The first trailer has arrived of Supermanby James Gunn. And it is very good. There's not much in the way of dialogue, but the two-plus minute trailer is pretty solid in terms of tone, characters, and setting. We analyze who is whowhat thing is what thing, we speculate and see what teasers Gunn has prepared for later.
The trailer begins in a snowy field when an object falls from the sky and crashes to the ground. It's Superman (David Corenswet) and he doesn't look very good, out of breath, bloody, this is not what we are used to seeing in the character. He's basically indestructible right? How did something like this happen?
Now if you have read our report from the set of the movieGunn says there that Superman It begins in the middle of a great battle. Then, io9 spoke with Gunn during a recent event where he confirmed that those scenes are from the very beginning of the film. A real, unexpected twist. There is the fight at the climax of the film, where the hero could get hurt. This is where it all begins.
The injured Superman is mixed with scenes of his alter ego, Clark Kent, entering the Daily Planet. And from our report from the set we know that these location scenes were filmed in Cleveland, Ohio, where Superman was born. But in this movie, as you can see from the plate, they are in Metropolis.
Already at the Daily Planet we meet Lois Lane (Rachel Brosnahan) and we also see Jimmy Olsen (Skyler Gisondo). On screen we see Annalisa Cochrane (Cobra Kai) although it is not clear if she hosts a news program or if she is an actress on TV. Either way, we are in the newsroom, a very active place.
After some close-ups of Lois and Clark, which show more friendship than anything else, the trailer cuts to the Kent farm with the cows in the front yard. We see Clark with his father Jonathan (Pruitt Taylor Vince) and the interesting thing is that Clark is not wearing glasses. He looks more like Superman. Perhaps this speaks more to the Clark/Superman that only some know, including his parents.
All this while Superman is still bloodied in the snow. He whistles, and a figure comes running: It's Krypto, Superman's dog! He was introduced in 1955 as Superboy's sidekick, and was originally conceived as a character by creators Otto Binder and Curt Swan. Krypto's immediate popularity saw him become a stable figure in Superman's adventures and later inspire a legion of super-pets.
“Take me home, Krypto,” Superman says. And Krypto smells his cloak, and they both leave. What we don't know is where Krypto got his cape from.
All this, remember, is from the beginning of the film. Where did Superman go so badly? And here things accelerate. We see Superman save a girl from a gas tank explosion, during a big battle, and we see the monster's foot, and then his entire image. We can only speculate that that fight could be the one that begins the film, and that that's where Superman was so battered.
We then see Lex Luthor (Nicholas Hoult), who sees Superman speed by and turns, and from there we see the image of the building and Lex's company, Luthor Corp. Although we think that it could be him that is seen on the bridge under the first “R”, in fact it could be The Engineer, played by María Gabriela de Faría. Gunn confirmed that it was in the trailer, although it was difficult to identify, and some users x they pointed it out to us. Well done!
What follows is curious. We see Lex again, interested and even confused by a revolver that seems ordinary. From what we talked to Gunn we know that in this film Lex is a master of technology, to the point of being basically “a sorcerer.” What is it about the revolver that fascinates him so much? Kryptonite bullets?
We then see Superman breaking the glass of something like a cage or window, which looks like part of a larger building juxtaposed behind images of Lex and Luthorcorp, so we assume it's something inside that building. And at first we see more people with him. Are they also prisoners? We don't know.
The trailer cuts to abroad, where there is war. A young man heroically raises a flag with the Superman symbol and asks that Superman come save him. It is then revealed to us that it is the border war of Boravia, a fictional country in the DC universe, also created by Siegel-Schuster originally that appeared in the second issue of Superman in 1939. We don't know how it fits into the story, but it tells us that Superman is a global hero in this DC universe and that he doesn't just save people in Metropolis.
Maybe those in Metropolis are angry at Superman for saving people in the rest of the world, but we see that the trailer focuses on crowds angry at Superman, throwing things and yelling, and him putting up with it all. We also see that his suit is dirty. He has fought with someone. Superman manages to take refuge in a hallway, it seems. It is the entrance to the Stagg Industries building, another reference to DC Comics where the owner Simon Stagg is behind the transformation of Rex Mason into the Metamorpho character that we will see later in the trailer. But we are not sure that this is the case.
This article was translated from Gizmodo US by Lucas Handley. Here you can find the original version.
