With James Gunn's 'Superman' debuting David Corenswet as the DC Comics superhero, Variety ranks the actors that have played the Man of Steel.

From classic performances like Christopher Reeve's to newcomer David Corenswet's, these are the live-action Superman performances ranked.

This story discusses major plot developments, including the ending, in "Superman," currently playing in theaters. In the climax of "Superman" - the first feature film under the DC Studios banner, and the official big screen launch of the new DC Universe - the city of Metropolis is split in two.

The director James Gunn reboots the DC Universe with "Superman," and smartly skips the character's over-told origin story.

If there is one thing we can be sure of, it is an impending extinction event in our lifetime due to human waste and pollution that someone, somewhere, will always make a Superman movie. And a Batman movie.