James Gunn Reveals Superman and Lex Luthor Will Team Up in “Superman: Man of Tomorrow”
James Gunn has made it clear he has no plans to make fans wait very long between his hit DC Studios feature debut, Superman, and the sequel. Gunn recently revealed that the second part of what he’s calling the Superman Saga is titled Superman: Man of Tomorrow, and now, Gunn has teased a very crucial detail about the upcoming sequel.
Gunn appeared on The Howard Stern Show and delivered a tasty morsel about Superman: Man of Tomorrow, which he’d previously teased in a cryptic tweet. As you can see below, the illustration shows Lex Luthor suited up in some serious battle armor, standing shoulder to shoulder with a satisfied-looking Superman, wrench in hand.
Man of Tomorrow. In theatres July 9, 2027. pic.twitter.com/hegJEuRMTk
— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) September 3, 2025
As fans speculated, Man of Tomorrow will find the two archenemies teaming up.
“It is a story about Lex Luthor and Superman having to work together to a certain degree against a much, much bigger threat,” Gunn told Stern. “And it’s more complicated than that. It’s as much a Lex movie as it is a Superman movie. I relate to the character of Lex, sadly.”
Gunn has been, to put it mildly, a very busy man. As the co-chief of DC Studios with Peter Safran, he’s charged with steering the massive slate of films, television series, and more coming out of DC, all of which he and Safran have retooled to create a more cohesive, narratively coherent DC Universe. That includes all the work Gunn did in writing Peacemaker, his HBO Max series starring John Cena as the titular, twisted—but trying to be better—antihero who is battling his way back to some version of humanity. Gunn told Stern that he’s been trying to slow down, despite his huge mandate, and that at least some of the work on Superman: Man of Tomorrow is already complete.
“That was at the beginning when I took on DC and I promised myself I’m slowing down at least a tiny bit,” he told Stern. “Although I am creating the Superman sequel that we’re starting to shoot in April or so.… I’m done writing that for the most part.”
Gunn had already revealed that he’d finished the treatment for Man of Tomorrow, and now it sounds like he’s nearly done the script. The sequel is slated to hit theaters on July 9, 2027, which would be just about two years exactly after Superman flew onto the big screen. Before Man of Tomorrow arrives, however, DC Studios has two big film releases on the docket—Craig Gillespie’s Supergirl will arrive on June 26, 2026, followed by James Watkins’ Clayface on September 11, 2026.
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Featured image: Caption: (L to r) NICHOLAS HOULT as Lex Luthor, DAVID CORENSWET as Superman and Director JAMES GUNN in Warner Bros. Pictures’ “SUPERMAN,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo Credit: Jessica Miglio
