - 3/1/2025, 7:24 AM
@CaptainAwkward - I really appreciate you not lying about GOTG3 being very good. I still haven't seen it yet and I don't know why.
cubichy
cubichy - 3/1/2025, 8:59 AM
@CaptainAwkward - gotg3 was shit, no reason to do it, repetitive, terrible villain, forgettable in every way. Blahhh.
vectorsigma
vectorsigma - 3/1/2025, 9:41 AM
@cubichy - "terrible villain"

Lolz. Tell me why and ill tell you why hebis great and you just didnt get it
cubichy
cubichy - 3/1/2025, 12:28 PM
@vectorsigma - easy, totally messed the high evolutionary from the comics. Totally lack of depth, in the comics he is empathetic. 1 dimensional...just want to kill all to create the perfect society. Mad scientist don't work with the high evolutionary and the rocket emotional journey doesn't work either. Gunn garbage.
CaptainAwkward
CaptainAwkward - 3/1/2025, 5:10 PM
@TheFinestSmack - Yeah I’m surprised that others don’t share the same sentiment as I do. The film has a darker story at heart with heavier themes which I like. A really good villain in high evolutionary. Good performance by Chukwudi Iwuji. The emotional beats are strong and the critical moments hit hard as intended. It was a nice sendoff and fitting end to a really good trilogy and this is coming from someone who’s isn’t even a fan of the franchise. I like the movies but I much prefer avengers, Spiderman, black panther, dr strange, Thor, cap etc than guardians. If you’ve seen the first two then you might as well check this one out. Worth watching once.

Verdict - 7.7/10.
TheFinestSmack
TheFinestSmack - 3/1/2025, 6:01 PM
@CaptainAwkward - when GOTG3 came out I had already been checked out of the MCU but always wanted to check it out since the prior two films are some of my favorites in the series.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 3/1/2025, 5:48 AM
They rated TSS the same as GOTG and higher than GOTG 2 and 3. I don't trust their opinion.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 3/1/2025, 5:54 AM
Ok but how does it compare to the Guardians Holiday special since that’s not ranked?.

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Kidding aside , I don’t have a specific rating for every one of Gunn’s works (might do a rewatch) but they tend to usually be relatively solid pieces imo so I have faith that Superman will be that too at the least.
Truoptimusprime
Truoptimusprime - 3/1/2025, 6:27 AM
They should have went with the original idea soft reboot with Henry Cavill!
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 3/1/2025, 6:59 AM
@Truoptimusprime - They could've erased everything from Man of Steel onwards I suppose. But people have a lot of problems just with that one movie (the Jonathan Kent stuff, the death and destruction stuff) and also Cavil would age out before you could reboot again and they'd have to struggle to make him look eternally 30.
Apophis71
Apophis71 - 3/1/2025, 8:02 AM
@Truoptimusprime - That would have required The Flash being considered better and a hit, was the one way they could have a sound narrative reason for a soft reboot and also required other recent DCEU films being a hit such as Aquaman. Without all of that brand trust had little chance to recover enough for even universaly considered good films to be hits.
DarthOmega
DarthOmega - 3/1/2025, 6:37 AM
Hoping for the best of course, but I've been getting mid vibes from this film since the first photos popped up.
DrDReturns
DrDReturns - 3/1/2025, 1:15 PM
@DarthOmega - It's not feeling good, right? I want a great, faithful and heartfelt Superman story, but I feel like Gunn was wrong from the start...
DarthOmega
DarthOmega - 3/1/2025, 1:23 PM
@DrDReturns - Nothing about the trailer grabbed me. Weird cinematography, weird color grading, and that's just the look. The tone looks inconsistent. It seems like too many heroes that might take the attention away from Supes. Also I'm not as big a Gunn fan as some here. Like I said, hoping for the best, but it's looking kinda lackluster so far. To be fair we only got a teaser, but usually that's enough to get me excited
RegularPoochie
RegularPoochie - 3/1/2025, 6:42 AM
Well those ratings are whack
Batmangina
Batmangina - 3/1/2025, 6:43 AM
The first GOTG was the only great Gunn project and that was largely due to the fact of the C List characters/low expectations and how it actually dovetailed into the MCU and Infinity Saga at the time.

The rest were above average at best.

Gunn has built his rep on taking Z listers and making them whacky and fun and sometimes interesting but also mostly forgettable.

Superman isn't that. It's got to stick the landing and certainly has to do better than Man of Steel.

