SUPERMAN: Rumored Details On Changes To Movie's "Episodic Structure" Revealed

SUPERMAN: Rumored Details On Changes To Movie's "Episodic Structure" Revealed

We have some more details on the "major changes" that were reportedly made to James Gunn's Superman following a recent test-screening, and they don't really sound that significant!

By MarkCassidy - Jun 09, 2025 08:06 AM EST
Filed Under: Superman

Amid reports that some fairly major changes were made to James Gunn's Superman following the most recent test-screening, we have some updates on what has been described as a significant restructuring of the story.

We had heard that up to 25 minutes were trimmed from an earlier version of the movie, which was said to "lean heavier on humor." One report also claimed that an editor had been removed/replaced mid-process, which lead to a "tweaking of the story. Some key sequences were shuffled, and minor scenes were added during recent reshoots."

Daniel Richtman has now weighed-in with the following:

"I was told they removed the episodic structure. Initially, the movie was split by this format: Day 1, Day 2, etc, breaking the story up by days. But in the final edit, they scrapped that and turned it into a continuous, single narrative."

MTTSH is also claiming to have confirmed that a new editor, Craig Alpert, was brought on board.

For what it's worth, Viewer Anon doesn't think the altering of the "episodic format" actually made much difference to the overall flow of the movie.

Whatever changes may or may not have been implemented, Gunn recently announced that the final touches have been made, and the DC Reboot is now "100% done."

"Our last visual effect shot has been finished and dropped into #Superman," Gunn wrote. "We are now 100% done. Thanks to all my collaborators! It has been a joy. And for the rest of you - I can’t wait for you to see the movie July 11."

Superman stars David Corenswet as Clark Kent/Superman, Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor, Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane, Isabel Merced as Hawkgirl, Edi Gathegi as Mr. Terrific, and Nathan Fillion as Green Lantern Guy Gardner.

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 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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artofwilldeonne
artofwilldeonne - 6/9/2025, 8:39 AM
Gunn WOULD randomly try to do something different as to put "days" in the title cards. Probably to show this as one singular event that's interconnected. Kind of like GoTG Volumes or the Russo's using location cards in Civil War.
JurassicClunge
JurassicClunge - 6/9/2025, 8:42 AM
@artofwilldeonne - don't forget TSS with locations 👀
Matchesz
Matchesz - 6/9/2025, 9:27 AM
@artofwilldeonne - he wants to be like Wes Anderson
SteviesRightFoo
SteviesRightFoo - 6/9/2025, 9:42 AM
@artofwilldeonne - would've been a butchered version of how for all seasons divided
JurassicClunge
JurassicClunge - 6/9/2025, 8:41 AM
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I mean and

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bobevanz
bobevanz - 6/9/2025, 9:12 AM
@JurassicClunge -
JurassicClunge
JurassicClunge - 6/9/2025, 9:27 AM
@bobevanz - @bobevanz - clearly you do as you replied to my comment 🤡😌😘🤡
vectorsigma
vectorsigma - 6/9/2025, 8:42 AM
Lolz.

Start rumor articles with

"We have some more details"

To make it sound true.

😭😭😭😭
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 6/9/2025, 8:45 AM
@vectorsigma - It is true. We just have to label it a rumor because it comes from an online scooper.
vectorsigma
vectorsigma - 6/9/2025, 8:53 AM
@MarkCassidy - fair enough. Might be worth getting other and more reliable sources so that you can remove the doubts
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 6/9/2025, 8:58 AM
@vectorsigma - They are reliable. Again, it's just best practice to label anything that they report a rumor. I knew when I reported on MTTGH's Clayface shortlist that it was accurate and wouldn't be long before the trades confirmed. But had we run the story without that rumor tag, there would have been a riot in the comments section.
McMurdo
McMurdo - 6/9/2025, 9:06 AM
@MarkCassidy - the Ruimy report where you pulled the 25 mins story from is verifiably untrue.
vectorsigma
vectorsigma - 6/9/2025, 9:09 AM
@MarkCassidy - the Clayface one mightve turned out true but the averages of these sources are very low.

Maybe add a "truthmeter" I guess
TheFinestSmack
TheFinestSmack - 6/9/2025, 9:49 AM
@vectorsigma - what gets me is that MTTSH so often just repeats reliable rumors others have made just days prior and then passes it off like they broke a story.
McMurdo
McMurdo - 6/9/2025, 10:28 AM
@vectorsigma - even Sneider's Clayface scoop was embellished. Sneider caught wind that Clayface's script was getting another another draft and Sneider called it a page 1 rewrite. It's not a page 1 rewrite. Flanagan's story isn't going anywhere.
AllsGood
AllsGood - 6/9/2025, 8:45 AM
Good Luck DCU Superman May 1 Billion Plus at the Box Office be in your Future.
bobevanz
bobevanz - 6/9/2025, 9:10 AM
@AllsGood - doesn't need it, wouldn't happen either way with the competition lol
vectorsigma
vectorsigma - 6/9/2025, 9:19 AM
@AllsGood - you will thank the DCU it will keep CBMs afloat and save mediocre MCU along the way
AllsGood
AllsGood - 6/9/2025, 9:41 AM
@vectorsigma - Marvel Studios is the most Successful Movie in Hollywood 36 movies later and climbing. Disney and Marvel Studios holds all Box Office Records.

