James Gunn says the long-awaited trailer for his highly-anticipated Superman movie captures the true "essence" of the first film in the newly established DCU.
Speaking at a trailer launch event GamesRadar+ attended earlier this week, Gunn dived deeper into his intentions with the teaser explaining: "I think I wanted the trailer to really get the essence of the film. You know, the film is optimistic, yet not without its darker moments. It's a big science fiction movie, but at the same time, incredibly grounded in the way we treat the characters and everything else. So I wanted it to be something that was the essence of Superman, that was the Superman that I grew up with, that I love, but also something new at the same time."
The filmmaker said taking on Superman has been "paradoxical," explaining that the "traditional aspects of Superman, the hope and the honesty and the goodness in the sort of gung ho qualities of Superman, in this day and age end up being pretty wild and alternative, almost."
Continued Gunn: "So I think that that's really the heart of what the movie is. And get, you know, giving some semblance of the big science fiction moments you know, being able to catch a glimpse of Krypto, who's who's an important character. And, of course, seeing the relationship between Clark and Lois, which I think is unlike anything we've ever seen in any media, for Lois and Superman, being able to see that, get a glimpse of that and how amazing Rachel is."
