James Gunn has unveiled the next project in his Superman Saga. Man of Tomorrow will be in theaters July 9, 2027, the filmmaker revealed on Instagram Wednesday.
The announcement was accompanied by a drawing by DC head Jim Lee featuring Lex Luthor in a green and purple mech suit, with Superman leaning against him, a slight smile on his face as he holds a screwdriver. Luthor’s armored suit, designed to battle Superman, has been seen for decades in the comics and in animation, but never in live-action.
Gunn has been teasing this new feature for weeks, saying that his next project won’t be a direct sequel to Superman, but will feature characters audiences already know from his summer hit.
“I’ve already finished the treatment for the next story in what I’ll call the ‘Superman Saga,’” Gunn told The Hollywood Reporter last month at the premiere for his TV show Peacemaker. “I’m working on that and hopefully going into production on that not too far away from today.”
It’s unclear what the story will be, but there was a Superman: Man of Tomorrow animated movie in 2020 that also featured Lobo (Jason Momoa plays the anti-hero in next summer’s Supergirl.) The animated movie was based on a 2003 mini-series titled Superman: Birthright that was a modernization of the Superman origin story.
Coming up, DC Studios has filmmaker Craig Gillespie’s Supergirl due out June 26, 2026, with James Watkins’ horror title Clayface slated for Sept. 11, 2026.
Gunn is coming off of Superman, which earned strong reviews and introduced a slew of new characters to populate the DC Universe, not just Superman (David Corenswet), Lex Luthor (Nicholas Hoult) and Lois Lane (Rachel Brosnahan) but heroes such as Guy Gardner (Nathon Fillion), Mister Terrific (Edi Gathegi) and Hawkgirl (Isabela Merced).
With $611.6 million globally, Superman stands as the top grossing comic book movie of the year, but the sum also reflects the more challenging theatrical landscape when it comes to superheroes, particularly internationally. (In 2013, Zack Snyder Superman feature Man of Steel topped $670 million globally.)
Superman ended with a crying Luthor being taken away into custody. Wednesday’s post on Instagram seems to say he will return, more determined than ever … but with Superman’s friendly stance, perhaps some sort of alliance could end up being forged. Let fandom speculate away.
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