It shouldn’t come as much of a surprise that Gunn, whose previous work includes 2021’s The Suicide Squad and the Guardians of the Galaxy trilogy, and now serves as the co-head of DC Studios, is a major comic book nerd.

David Corenswet's slightly puppyish Superman radiates a joy in what he's doing, but he’s far from invincible. That lends the film emotional stakes.

James Gunn’s Superman has soared high in its first reviews and achieved a satisfactory Rotten Tomatoes score, thus earning a reaction from the director himself. Known to be the official start of the rebooted DC Universe’s first chapter,