We'll see.
JacobsLadder
JacobsLadder - 3/1/2025, 6:58 AM
@Batmangina - agree. Peacemaker was awful, Suicide Squad was mediocre, GotG 2 was mid at best.
Batmangina
Batmangina - 3/1/2025, 1:46 PM
@JacobsLadder - Yep. Cena made Peacemaker funny but mostly because I was a wrestling fan and it was so over the top - I don't actually REMEMBER it - Suicide Squad was a C+ mainly for Starro - GOTG 2 and 3 were mid tier MCU factory entries and nothing more.

The dude talks a good game but the results are mixed at best.

However, I LOVE the addition of Krypto (much to my surprise) and I liked the vibe of the trailer.

As far as the DC Gunniverse?

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JacobsLadder
JacobsLadder - 3/1/2025, 3:16 PM
@Batmangina - totally agree. and I like Krypto too. I want this movie to succeed. I love Superman.
Batmangina
Batmangina - 3/1/2025, 3:35 PM
@JacobsLadder - TBH, at this point, I'd LOVE for this Superman reboot to DESTROY what's left of the MCU as it's an embarrassment.
JacobsLadder
JacobsLadder - 3/1/2025, 4:54 PM
@Batmangina - won't argue that. I actually watched Infinity War the other day and it's crazy how far the MCU has fallen off. Right off a massive cliff. Even movies like IM2, the Dark World, Hulk look so much better compared to the past few years. The Fox Fantastic Four movies are more watchable than Multiverse of Nonsense or Quantehania.
Batmangina
Batmangina - 3/1/2025, 7:44 PM
@JacobsLadder - Agreed - across the board. I enjoyed the Fan Service Handjobs of Triple Spidey and DP&W but they're novelty items. A [frick]ing basket of Easter Eggs and that's about it.

The MCU is [frick]ing dead. CA: TWS and Civil War look like they're from another [frick]ing planet compared to the CGI shitfests they've churned out since then.
JacobsLadder
JacobsLadder - 3/2/2025, 11:25 AM
@Batmangina - it's a shame really. that first Iron Man movie looks so good and all of those shots of Asgard were spot on. Now you get the quantum realm and screaming goats and bongo drums opening forcefields. And I don't know what the hell Wandavision was.
Batmangina
Batmangina - 3/2/2025, 6:04 PM
@JacobsLadder - It's all trash now - CGI green screen garbage - aside from Fan Service to make the real money, it's a lost cause.
Zeeboy
Zeeboy - 3/1/2025, 6:57 AM
This is almost guaranteed to be better recieved by the GA than MOS. Whether Superman fans or critics will like it is another story. But if it's on the level of GOTG3 I think WB will be very happy.
THEKENDOMAN
THEKENDOMAN - 3/1/2025, 7:09 AM
What the hell is wrong with these [frick]ers.

7.5?

We will be the judge of that?

Trying to destroy DC , before we get off the ground.

So far, we have not been disappointed.

So you can [frick] off

For [frick]s sake
MaxPaint
MaxPaint - 3/1/2025, 7:40 AM
Don't know if Superman is going to be good or bad, but I can't trust on someone that rates GOTG 2 with a 7, and then gives GOTG 3 a 7.5. No way, no how the difference between those 2 movies is just half a point. You can't be serious.

And don't get me started about that 9 on The Suicide Squad.
Apophis71
Apophis71 - 3/1/2025, 8:16 AM
@MaxPaint - I enjoyed both Peacemaker and Gunn's The Suicide Squad, certainly at minimum 7/10s or higher overall but GotG3 was certainly better than both for me.

I haven't seen Creature Commandos yet but what I take from those numbers from the 'leak' was someone who ranked them more from a comedic PoV (as in additional points for the more comedic/goofy) with less interest in the more emotional types what with the death's in GotG2&3.

Sure there were a bunch of deaths in SS too but not given anywhere near the same emotional weight to them and as at the start only increased the high of the win at the end rather than a Ravager funeral ritual towards the end or Rocket being told it isn't his time to die yet by his deceased friends towards the end.

Either way I take Superman having the same score as GotG 3 as being a good sign even if idealy I'd want it to be at least 8/10 for the first DCU Supes movie.
Forthas
Forthas - 3/1/2025, 8:29 AM
This person overrates most of Gunn's films...like a lot of people do. I would rate them this way...

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 1 – 8/10
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 – 6/10
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 – 7/10
Peacemaker – 6/10
The Suicide Squad – 7/10
Creature Commandos – 5/10

Say YES to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) ... say NO to Stupidity, Extremism, and Ignorance (SEI) and Childish Reactionary Tantrums (CRT).
DocSpock
DocSpock - 3/1/2025, 8:59 AM
@Forthas -

I mostly agree with that, though I liked CC more.

Equality - YES! Equity as it should be - YES! Equity as the left means & uses it - NO!
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