If You’re Wondering Who Is the Weird Baby in the New Superman Trailer, a Children's Book Has Spilled the Beans

This week’s caller Superman trailer revealed tons of caller footage, including a little changeable showing Superman himself holding a weird, alien-looking baby.

The individuality of the babe has yet to beryllium officially revealed, and DC Universe steward James Gunn has yet to corroborate thing astir the character. But it turns retired we knew who it was each on acknowledgment to a precocious released children’s book.

Warning! Spoilers for Superman follow.

The Superman: Friends and Foes! publication includes synopsis for the assorted characters acceptable to look successful the film, and 1 of those is for Joey Mason.

Baby Joey, arsenic he’s called, is Metamorpho’s toddler son. “When Joey is taken, Metamorpho indispensable take betwixt moving with Superman oregon Lex Luthor,” the publication reveals.

That’s not overmuch to spell on, but it makes consciousness successful the discourse of the changeable we spot successful the trailer. Here, Superman is tangled up successful Metamorpho successful immoderate unusual area. Perhaps Superman saves Baby Joey, returns him to his father, frankincense turning Metamorpho to his broadside successful the coming battle.

Let’s remember, Metamorpho has the powerfulness to alteration his assemblage into immoderate element, which could airs a superior menace to the all-powerful Superman.

That's Baby Joey then.

The babe is taken attraction of then, but there’s inactive plentifulness that’s caller successful the trailer to discuss, including a confrontation with Nathan Fillion’s Guy Gardner / Green Lantern, and a co-op finisher with Krypto the Superdog.

Earlier this period we had Superman's runtime confirmed, arsenic good arsenic a denial from manager and DCU steward James Gunn that genitor institution Warner Bros. had "forced" him to marque the movie shorter.

Superman, which hits theaters July 11, clocks successful astatine 2 hours 9 minutes inclusive of credits and post-credits, Gunn confirmed successful a station connected societal web Threads. For context, that’s 15 minutes shorter than Henry Cavill’s 2013 film, Man of Steel.

So, the comparatively brisk 2025 Superman has a batch to compression in. Following assorted trailer reveals, fans had already wondered however Superman would bash justness to its supporting cast. Superman revolves astir a trio of characters: Clark Kent / Superman, Lois Lane, and cardinal antagonist Lex Luther, but determination are a fig of different superheroes and supervillains confirmed to appear. Now we tin adhd Baby Joey to the list.

All the characters revealed truthful acold successful Superman:

• Superman
• Lois Lane
• Lex Luthor
• Mister Terrific
• Guy Gardner
• Hawkgirl
• Metamorpho
• Baby Joey
• The Engineer
• The Hammer of Boravia
• Ultraman
• Rick Flag Sr.
• Supergirl
• Maxwell Lord
• Kryptonian robots, including Kelex
• Krypto
• Jonathan Kent
• Martha Kent
• Perry White
• Jimmy Olsen
• Steve Lombard
• Cat Grant
• Ron Troupe
• Eve Teschmacher
• Otis

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