As James Gunn vowed to make a new Superman movie with David Corenswet as Man of Steel, the buzz around the director has topped the charts several times. Gunn, who has also been appointed as DC boss, rebooting the landscape, Superman will mark as the new movie of the new DC Universe. Now, amid recent updates, Gunn has revealed his stack of storyboarding for the movie.
James Gunn Showed Off His Storyboard For Superman
James Gunn. Image Credit: jamesgunn/IG
James Gunn means business, the DC boss has recently revealed that the movie is being filmed in the Adventdalen valley in Svalbard, Norway. Now, he has shared a pile of boxes containing the storyboard of the movie. “This is Superman. Boxes of all my shots on hand drawn index cards,” Gunn captioned taking to his Threads.
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Gunn is meticulous about his storyboarding, the director of the David Corenswet starrer movie, previously revealed that his personal treatment of his storyboard was similar to the treatment of the Bible. Also, it did help the cast and crew to get the essence of what he was cooking.
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“This book of drawings & descriptors becomes my film Bible, which is more important to me than the script. For me writing a script is often just me trying to describe what I see visually, so this is closer to the truth of how I see the story,” Gunn said (via ComicBook.Com).
With Superman, Gunn will explore the origin story of the titular DC character, his Kryptonian heritage and his growing up. But the movie will be a huge contrast from Zack Snyder’s portrayal of Superman with Henry Cavill.
James Gunn On His Hand Drawn Storyboards
James Gunn. Image Credit: Disney/Marvel
Gunn has enjoyed a stunning career as a director. With his MCU trilogy, Guardians of the Galaxy, the director earned the attention of DC and was later appointed as the co-CEO of the superhero brand alongside Peter Safran. But his directorial heritage has kept him in the director’s chair. After the last installment of his MCU flick, the director is set to help his DCU project. Gunn’s vision of Superman, however, was much different than the previous portrayals of the character. After writing the story, the director jumped right on the storyboards.
“Every shot in my movies is hand drawn first. That’s at least 2,500 shots or so per my recent films. Many of the shows – about 1/3 – take anywhere from 2 to 10 cards or more – because I’m drawing the movement. So I probably end up with about 3,000 cards,” Gun told the outlet.
It must have been difficult but the passion can push a person to achieve insane height. He is very particular about the movement and arrangements of the shots and Gunn’s careful approach to filming his movie scenes adheres to the excitement among fans.
The movie also stars Rachel Brosnahan’s Lois Lane. The cast includes Nathan Fillion as the Guy Gardner Green Lantern, Isabela Merced as Hawkgirl, Edi Gathegi as Mister Terrific, Anthony Carrigan as the mass-shifting Metamorpho, and María Gabriela de Faría as The Authority’s The Engineer.
Superman is scheduled for 11 July 2025 release.
