The Superman: Legacy director concisely shut down a claim about the film having too many characters.

James Gunntook to social media to dispel worried notions and concerns about his upcomingDCUdebut movie,Superman: Legacy.

Superman: Legacyis shaping up to be quite the opening number for James Gunn andPeter Safransrevamped DCU.

James Gunn, David Corenswet as Superman

Heroes like Mister Terrific and Hawkgirl were announced to join the 2025 movie.

Gunn Offers Retort to Superman: Legacy Character Count

But doesLegacyhave too many characters?

The director promiseda couple more soon.

Superman animated series, Clark Kent and Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen

Well were running out of characters to announce but there will be a couple more soon.

User nate_phn asked if fans canexpect more characters from Daily Planet?

Like Cat Grant or Steve Lombard?Gunn answered with a yellow smirking face, neither confirming nor denying.

James Gunn Addresses 1 Fear About His Superman Movie

Make no mistake, James Gunn is a giant comics nerd.

See his work onThe Suicide SquadandGuardians of the Galaxy.

Or just take a glance atthe types of DC projects hes chosen to green light for the DCU.

Arrowerse’s Superman Actor Shares Perfect Response to DC’s Superman Recasting

This shows that Gunn has a reverence for comic books and superheroes.

And his love for comics seems to permeate much of his decision-making process for overseeing the DCU.

DC StudiosSuperman: Legacysoars into theaters on July 11, 2025.

![Marvel Studios Reveals Every Official ‘New Avenger’ Going To Avengers: Doomsday](https://images.thedirect.com/media/article_thumbnail/the_new_avengers_teams.jpg?imgeng=/w_auto,280 280w)

LATEST NEWS

![Marvel Studios Announces 2 Historic Supervillains In Phase 6](https://images.thedirect.com/media/article_thumbnail/marvel-phase-supervillains.jpg?imgeng=/w_auto,280 280w)

![2025 Superman Movie Will Now Give Clark Kent His Own Enemy (Confirmed)](https://images.thedirect.com/media/article_thumbnail/superman-clark-kent.jpg?imgeng=/w_auto,280 280w)

![Marvel Studios Releases Its First-Ever Venom Symbiote Funko Pop](https://images.thedirect.com/media/article_thumbnail/venom-funko.jpg?imgeng=/w_auto,280 280w)

![Andor Season 2 Just Brought Back 5 Key ‘Rogue One’ Characters (Photos)](https://images.thedirect.com/media/article_thumbnail/andor-rogues.jpg?imgeng=/w_auto,280 280w)

![Max Announces DC’s Next Superhero Show Releasing Before Peacemaker Season 2](https://images.thedirect.com/media/article_thumbnail/dc-peacemaker.jpg?imgeng=/w_auto,280 280w)

![Amazon Prime Video Announces Sequel to Its Biggest Movie Ever](https://images.thedirect.com/media/article_thumbnail/prime-vide-movie.jpg?imgeng=/w_auto,280 280w)

![Marvel Studios Confirms Historic Setting for Phase 6’s First Movie](https://images.thedirect.com/media/article_thumbnail/marvel-studios-phase-settings.jpg?imgeng=/w_auto,280 280w)

![Marvel Shares First Look at Robert Downey Jr. (Doctor Doom) On Avengers: Doomsday Set (Photos)](https://images.thedirect.com/media/article_thumbnail/robert_downey_jr_doctor_doom_haircut.jpg?imgeng=/w_auto,280 280w)

![Thunderbolts: Why Taskmaster Got [Spoilers], Explained by Marvel Director](https://images.thedirect.com/media/article_thumbnail/taskmaster-why.jpg?imgeng=/w_auto,280 280w)