A new Superman trailer has revealed lots of new footage, giving fans a good idea of what to expect from the DC Universe blockbuster when it comes out in July.
The trailer, below, shows Superman battling a number of supervillains to the backdrop of some rather disturbing threats from Lex Luthor. Lex, it seems, really, really hates Superman, and threatens to kill his girlfriend, Lois Lane, and everyone else he’s close to. “No matter what you do to me Luthor, your plans won’t work,” Superman responds.
We get new shots of Superman saving people, fighting the fire-breathing kaiju we’d already seen in previous trailers, getting revived by a blast of the sun, and what looks like a… disagreement with Nathan Fillion’s Guy Gardner / Green Lantern, who quips: “Make a move, Big Blue.” I’m sure they’re fast friends in the end.
Other new footage includes Krypto and Superman teaming up for what looks like a co-op finisher video game-style against one of Lex Luthor’s goons, Metropolis literally splitting in half, and a strange shot that shows Superman tied up in… something while holding what looks like an alien baby of some kind. Later on, Mister Terrific shouts at Superman while he’s lying on the ground, calling for him to “quit messing around.” Superman has an answer for that one, too.
And then the trailer ends with Superman in the sky, laser eye-beaming scores of Luthor’s goons.
Earlier this month we had Superman’s runtime confirmed, as well as a denial from director and DCU steward James Gunn that parent company Warner Bros. had “forced” him to make the movie shorter.
Superman, which hits theaters July 11, clocks in at 2 hours 9 minutes inclusive of credits and post-credits, Gunn confirmed in a post on social network Threads. For context, that’s 15 minutes shorter than Henry Cavill’s 2013 film, Man of Steel.
So, the relatively brisk 2025 Superman has a lot to squeeze in. Following various trailer reveals, fans had already wondered how Superman would do justice to its supporting cast. Superman revolves around a trio of characters: Clark Kent / Superman, Lois Lane, and central antagonist Lex Luther, but there are a number of other superheroes and supervillains confirmed to appear.
All the characters revealed so far in Superman:
- Superman
- Lois Lane
- Lex Luthor
- Mister Terrific
- Guy Gardner
- Hawkgirl
- Metamorpho
- 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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