SUPERMAN Plot Leak Reveals A Big Cameo, A New Twist On Jor-El, And Several Major Story Beats - SPOILERS

SUPERMAN Plot Leak Reveals A Big Cameo, A New Twist On Jor-El, And Several Major Story Beats - SPOILERS

With regular test screenings now said to be taking place, more major spoilers for Superman have leaked online, including plans for a big cameo, a very different approach to Jor-El, and much more...

By JoshWilding - Apr 01, 2025 07:04 AM EST
Filed Under: Superman

You might have picked up on some chatter in recent days about a Superman plot leak. It's believed that, after several rounds of internal test screenings, the DCU reboot is now being shown to regular test audiences and some of the attendees...well, they don't hesitate to share spoilers. 

While we can't confirm the authenticity of this leak - which is the case with the majority of them - there's nothing too outrageous here, and it's all pretty believable. However, filmmaker James Gunn definitely has some bold ideas for how to reinvent the Man of Tomorrow's world.

Then again, after his work on franchises like Guardians of the Galaxy and The Suicide Squad, is that overly surprising?

This isn't a full plot leak in the sense that it spells out the entire plot from start to finish, so we've selected the main highlights from the post on r/DCULeaks for you to read through:


WARNING: MAJOR SPOILERS FOLLOW

- Superman is taken to the Fortress of Solitude by Krypto and healed by the robots that protect it 

- Lex Luthor hates Superman and partners with the Government of a powerful foreign nation to help them take over a smaller country (it seems Gunn took inspiration from the conflict between Russia and Ukraine for this)

- Jimmy Olsen is portrayed like his comic book counterpart, but girls now fawn over him; among them is Lex's girlfriend, who has been sexting the photographer 

- There's tension between Clark Kent and Lois Lane at The Daily Planet, particularly as he frequently gets interviews with Superman; however, we later learn it's a ruse and they've been dating in secret for a few months. She playfully pretends to interview him in their apartment, but things get tense when they disagree over Superman's role in foreign policy

- Lex is responsible for releasing those monsters in Metropolis, but Supes gets a helping hand from the Justice League

- Lex creates a clone of Superman and uses it to enter the Fortress of Solitude, where he finds a corrupted message from Jor-El meant for his son. It appears he sent Kal-El to Earth to conquer the planet (it's unclear whether this is taken out of context), and the villain wastes no time in broadcasting that to the world, making the Man of Steel an outcast. Shunned, Clark returns to his human family

- Later in the movie, Lex sends Superman and Krypto into a "pocket dimension" where he traps the people he hates (including ex-girlfriends). Jimmy's communication - he spots clues in the "provocative photos" he's been sent - with the villain's current beau helps the League find and rescue the Kryptonian

- Superman earns people's trust back by saving lives and battling an invading army

- The action is praised, and it sounds like Luthor either escapes or is imprisoned. Superman returns to the Fortress of Solitude where "a drunk sorority version of Supergirl appears to reclaim Krypto" after asking her cousin to watch him for the week

- Superman sits back and asks the Fortress to show him his family; however, this time, in place of Jor-El, it's Ma and Pa Kent


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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AllsNotGood
AllsNotGood - 4/1/2025, 7:21 AM
Just warning everyone ill only be posting this today

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McMurdo
McMurdo - 4/1/2025, 10:22 AM
@AllsNotGood - Film Threat's Chris Gore breaks down new Superman test screening at WB lot:

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The film is 1 hour and 55 minutes long

Chris Gore personally knows people who were at Warner Bros lot for Superman test screening and just laid it all out, he knows the entire plot and refuses to spoil but says the trailer has given away nothing.....the crowd FLIPPED OUT after the film, went wild. Someone after the screening yelled "Fantastic Four is f*cked!". Gunn and Safran were there in attendence and were overheard discussing how they plan to market the film. Corensweat apparently dominates as Clark/Superman. Gore says Lex Luthor is EVIL in the film and people die because of him. The humor is not overbearing and not like Gunn's past films...the dramatic beats aren't undercut with jokes. He says the one weird shot with Corensweat's face is irrelevant and there are so many amazing shots that no one will even remember that frame. Jimmy Olsen is apparently hysterical in the film. Alot of the humor comes from his character. The film is patriotic with use of the American flag. Chris says the worry over too many characters is a fart in the wind, it's purely a Superman film.

