SUPERMAN: Recent "Icon" Teaser For DCU Reboot Passed 1 Million Views In Two Days

SUPERMAN: Recent "Icon" Teaser For DCU Reboot Passed 1 Million Views In Two Days

The recently released "Icon" teaser for James Gunn's DCU Superman reboot has passed 1 million views on YouTube after just two days online...

By MarkCassidy - Jan 30, 2025 04:01 PM EST
Filed Under: Superman

Earlier this week, we got a look at some new footage from James Gunn's Superman via a 30-second icon TV spot. The teaser only featured a couple of shots that weren't in the first trailer, but still gained a lot of attention - and not necessarily for positive reasons.

A quick glimpse of Superman (David Corenswet) as he came out of a barrel roll to avoid some rocks was met with quite a bit of ridicule, with some fans poking fun at the "goofy" look on the Man of Steel's face. There was a perception that the shot looked "off" because of iffy VFX, but Gunn later clarified that no CGI was utilized for the scene in question.

“There is absolutely zero CG in his face. People’s faces can look different when you put a wide angle lens up close. The background plate in Svalbard is 100% real, as is David.”

Whether the additional attention the teaser received due to this one shot factored in or not, "Icon" passed 1 million views on YouTube after just two days online. For some context, the first trailer notched up over 250 million views to become "the most viewed and talked about trailer in DC and Warner Bros. history,” so any new teaser was always likely to prove very popular.

Have another look at the new teaser below.

Superman also stars Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane, Isabel Merced as Hawkgirl, Nathan Fillion as Green Lantern Guy Gardner, and Anthony Carrigan as Metamorpho.

Sara Sampaio is on board as Lex's assistant/lover Eve Teschmacher, Pruitt Taylor Vince and Neva Howell will play "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 earlier this 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 an updated 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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tmp3
tmp3 - 1/30/2025, 4:47 PM
Feeling good about this one…
jst5
jst5 - 1/30/2025, 6:02 PM
@tmp3 - It's already got WAY........more hype and interest than Man of Steel did.Hopefully it's a solid Supes movie because Man of Steel wasn't a very good movie nor had the hype going for it.
incredibleTalk
incredibleTalk - 1/30/2025, 6:03 PM
@tmp3 - ...maybe Krypto gets to dance at the end!

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RolandD
RolandD - 1/30/2025, 8:30 PM
@jst5 - Don’t let Forthas hear you say that.
tmp3
tmp3 - 1/30/2025, 9:01 PM
@jst5 - Man of Steel was a boring movie that thought it was clever because it had a scene of Clark reading Plutarch lol. Like a Michael Bay movie that thinks it’s by Michael Haneke
WakandaTech
WakandaTech - 1/30/2025, 4:48 PM
This movie has to be great

it does not need to make 1 Billion

But if it's great and people leave the theater with massive Hype moving forward

then it did what it needed to do
Highflyer
Highflyer - 1/30/2025, 5:43 PM
@WakandaTech - How much does it need to make?
bobevanz
bobevanz - 1/30/2025, 6:18 PM
@Highflyer - well surprisingly, this and Brave New World have rumored 180m budgets. Except one of these reshot the whole movie, while the other only had a few pickup shots. I'd believe that number for Superman and if it's true, 450 million. That's two weeks worldwide lol its too easy
vectorsigma
vectorsigma - 1/30/2025, 7:52 PM
@WakandaTech - amen bro.

