The filmmaker said the David Corenswet-led film also comes at a "particular time when people are feeling a loss of hope in other people’s goodness."

For the inaugural Superman movie in the DC Universe, writer/director James Gunn has opted to make Lex Luthor (Nicholas Hoult) the primary villain. Accompanying Luthor are various baddies like Angela Spica/The Engineer,

James Gunn explains exactly how powerful David Corenswet's Superman will be on the big screen. Speaking to ScreenRant, Gunn responded to the question of whether Corenswet's Man of Steel would be more vulnerable than past versions of Superman,