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Superman BTS Look Features James Gunn & Edi Gathegi's Mister Terrific

In honor of Mister Terrific's anniversary, Superman writer/director James Gunn shared a behind-the-scenes look at Edi Gathegi in-character.

With the calendar inching closer to the July 2025 premiere of writer/director James Gunn's David Corenswet, Rachel Brosnahan, and Nicholas Hoult-starring Superman, Gunn is continuing his social media tradition of honoring the anniversaries of the characters we will see hitting the big screen this summer. For this go-around, Gunn is honoring the anniversary of Mister Terrific, who was created by writer John Ostrander and artists Tom Mandrake and made his first appearance in 1997's Spectre (Vol. 3) #54. In addition, Gunn shared a behind-the-scenes look featuring Gunn and the actor bringing the character to live-action life, Edi Gathegi (X-Men: First Class).

"Happy Anniversary to Mr. Terrific, who has long been one of my favorite characters – it's been a joy bringing him to the big screen for the first time with my pal [Edi Gathegi]. #Superman is in theaters July 11," read the caption to Gunn's post, which also  included that behind-the-scenes look:

DC Studios: James Gunn Done with Superman, Batman Origin Stories

Near the end of November, Gunn responded on social media for being accused of "overlooking origin stories" while also calling out DC Studios for focusing on "niche characters to headline their own movies like Sgt. Rock or Swamp Thing" and not focusing enough on characters they believe are better suited to attract a "general audience." When DC Studios' "Chapter One: Gods and Monsters' was unveiled in 2023, we learned that a Swamp Thing film was planned (with James Mangold attached). Recently, rumblings have gotten louder that director Luca Guadagnino (Queer) was set for a Sgt. Rock film. And let's not forget the upcoming Mike Flanagan-penned Clayface movie that was recently given a green light.

In terms of superhero origin stories, Gunn isn't looking to tell Batman's and Superman's respective backstories again because we've been down that road many times before ("I'm not telling Batman and Superman's origin stories again because everyone knows them"). But in terms of Swamp Thing not being deserving enough for his own film, Gunn wasn't having any of it. "Don't put Swamp Thing in the corner. That's a project in development we've actually announced, and he's an incredibly well-known character with not only some of the greatest comics of all time but a successful film series and his own TV show, something that could be said of only a very small handful of DC characters," Gunn added.

DC Studios' Superman stars David Corenswet ("Twisters," "Hollywood") in the dual role of Superman/Clark Kent, Rachel Brosnahan ("The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel") as Lois Lane, and Nicholas Hoult (the "X-Men" movies, "Juror #2") as Lex Luthor. The film also stars Edi Gathegi ("For All Mankind"), Anthony Carrigan ("Barry," "Gotham"), Nathan Fillion (the "Guardians of the Galaxy" films, "The Suicide Squad"), Isabela Merced ("Alien Romulus"), Skyler Gisondo ("Licorice Pizza," "Booksmart"), Sara Sampaio ("At Midnight"), María Gabriela de Faría ("The Moodys"), Wendell Pierce ("Selma," "Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan"), Alan Tudyk ("Andor"), Pruitt Taylor Vince ("Bird Box"), and Neva Howell ("Greedy People").

DC Studios' Superman is executive produced by Nikolas Korda, Chantal Nong Vo, and Lars Winther. Behind the camera, Gunn is joined by frequent collaborators, including director of photography Henry Braham, production designer Beth Mickle, costume designer Judianna Makovsky and composer John Murphy, along with composer David Fleming (The Last of Us), editors William Hoy (The Batman), Jason Ballantine (the "IT" films, The Flash) and Craig Alpert (Deadpool 2, Blue Beetle).

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