James Gunn celebrates the release of the trailer for Superman following the release of the preview for the DC Studios film on Thursday, December 19th.

The DC Studios co-head and filmmaker took to social media to thank everyone for their support.

“Crypto has really brought us home: With over 250 million views and a million social media posts, Superman is officially the most watched and talked about trailer in DC and Warner Bros. history,” Gunn posted on X, the microblogging platform formerly known as Twitter.

He continued: “This is up to all of you: thank you! We are incredibly grateful and especially excited to share this film with you in July. Happy Holidays!”

Superman David Corenswet stars in the title role and is scheduled to be released in theaters on July 11, 2025. The cast includes Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane, Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor and María Gabriela de Faría as The Engineer. The ensemble includes Skyler Gisondo, Sara Sampaio, Sean Gunn, Edi Gathegi, Anthony Carrigan, Isabel Merced and Nathan Fillion.

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Before the trailer was released to the general public, Deadline was able to screen it on Monday, where the director shared a glimpse of the preview, saying, “In the beginning we have a battered Superman, and I think that’s our country.”

Gunn noticed this Superman was “a film about kindness. It was a film about good,” he added: “I believe in the goodness of people and I believe that most people in this country, regardless of their ideological beliefs or politics, do their best to get by, and try to be good people regardless of what it may seem to the other side or what that other side might be, and I think that’s what this film is about.”

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Gunn previously shared that all of DC’s past media had influenced his view of the superhero classic.

“I think all of the DC media to date have influenced me,” Gunn said, according to the deposition IGN. “I think I was obviously influenced by the original Donner film, but there are also a lot of things that that one doesn’t have, like just doing a Donner-style film. It’s completely different. Zack (Snyder) has done some excellent things. So there are a lot of ways that influenced me.”

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He continued, “The DC Animated Universe has influenced me in many ways, and then there are a lot of things from the comics – especially All-Star Superman – that have influenced me more than anything else.” To give it an age feel, that sort of sci-fi approach with gadgets: Lex (Luthor) is really kind of a wizard in a way. He’s a scientist, but he’s so good at science and I think he’s a wizard.”

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Although filming for Superman Completed at the end of July, Gunn recently shared on Threads that he was going back into production and would be “shooting for a day and a half,” adding, “No scenes. No new recordings. Just a handful of individual shots to enhance the film.”