Just a few weeks before the release of James Gunn's Superman, the film's length has just been revealed. We'll tell you everything!
How long is the Superman movie?
July 2025 will be an intense month for fans of superhero productions, as two highly anticipated films with countless stakes will clash: James Gunn's Superman for DC Comics and Matt Shakman's Fantastic Four: First Steps for Marvel Studios. If the MCU absolutely must reconnect with the public's interest before the release of Avengers: Doomsday after several years of wandering, James Gunn must show all the potential of the DCU that his film about the Man of Steel will inaugurate in cinemas. With an estimated budget of 220 million dollars, the one who was appointed director of DC Studios by Warner Bros. Discovery in 2022 therefore has a lot of pressure on its shoulders!
While some Zack Snyder fans disappointed by the end of the DCEU have already decided to give Superman a miss, other viewers are eager to discover the new work of the filmmaker, who has proven through the Guardians of the Galaxy trilogy, the film The Suicide Squad and the series Peacemaker that he is both a clever and inventive director, as well as a comic book lover. James Gunn has also stated on several occasions that his Superman was largely inspired by the cult comic All-Star Superman by British author Grant Morrison.
More pop and colorful than the vision Zack Snyder expressed through Man of Steel and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Gunn's Superman will feature many heroes and villains from the Silver Age. We also know that the film is expected to lay the foundations for the Justice League International (JLI). In short, a busy schedule. But how long will the Superman film be? According to AMC Theaters, the film will be 2 hours and 9 minutes long. A choice that seems to go against the trend observed in the 2010s, with superhero films that very regularly exceeded 2 hours and 20 minutes.
Superman will therefore be the shortest film in James Gunn's career since Guardians of the Galaxy (which lasted two hours).We will have to wait until July 9, 2025 and the theatrical release of Superman to judge whether the choice to condense a plot with so many characters into a duration of two hours and nine minutes was a wise one. In our opinion, by slightly exceeding two hours, the film could appeal to viewers who might have been put off by a longer film. Be careful, however, that the film doesn't come across as too messy! What do you think? Let us know in the comments section.
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