A new Superman movie is in the pipeline, focused on the character’s early career, and it will be written by James Gunn for an unknown director. Unfortunately, Henry Cavill will not be playing the character in this movie, although he remains in contact with James Gunn in the event of possible appearances in future projects.

Cavill announced on Instagram that while the plan was for him to appear in multiple movies as Superman at DC Films, the reorganization into DC Studios has changed the hierarchy of power, and thus he is not set to play the character going forward.

The reason for this change is that the new movie will tell a story with a younger iteration of Superman, not focused on the origin of the character, but instead putting emphasis on his early years as a superhero. There’s at least a silver lining in that, according to James Gunn, he and Cavill will remain in contact for future opportunities.

Peter & I have a DC slate ready to go, which we couldn’t be more over-the-moon about; we’ll be able to share some exciting information about our first projects at the beginning of the new year.

— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) December 15, 2022

But we just had a great meeting with Henry and we’re big fans and we talked about a number of exciting possibilities to work together in the future.

— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) December 15, 2022

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Grant Davis is a freelance writer who has covered entertainment news for more than seven years. His articles have frequently appeared in Star Wars News Net as well as as other entertainment-related websites. As someone who grew up on Star Wars and comic book movies, he’s completely thrilled with the current era of genre entertainment.