The sequel comes hot on the trail of 2025’s box office success and official restart of the DC Studios universe “Superman.”
LOS ANGELES — Hot on the trail of box office success “Superman,” director James Gunn announced the title and release date of its sequel.
“Man of Tomorrow. In theatres July 9, 2027,” Gunn wrote on social media with a photo of Superman smirking while leaning against a frowning Lex Luthor in his iconic green and purple Warsuit.
“Superman” starred David Corenswet as the superhero in red and blue, Rachel Brosnahan as his love interest and Daily Planet colleague Lois Lane, and Nicholas Hoult as his post popular enemy Lex Luthor.
It’s unclear who will make a reappearance in the sequel, but Corenswet and Hoult shared the news on social media with similar images, tagging each other over their respective characters.
Gunn commented on both posts with a variation of “see you soon!”
The movie, despite some controversy about Superman being a literal alien from planet Krypton and immigrant, was overwhelmingly considered a success by Gunn and the studio.
Gunn, a popular superhero movie director who directed Marvel’s “Guardians of the Galaxy” movies and DC Comics’ “Suicide Squad” among many other things, is the co-CEO of DC Studios.
Despite the mostly slow box office this summer, “Superman” grossed $406.8 million worldwide in two weeks this July, according to the Associated Press. The worldwide total as of Sept. 3 is $611 million, according to IMDbPro. It’s the first movie in what’s to be the “restarted” Warner Bros. and DC Studios universe.
The movie was the first in Gunn’s larger 10-year plan for DC Comics adaptations. While we don’t know what “Superman: Man of Tomorrow” has in store, both Craig Gillespie’s “Supergirl” and James Watkins’ “Clayface” are arriving in 2026.
The next in line will be “The Batman Part II,” set for 2027. It’s still unclear of Robert Pattinson’s Batman will be “canon” for the restarted DC Studios universe, since the first movie released before Gunn was at the head of the ship.
