The $225 million-budgeted tentpole has the lofty ambition of relaunching the DC Universe after the last iteration of the comic book universe had flamed out with a string of costly bombs, including “The Flash,” “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom,” “Shazam: Fury of the Gods” and “Blue Beetle.”

Back in 2018, James Gunn was offered the chance to direct a Superman movie – but he turned it down in favor of The Suicide Squad, which released in 2021.