For the record, Gore has felt the marketing up to this point has been bad and has been nothing but skeptical about the film being good.

Robert Meyer Burnett this week on Campea's stream said everyone he knows in the industry who has seen the film says it's great. But Chris Gore is the one who went into the most detail I've heard yet on the film.
AllsNotGood
AllsNotGood - 4/1/2025, 10:26 AM
@McMurdo - yeah I watched his show
jst5
jst5 - 4/1/2025, 3:08 PM
@McMurdo - I trust Film Threat a lot...they've got a lot right in the past with Star Wars,DCEU and Marvel.
FrankenDad
FrankenDad - 4/1/2025, 7:25 AM
Sounds about right.
JurassicClunge
JurassicClunge - 4/1/2025, 7:36 AM
The league are useless if they need Jimmy to help them find superman 🤣😮‍💨

How will jor-el being evil go down 😬

Who else thinks Jimmy olsen is James Gunn's fantasy life 😬🤣 women loving him, him sexting lexs GF 😮‍💨
MisterBones
MisterBones - 4/1/2025, 7:38 AM
“It appears he sent Kal-El to Earth to conquer the planet (it's unclear whether this is taken out of context)”

Looks like he’s taking inspiration from smallville
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Ultimately it was a misinterpretation.
WruceBayne
WruceBayne - 4/1/2025, 9:41 AM
@MisterBones - or it’s taken from Brightburn… which Gunn also produced.
MisterBones
MisterBones - 4/1/2025, 9:57 AM
@WruceBayne - man that movie was rough
0bstreperous
0bstreperous - 4/1/2025, 11:48 AM
@MisterBones - Rosetta with Chris Reeves great episode
MisterBones
MisterBones - 4/1/2025, 11:50 AM
@0bstreperous - classic
newhire13
newhire13 - 4/1/2025, 10:17 PM
@MisterBones - Best part of that episode is Jonathan reassuring Clark and hugging him but while they’re hugging you see Jonathan has an “Oh shit” look on his face, knowing full well that Clark could level the world if the message came to pass.
MisterBones
MisterBones - 4/2/2025, 8:00 AM
@newhire13 - yup. It’s such a nice little detail at the end. The absolute worry that his son’s destiny could very well be the end of the world.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 4/1/2025, 7:40 AM
Yep, they are the Justice League. That's why they've got 'JL' on their suits.
The Max Lord Tech company logo is 'JL'. Look at it:
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ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 4/1/2025, 7:42 AM
For comparison:
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IAmAHoot
IAmAHoot - 4/1/2025, 9:28 AM
@ObserverIO - It was stated (not officially confirmed) in an article on this site back when these photos and the others first surfaced.
TGDestroyer
TGDestroyer - 4/1/2025, 9:43 AM
@ObserverIO - It's closer to JLI with Lord involved and apparently bankrollling Terrific and the team. I'd blame Lord for the costumes but they're all matching Terrific's comic look. Gunns probably playing around with that, and probably the idea the league shouldn't be publicly funded. I say public cuz Batman.
TrentCrimm
TrentCrimm - 4/1/2025, 11:13 AM
@TGDestroyer -

That's what I'm leaning towards.

It looks like they're playing with the idea that the team is more "celebrity status" rather than heroic, and by the end of the movie we'll see them drop Lords involvement and start taking themselves more seriously.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 4/1/2025, 2:55 PM
@TGDestroyer -@TrentCrimm - The leaks are calling them the 'Justice Gang' and if you look at that logo it does look more like a G than an L.