Marvel Studios has made Billions and Billions and Billions and Billions at the Box Office = $31,831,915,295 and climbing.

Will take more than a couple bad movies to stop them. Good Luck :)

Check for yourself.

https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Marvel-Cinematic-Universe#tab=summary
AllsGood
AllsGood - 6/9/2025, 9:43 AM
@bobevanz - What you don't think Superman will hit 1 billion?
AllsGood
AllsGood - 6/9/2025, 9:48 AM
@vectorsigma - Let me know when DC / DCU hits $31,831,915,295 and climbing.
AllsGood
AllsGood - 6/9/2025, 10:02 AM
@vectorsigma - Ne Zha 2 wasn't made in Hollywood.
THEKENDOMAN
THEKENDOMAN - 6/9/2025, 8:49 AM
This is bollocks.

This movie will be cut [frick]ing perfectly.

For [frick]sSake
Nolanite
Nolanite - 6/9/2025, 10:06 AM
@THEKENDOMAN -

Nolanite out for [frick]s sake
Justaguy1949
Justaguy1949 - 6/9/2025, 8:51 AM
Rumorbookmovie . Com
McMurdo
McMurdo - 6/9/2025, 9:04 AM
"We had heard that up to 25 minutes were trimmed from an earlier version of the movie."

Mark keeps saying "we heard" but he's the only one who reported a fake hit piece from World of Reels who jacked @ViewerAnon's comments on r/DCULeaks and spinned them in the worst possible light because he hates Gunn. Jordan Ruimy reports are literally banned on r/DCULeaks and @JoshWilding literally made Mark aware his story was fake, and yet Mark seems to have taken it as gospel.

Meanwhile @ViewerAnon keeps saying he's heard of no restructuring whatsoever.
ElJefe
ElJefe - 6/9/2025, 9:10 AM
@McMurdo - Could you please break this into what days of the week each thing happened on
JoshWilding
JoshWilding - 6/9/2025, 9:11 AM
@McMurdo - User Comment Image
bobevanz
bobevanz - 6/9/2025, 9:14 AM
@ElJefe - can you please verify any of this?
vectorsigma
vectorsigma - 6/9/2025, 9:14 AM
@McMurdo - i dont go out much on the internet and these background info are appreciated.
ElJefe
ElJefe - 6/9/2025, 9:21 AM
@bobevanz - I’m notifying the FCC they’ll handle it
RedFury
RedFury - 6/9/2025, 9:08 AM
If it is true that there was a Day to Day format, I kind of wish it stayed that way. I like the idea of it being different than the typical Blockbuster. Probably doesn't change much whether it's in there or not, but it would be a fun stylistic approach I think.
supermanrex
supermanrex - 6/9/2025, 9:35 AM
@RedFury - that sounds like a CEO change via email to Gunn, based on corporate metrics recalculated after test screenings. Gunn doesnt strike me as a change a buncha shit type of person. I remember him touting while at Marvel his movies were done and that was it no changes. WB CEOs haven't learned to leave creators be yet.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 6/9/2025, 9:35 AM
@RedFury - I agree..

I like following like a week or something in the life of Superman..

It just sounds kinda unique compared to most blockbusters
RedFury
RedFury - 6/9/2025, 10:30 AM
@supermanrex - totally agree, if it is something that was in, and was changed, it definitely came from some type of higher brass than Gunn. He's definitely a director with a vision that knows what he wants and makes it his way.
RedFury
RedFury - 6/9/2025, 10:57 AM
@TheVisionary25 - same here man. I've always loved when films have a unique feel to them, and this feels like a unique and fun idea that's quite different from our usual Superhero fair. Which honestly I wouldn't be surprised if that spooked execs lol. They're usually pretty conservative with their artistic vision.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 6/9/2025, 11:13 AM
@RedFury - perhaps though Gunn and Safran have said they have final say on the faith of the projects and that WB isn’t creatively involved

Maybe the structure just wasn’t working ?
RedFury
RedFury - 6/9/2025, 11:20 AM
@TheVisionary25 - Yeah that's a fair point and totally possible. I hope it was a decision made by Gunn and Safran if it was indeed changed, and that there's isn't some board of execs that collectively have veto power over them.

There's always a bigger fish in that industry it seems.
bobevanz
bobevanz - 6/9/2025, 9:09 AM
Well I guess we'll never know what it was like initially 🤡 like why would this even matter? It's just more dirt sheets to try to derail this beast. The source is unverified, the "details" are bullshit, and I can see why Mark blocked me. Sheesh dude
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