Fans Are Wondering How the Superman Movie Is Going to Deal With All Those Side Characters: 'There's a Lot Going on Here'

The antheral of alloy is backmost — almost, astatine least. The latest trailer for James Gunn’s upcoming movie Superman has been released up of its July motorboat and it’s chock afloat of excitement. Between pb David Corenswet’s show and the top-notch warring powerfulness of Superman’s beloved canine Krypto, there’s a batch to excavation into. But it seems arsenic though the main happening fans are funny astir successful the aftermath of the trailer is the sheer magnitude that appears to beryllium going connected successful this film, and however it plans to decently woody with each of it.

“Strong commencement to the trailer,” 1 Redditor wrote connected an r/Superman station successful the hours pursuing the trailer’s release. “But past practically each changeable was different caller quality and I started worrying however the movie was going to archer a coherent story.” Another added: “I’m gonna emotion it, helium looks large arsenic Superman, helium looks large arsenic Clark Kent, but the movie looks similar it mightiness beryllium a spot busy, there's a batch going connected here.”

“Now this, I emotion this trailer. From idiosyncratic who ne'er truly liked the acheronian DC vibe I’m excited to acquisition a existent comic superhero movie. But americium I the lone 1 who is disquieted for each the cameos that are successful the trailer?” different instrumentality wrote successful the comments connected the post. “Like I curse I was counting similar 8 friends and foes successful this movie. I cognize they privation to acceptable up James Gunn’s DCU with this but I would similar it to beryllium little dense connected cameo fodder and instrumentality much clip to make the characters that are needed to archer the communicative that they’re trying to tell.”

To beryllium fair, the trailer does diagnostic a full big of characters, including Clark Kent’s Earth parents, emotion involvement Lois Lane (Rachel Brosnahan) and respective antithetic sets of lofty villains, including the cardinal antagonist Lex Luther (Nicholas Hoult) — but it looks arsenic though for arsenic galore disquieted fans arsenic determination are astir the movie possibly being a spot bloated, tons of folks are excited astatine the imaginable each of these quality introductions mightiness bring.

All the characters revealed truthful acold successful Superman:

• Superman
• Lois Lane
• Lex Luthor
• Mister Terrific
• Guy Gardner
• Hawkgirl
• Metamorpho
• The Engineer
• The Hammer of Boravia
• Ultraman
• Rick Flag Sr.
• Supergirl
• Maxwell Lord
• Kryptonian robots, including Kelex
• Krypto
• Jonathan Kent
• Martha Kent
• Perry White
• Jimmy Olsen
• Steve Lombard
• Cat Grant
• Ron Troupe
• Eve Teschmacher
• Otis

“I'm gladsome there's a batch going on. We've seen him combat Lex & Zod countless times astatine this point, I privation to spot him wholly overwhelmed and look arsenic a awesome of hope,” 1 idiosyncratic wrote successful effect to the gripes, portion different added. “It’s broadside characters, little cameos. Like Iron Man had respective broadside characters.”

A 3rd instrumentality besides added that, for what it’s worth, this is beauteous par for the course. “I don't consciousness similar it's specified a large woody honestly. Movies usually request secondary/side characters,” the idiosyncratic commented. “Gunn present is conscionable filling successful those spots with alternatively large names, but I uncertainty he'll springiness them much than what they need.”

That said, the conception that the movie mightiness beryllium a small overstuffed — If you’re thing similar us, you astir apt can’t hold to find retired the runtime — isn’t precisely deterring fans astatine archetypal glance. “It looks bully but wondering however they’re going to shoehorn truthful galore antithetic characters into 1 movie,” 1 idiosyncratic wrote, to which different instrumentality replied, “It's not immoderate much characters than the mean comic publication movie. It's fine.” A 3rd idiosyncratic adjacent quipped: “Kinda similar Guardians of the Galaxy…?” Honestly? Touché.

Ultimately, Gunn has spoken aggregate times astir the information that the movie is not an ensemble piece. “At the mediate of everything is Clark, Lois, and Lex,” helium said astatine the opening of 2025 during an Instagram Live session. “It’s astir these 3 characters.” It remains to beryllium seen how, exactly, helium pulls that off.

Superman flies into theaters connected July 11, 2025.

Lex Briscuso is simply a movie and tv professional and a freelance amusement writer for IGN. You tin travel her connected Twitter astatine @nikonamerica.