'Superman' Marks The End Of Cleveland Filming
Director James Gunn took time to thank the city for the experience on his social media
There are 51 weeks until the James Gunn-directed Superman hits theaters and begins the film output of the new DC Universe. The film has spent the last six weeks filming in Cleveland for Metropolis, after starting in Atlanta and going on to Norway for Fortress of Solitude scenes. While this isn’t a full wrap, it’s getting close and is still the end of the road for filming in Cleveland, and Gunn posted to his socials, namely Instagram and Threads, grateful for what they were able to accomplish.
The DC Studios co-head wrote, with a bevy of attached puctures “#Cleveland - today we are leaving you after six amazing weeks of shooting. From the moment we first came here on a scout a tad less than a year ago and Terminal Tower was lit up with the colors of Superman, I knew you were a special place. I would walk down your streets and someone would stop me and tell me how grateful they were we were shooting in their city - not once, not twice, but dozens of times.” He continued, praising some of the resident extras and acknowledging the city’s significance to the character “The wonderful background actors on the film were always so fun and funny and they clapped after takes, something that reminded us Hollywood cynics why we make movies in the first place. The pride you feel in being where Jerry and Joe first created Superman was invigorating. You exemplify his spirit. But just as much it’s the pride you have in your community, your hometown, your radio stations and restaurants and gathering places that touched me. Every city would be so lucky to have people that loved their city as much as you. You simply couldn’t have been more wonderful, kind, or accommodating to me and our performers and crew. Thank you a thousand times over for being our friends and partners on this film. Much love to you all.🙏🧜♂️❤️”
The writer-director-producer would then clarify “We are not done shooting. Still a couple weeks left. Just done shooting in Cleveland. And yeah it’s a long shoot… but we’re getting close!!” When asked how he felt about the approaching end, he replied “Fulfilled but tired.“
Superman will star David Corenswet as Clark Kent aka Superman, Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane, Wendell Pierce as Perry White, Skyler Gisondo as Jimmy Olsen, Beck Bennett as Steve Lombard, Mikaela Hoover as Cat Grant and Christopher MacDonald as Ron Troupe. Additional heroes include Edi Gathegi as Mister Terrific, Nathan Fillion as Green Lantern Guy Gardner, Isabela Merced as Hawkgirl, and Anthony Carrigan as Metamorpho aka Rex Mason. There’s also Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor, Neva Howell and Pruitt Taylor Vince home in Smallville as Ma and Pa Martha and Jonathan Kent, María Gabriela De Faría as Angela Spica, The Engineer, Terence Rosemore as Otis, and Sara Sampaio as Eve Teschmacher with Milly Alcock likelier and likelier to debut as Supergirl here.
Superman is set to be released July 11, 2025. As a treat, here’s a filming pic of Corenswet as Superman together with Fillion as Gardner and Merced as Hawkgirl, as well as the previously-seen Gathegi as Mr. Terrific, which was originally going to be used as the head image.
Sources: James Gunn (1, 2, 3) Cleveland.com