#InGunnWeTrust
TheJok3r
TheJok3r - 1/30/2025, 11:24 PM
@Highflyer - Anything above half a billion should be considered a big win considering all it has going against it (reboot, following failed dceu, etc...).
MisterBones
MisterBones - 1/30/2025, 4:48 PM
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AllsGood
AllsGood - 1/30/2025, 4:50 PM
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bobevanz
bobevanz - 1/30/2025, 6:14 PM
@AllsGood - 900 trillion opening weekend! DC is winning! 200% RT critics score 🤡
RolandD
RolandD - 1/30/2025, 8:30 PM
@bobevanz - LOLOLOL
AllsGood
AllsGood - 1/30/2025, 10:25 PM
@bobevanz - Superman Facebook Page 6.7M likes • 7.4M followers VS Captain America: Brave New World 14M likes • 14M followers
marvel72
marvel72 - 1/31/2025, 1:41 AM
@AllsGood - Finding it hard to cope.
JurassicClunge
JurassicClunge - 1/30/2025, 4:56 PM
Should have held a press event for it 😅
McMurdo
McMurdo - 1/30/2025, 7:35 PM
@BraveNewClunge - you should use more emojis per comment
vectorsigma
vectorsigma - 1/30/2025, 7:54 PM
@BraveNewClunge - lolz, feige cant use it anymore as gunn has pioneered it 😀
JurassicClunge
JurassicClunge - 1/31/2025, 3:09 AM
@McMurdo - 🤔🤔🤔 you know what, you're right!
🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡😮‍💨😌☺️
Pictilli
Pictilli - 1/30/2025, 5:00 PM
Awesome
Steel86
Steel86 - 1/30/2025, 5:01 PM
Didn't get the criticism for his face. We're so use to cgi and everything looking perfect or off we're too quick to judge. Remember he's coming out of a spine and wind is blowing in his face.
Sidenote- over 1 million views for a TV spot in two days is a lot.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 1/30/2025, 5:04 PM
@Steel86 - I was the one of people who felt it seemed off but as you said , he’s flying which is leading to wind being in his face and he’s coming out of a spin so his face will be distorted to an extent

It’s not really a big deal as it was made out to be since it’s gonna likely be barely on screen
harryba11zack
harryba11zack - 1/30/2025, 5:35 PM
@Steel86 - i think its the lazy eye.
bobevanz
bobevanz - 1/30/2025, 6:15 PM
@harryba11zack - you have two lazy eyes
harryba11zack
harryba11zack - 1/30/2025, 6:40 PM
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vectorsigma
vectorsigma - 1/30/2025, 7:55 PM
@Steel86 - being blind loyalists (mcu or snyder) does that!
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 1/30/2025, 5:09 PM
Now that it's an article about the teaser, that one image isn't used? I was kinda getting used to it by now. Missed a perfect opportunity.
DREAMER
DREAMER - 1/30/2025, 5:14 PM
Is that SnakeEyes, behind Agent 47?
Deadinside
Deadinside - 1/31/2025, 1:25 PM
@DREAMER -
😳 Now, I want THAT movie...! ☮️😜
THEKENDOMAN
THEKENDOMAN - 1/30/2025, 5:19 PM
We are not worried.

Pass one million, pass 2 million.

We are coming.

DC is back

But Gunn… Stop talking…Please

For [frick]s Sake
TDKRnry88
TDKRnry88 - 1/30/2025, 7:08 PM
@THEKENDOMAN - Nah, he needs to debunk stupid rumors. If you don't like it, don't read his posts.
THEKENDOMAN
THEKENDOMAN - 1/31/2025, 1:25 AM
@TDKRnry88 - How about the movie debunk it itself??🤔
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 1/30/2025, 5:21 PM
That’s a lot of people viewing the tv spot repeatedly to analyze Davids face at the end lol..

Kidding aside (somewhat) , it is pretty cool to see this much genuine hype & interest not just around DC but Superman especially again!!.

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I think it’s looked good so far thus excited to see it aswell!!.
RolandD
RolandD - 1/30/2025, 8:34 PM
@TheVisionary25 - That clip (probably too short to call it a clip) shows everything about who Superman should be and was not seen in the Snyderverse, And I was a fan of Henry Cavill and thought they should stick with him. I am very happy about what they’re doing right now and what was wrong with Superman in the Snyderverse had nothing to do with Cavill and everything to do with Zach Snyder’s vision
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 1/30/2025, 8:56 PM
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RolandD
RolandD - 1/30/2025, 8:59 PM
@TheVisionary25 - Can we get a little more enthusiasm though?😂
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 1/30/2025, 9:31 PM
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RolandD
RolandD - 1/30/2025, 9:44 PM
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incredibleTalk
incredibleTalk - 1/30/2025, 5:56 PM
I wonder what Gunn will use for a soundtrack in these movies because he just can't copy GotG's style like that?
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