Henry Cavill dropped as Superman in James Gunn's new film - The Washington Post

The quality came conscionable weeks aft Cavill announced that helium would instrumentality arsenic Superman, though helium didn’t uncover details of the movie astatine the time, and amusement quality outlets reported that determination were antithetic ideas nether information for the franchise.

“After being told by the workplace to denote my instrumentality backmost successful October, anterior to their hire, this quality isn’t the easiest, but that’s life,” Cavill said successful his Wednesday statement. He added, “I respect that James and Peter person a beingness to build. I privation them and each progressive with the caller beingness the champion of luck, and the happiest of fortunes.”

Gunn announced successful a tweet precocious Wednesday that helium is penning the caller film, which volition absorption “on an earlier portion of Superman’s life, truthful the quality volition not beryllium played by Henry Cavill.”

“But we conscionable had a large gathering with Henry and we’re large fans and we talked astir a fig of breathtaking possibilities to enactment unneurotic successful the future,” Gunn added.

Gunn and Safran were hired to pb DC Studios this October, and this is their archetypal large task announcement since taking over. Gunn — who is known for directing “The Suicide Squad” and “Guardians of the Galaxy” — said helium has been penning the publication of the caller “Superman” movie “for a while” and is looking for a manager for the project.

The quality comes amid a large shake-up astatine DC Studios’ owner, Warner Bros. Discovery, which was formed pursuing the caller merger of WarnerMedia and Discovery. Following the merger, Warner Bros. announced a raft of cancellations of planned contented successful a bid to prevention money, including projects successful the superhero universe, specified arsenic “Wonder Woman 3,” which was acceptable to beryllium directed by Patty Jenkins. The institution said successful October that the price tag of its contented cuts could scope $2.5 billion.

Cavill has played Superman since “Man of Steel” successful 2013, and successful each of the 3 DC Extended Universe films that has travel retired since then. He made a cameo arsenic Superman successful “Black Adam,” which was released successful October.

In a video astatine the time, helium said his cameo successful “Black Adam” was a “very tiny sensation of things to come,” and told fans their patience would beryllium “rewarded.”

Zack Snyder, who directed the 4 erstwhile “Superman” DC Extended Universe films, which starred Cavill, was asked successful a vigor interrogation past period whether helium was returning to DC Studios nether Gunn and Safran’s leadership. “As acold arsenic I know, which is precise small … I americium doing my happening and haven’t had anyone springiness maine a telephone oregon anything,” helium responded. “So I americium conscionable wishing them each the champion and hoping that they marque immoderate chill movies.”

According to Variety, the caller movie nether Gunn volition amusement Superman arsenic his change ego, Clark Kent, moving arsenic a writer successful the fictional metropolis of Metropolis, wherever helium meets chap writer and aboriginal emotion involvement Lois Lane.

Plans for Warner Bros. Discovery to merchandise a antithetic “Superman” film, produced by J.J. Abrams and written by novelist Ta-Nehisi Coates, are inactive moving forward, Variety reported.