So I guess Superman reforms Lord's Justice Gang into the Justice League by the end of the movie or at least sets out to do so over the course of the next bunch of movies.
TrentCrimm
TrentCrimm - 4/1/2025, 3:38 PM
@ObserverIO -

I think Superman is going to be the one who sets an example by the end of the movie, and inspires them to drop Lord and do their own thing as a real team of heroes, without some corporate sponsor telling them what to do. Either way I'm curious to see how it all unfolds story wise.
TGDestroyer
TGDestroyer - 4/2/2025, 7:14 AM
@ObserverIO - Interesting. A little on the nose imo, but I
guess it it's all about the end result so I'm ok with that.
captainwalker
captainwalker - 4/1/2025, 7:47 AM
That suit though....
Repian
Repian - 4/1/2025, 7:48 AM
I hope the pocket universe becomes an interdimensional prison where Superman throws villains while Bizarro is the guardian on the other side of the gate.
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ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 4/1/2025, 7:49 AM
@Repian - I'm thinking it's the Snyderverse.

Or the Clooneyverse.
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Thing94
Thing94 - 4/1/2025, 7:53 AM
Sounds fun to me
DocSpock
DocSpock - 4/1/2025, 7:56 AM

So where does Engineer fit into all of this?

Seems like an early meaningless throw away villain that checks some boxes.

WruceBayne
WruceBayne - 4/1/2025, 9:44 AM
@DocSpock - they forgot to add her because this whole breakdown is possibly fake
TGDestroyer
TGDestroyer - 4/1/2025, 9:47 AM
@DocSpock - Villain of the week, susceptible to Supes talk no jutsu. Development hell ultimately. The Authority has been pushed back. It's not a blade situation, not yet anyway.
DocSpock
DocSpock - 4/1/2025, 10:07 AM
@WruceBayne -

I suspect you are correct for exactly that reason.

DocSpock
DocSpock - 4/1/2025, 10:10 AM
@TGDestroyer -

The Authority is nothing. Let them fade away.
jwholmes2011
jwholmes2011 - 4/1/2025, 8:08 AM
Well, that's $20 saved. Maybe it'll be different on screen, but sounds like a mess.
Arthorious
Arthorious - 4/1/2025, 8:12 AM
@jwholmes2011 - $20 now? It’s been a minute since I’ve been at the theaters.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 4/1/2025, 8:11 AM
Hmmm , honestly nothing sounds too crazy here and is pretty believable but we’ll see.

If it’s true then I’m reserving judgement on the Jor-El “twist” for now which I don’t think is the case tbh…

The description says it’s a corrupted video so perhaps Jor-El could have sent a message that states someone is coming to conquer Earth or invade which Lex uses to his advantage in order to frame Superman (perhaps Brainiac or someone destroyed Krypton in this reality and is coming for Earth next?)

Anyway , it certainly fits the whole arc it seems of Superman reconciling his alien heritage with his human upbringing of him struggling with this supposed revelation until his human parents help him out of that.

I do like the angle of Lois and Clark having tension at work but they are secretly dating in real life and she knows his secret.
GodHercules20
GodHercules20 - 4/1/2025, 8:14 AM
Sounds like Superman story to me
PartyKiller
PartyKiller - 4/1/2025, 8:16 AM
The big twist is Superman learns he is recycled sewage from Krypton.
TheNewYorker
TheNewYorker - 4/1/2025, 8:20 AM
Sounds ridiculous. That creepy looking Olsen gets girls?! LOL Comical.
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 4/1/2025, 8:21 AM
I dont think I believe most of this. It is April Fool's Day after all...
SuperCat
SuperCat - 4/1/2025, 8:30 AM
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JurassicClunge
JurassicClunge - 4/1/2025, 8:35 AM
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POWERDUDE
POWERDUDE - 4/1/2025, 8:37 AM
@JurassicClunge - absolutely!😂
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