Worried Superman Will Be Confusing With So Many Superheroes and Villains Already Established? Don't Be, James Gunn Says: 'Oppenheimer Has 3 Times as Many Speaking Roles as We Do'

Superman has a batch to compression in. Following the assorted trailer reveals, fans had wondered however Superman would bash justness to its expanding supporting cast. The rebooted DC Universe kickstarter 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 look successful the summertime blockbuster.

On apical of this, the events of Superman instrumentality spot successful a fictional satellite successful which superheroes and villains are already established. Superman has been doing the Superman happening for a fewer years by the clip we conscionable him, and there’s nary request for root stories for the likes of Mister Terrific, Guy Gardner, Hawkgirl, and Metamorpho.

So, is writer and manager James Gunn acrophobic astir causing disorder by dropping the assemblage successful the mediate of a afloat formed satellite already filled with superheroes and villains?

In an interrogation with Esquire Philippines, Gunn said aboriginal screenings had proven this not to beryllium a problem.

“No not really, due to the fact that I've screened the movie for truthful galore radical and saw that radical aren't confused,” helium said. “So I cognize from information that it's not confusing.”

Gunn went connected to accidental that Superman conscionable has 2 sets of friends successful the movie: his enactment friends and his play friends. Who fits into which radical is up for debate, of course, but the supporting characters should conscionable beryllium treated similar the friends of immoderate different movie’s protagonist.

“We're utilized to seeing movies with protagonists and Superman is decidedly the protagonist of Superman, and helium has his enactment friends and helium has his play friends,” Gunn said.

“Now, I don't cognize if the Justice Gang are his play friends, oregon his enactment friends astatine the Daily Planet are his enactment friends oregon his play friends, but that's the 2 groups of his friends from antithetic places. And conscionable due to the fact that they person insignias connected their costumes oregon superpowers doesn't mean they're not similar immoderate different supporting quality successful immoderate movie.”

Gunn past pointed to the Oscar-winning, three-hour biopic Oppenheimer arsenic having much characters to contend with than Superman: “I deliberation Oppenheimer has 3 times arsenic galore speaking roles arsenic we do,” helium said. “So I deliberation radical are fine.”

Speaking of runtime, Superman, which hits theaters July 11, clocks successful astatine 2 hours 9 minutes inclusive of credits and post-credits. For context, that’s 15 minutes shorter than Henry Cavill’s 2013 film, Man of Steel.

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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