James Gunn’s Superman: Legacy is poised to be the beginning of a new DCU and audiences will be introduced to a slew of new actors essaying iconic roles. The cast of the film is already stacked with David Corenswet and Rachel Brosnahan leading the pack.
María Gabriela de Faría’s The Engineer and Nicholas Hoult’s Lex Luthor are set to be the film’s antagonists. While fans may not be as enthusiastic about the choice of villains for Gunn’s first DCU feature, bringing back a former DC actor to portray a classic Superman villain will certainly raise the excitement level for the film.
Christian Bale as General Zod Would Be an Epic Move for James Gunn
Christian Bale has starred in DC’s highly regarded Dark Knight trilogy back in the day. His contribution to the DC universe has been celebrated by fans and they continue to hope for the actor’s return to DC in some form to this day. With the DCU now rebooting, James Gunn can pull an epic move by bringing back the actor to play an iconic villain.
In 2023, all of the main cast of Superman: Legacy has been announced with David Corenswet and Rachel Brosnahan set to play Clark Kent and Lois Lane. Supporting characters like Hawkgirl, Mister Terrific, Guy Gardner, and Metamorpho are poised to deepen the film’s narrative and lore while The Engineer and Lex Luthor are confirmed as antagonists of the film.
However, most fans are not familiar with most of the obscure characters that Gunn has chosen for the film. Even The Engineer is more of a deep cut in the DC lore. Gunn could increase the excitement level of the film exponentially by bringing back Bale to play General Zod, which would be fascinating news for fans. They last saw the Superman-Zod conflict in Man of Steel,
Putting Bale as Zod in the new DCU could repair some of the mixed aspects that Man of Steel received. Additionally, while the film is already jam-packed, the character doesn’t necessarily have to be the primary villain of the film and could be teased in a post-credits scene for the next film. Bale also has already told Entertainment Tonight that he would be down for anything good in the superhero world. It is up to Gunn to pull off such a masterstroke act.
James Gunn Confirms More DCU Productions Starting in 2024
James Gunn is all set To start shooting Superman: Legacy in March of 2024 with a planned release of July 2025. With several DCU projects announced by Gunn last year, fans have been wondering when all these projects will start production.
When a fan asked Gunn whether Superman: Legacy will be the only DCU production this year on Threads, the director simply teased more projects set to shoot this year with his one-word “Nope”. For now, it is not known which DCU project Gunn is planning to shoot this year other than Superman: Legacy.
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The best possible guess is that Gunn will probably start shooting the Waller series sometime this year, with the possibility of Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow (casting tests have started) by the end of the year. Creature Commandoes is also set to premiere this year on Max and thus Gunn has a lot on his plate overseeing all these upcoming DC ventures.
