In lieu of a longer footage presentation, Gunn and Safran instead moderated an extended conversation with the cast that similarly avoided getting into plot specifics. The duo also didn’t reference their post-Superman plans for DC Studios, which includes a Supergirl film that’s currently in production.
The Summer of Superman may be here, but audiences and fans will likely appreciate some more daylight about the film and the future of DC Studios as July approaches.
Battle ready
Warner Bros. heads Pam Abdy and Michael DeLuca emceed the studio’s CinemaCon presentation amidst reports that Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav has been meeting with new candidates to take over the film division. The high costs of the some of the films on the 2025 release calendar is rumored to be the impetus behind his search.
One of the priciest movies on the studio’s slate is September’s One Battle After Another, which finally unites director Paul Thomas Anderson with Leonardo DiCaprio nearly 30 years after the Titanic star nearly headlined the filmmaker’s 1997 breakout film, Boogie Nights. DiCaprio took the CinemaCon stage to excite exhibitors about booking Battle, which reportedly carries a $130 million budget.
“With this film, Paul has tapped into something politically and culturally that is burrowing beneath our psyche,” DiCaprio said, adding that the movie had an epic “scope and scale.”
Abdy and DeLuca then shared a first look at another expensive bet: The Bride!, Maggie Gyllenhaal’s updated take on The Bride of Frankenstein due in theaters in March. The actress-turned-director labeled the $80 million movie a “punk monstrous love story,” and the trailer teased an amalgam of influences ranging from Bonnie & Clyde to Poor Things.
For the record, F1 also races onto screens in June with a hefty $200 million budget, although Apple—which will host the movie on AppleTV+ following its theatrical run—picked up that tab. And the film’s producer Jerry Bruckheimer seemed confident that it would earn back every dime and then some.
