The story of SUPERMAN: LEGACY is set in a world where superheroes already exist

We recently provided an update on the current situation regarding casting James Gunn’S Superman: Legacy. The finalists appear to be Nicholas Hoult, Tom BrittneyAND David Corenswet like Superman and Rachel Brosnahan, Phoebe Dynevorand Emma Mackey as Lois Lane. They have all screentested and a decision should be made by the end of the week.

There was some additional information included in the report that I wanted to point out. Gunn is looking to cast other superheroes in the film, most notably a supergroup called The Authority. The report then states that “part of the new storyline is Superman joining a world where superheroes already exist.”

This is an interesting concept to play with, and it’s one that isn’t really a part of Superman’s origin. However, this idea has actually been played with the classic series of Smallville and Clark has met them throughout the history of him. So, it looks like Gunn is taking a page out of Smallville.

When it comes to The Authority, there was an initially announced film project when Gunn and Peter Safran unveiled their first wave of DC project. It was explained in his time:

“They’re amazing Wildstorm characters that have been incredibly popular for a long time, and we’re incorporating them into the DCU and one of the things with the DCU is that it’s not just a story of heroes and villains and not every movie and TV show is going to be about the good guy versus bad guy, a giant thing comes from the sky and the good guy wins. There are black hats, white hats and gray hats. There are people who are anti-heroes and there are very, questionable people, like the authorities, who basically believe that you can’t fix the world in a simple way, and they sort of take matters into their own hands. They take authority and start doing what they think is the right thing.

Hence, these characters will be introduced in Superman: Legacy. In the comics, “After Stormwatch disbanded, the three members of Stormwatch Black became The Authority. The leader of this team was Jenny Sparks and included Swift and Hawksmoor (SW: Black), Apollo and Midnighter (two creations of Henry Bendix rescued from Stormwatch), The Engineer and The Doctor (both were people who received the powers of money changers with the same name). The team had been brought together by Jenny who had also found The Carrier, the ship that would become their base of operations. Also in the comics, the team is recruited by Superman to take on Warworld and the tyrant Mongul.

It’ll be interesting to see how Gunn implements The Authority into his Superman story, but he’ll certainly create other things within the DC cinematic universe he’s building. I’m thrilled! What do you think of Gunn’s plan to bring Superman into a world that already has superheroes?

Source: THR