One DC film with an 100% Rotten Tomatoes rating already appears to supply a stable have a look at what an ideal Superman 2 story could possibly be like. Superman‘s debut has seen the movie change into 2025’s highest-grossing superhero film, however the street for the Man of Metal has solely simply begun.
Superman‘s ending left plenty of tales on attention-grabbing notes, with Supergirl debuting and reuniting quickly along with her cousin, Lois and Clark cementing their romantic relationship after some hardships, and Kal-El himself overcoming the specter of Lex Luthor. This setup makes a special Superman film’s story appear to be an ideal proof-of-concept for the DC Universe timeline’s Superman 2.
Superman: Unbound Is A Good First Look At What Superman 2’s Story May Be
Regardless of popping out the identical 12 months as Man of Metal, Superman: Unbound is a elegant have a look at what could possibly be for Superman 2. This is not simply because it focuses on an thrilling and action-packed have a look at what a Brainiac vs Superman film might be, but in addition due to its wider story and the way this connects to the DCU’s Superman.
Apparently, Superman: Unbound offers with a model of Kal-El nicely into his superhero and journalism profession, his robust however complicated relationship with Lois, and Supergirl adjusting to being a hero on Earth. All of those storylines mockingly really feel like they tie in surprisingly nicely to the aftermath of the 2025 Superman film.
The DCU appears set to adapt Lois and Clark’s facet plot, which follows the complexities of the couple making their relationship official of their civilian lives. Equally, Supergirl’s Superman: Unbound story additionally appears like a part of the arc the DCU hero is experiencing, because the animated Supergirl offers with changing into an Earth superhero after being unable to save lots of her homeworld.
The film takes care to point out Lois and Supergirl interacting correctly for the primary time, and helps spotlight how human Superman is regardless of his superhuman skills via the variations between him and Brainiac, who’s in the end defeated by the “chaos” of Earth life that Clark tailored to. Altogether, Superman: Unbound actually appears to have the recipe for a stable DCU sequel.
After Superman’s Success, Superman 2 Feels Virtually Inevitable
Superman acted as a revival in each sense of the phrase for DC’s film empire. After a interval of some decrease crucial and industrial outcomes for the franchise general, Superman‘s present $500+ field workplace outcomes and constructive reception are, in some methods, price their weight in gold, since they present the DC Universe might be an all-around success.
Whereas the franchise’s present focus is of course on fleshing out extra of the overarching DCU world going ahead, Superman‘s personal success means a direct sequel would appear par for the course. That is doubly true given sequels are sometimes much more extremely regarded and financially profitable, since audiences have a longtime belief in and understanding of the sequence.
Superman director and DC Studios co-CEO James Gunn has already spoken about engaged on a sequel of kinds whereby Superman has a “main function” within the story, although the creator additionally confirmed that is “not ‘Superman 2’“. This is sensible, although, as there are seemingly many extra initiatives to work on earlier than a Superman sequel can get underway.
With, for instance, three years between the primary and second Guardians of the Galaxy motion pictures – and 6 years between the second and third installments – there would not appear to be a must rush into Superman 2. Nevertheless, the wait that we’ll in all probability expertise for a second Superman solo movie actually makes Superman: Unbound‘s story all of the extra attention-grabbing.
Superman 2 Would Be Very Totally different To Superman: Unbound Even If It Adopted The Identical Story Threads
Whereas Superman: Unbound does appear to be similar to the DCU’s Superman story and what appears set to come back after the 2025 film in some ways, this is not to say it and Superman 2 can be one and the identical. That is promising for each motion pictures, since too many similarities right here may make the releases comparatively much less particular.
Primarily based on Superman‘s story, it appears doubtless Superman 2 may go for a extra comedic leaning at factors in its story, whereas Superman: Unbound is a bit more constantly critical. Equally, the half in Unbound whereby the Kryptonian metropolis of Kandor is restored to full dimension can be trickier for the DCU to adapt after Superman‘s Kryptonian plot twist.
In the end, whereas these tales appear to be they may actually find yourself being related, the very fact their overarching worlds are so totally different means even an equivalent Superman 2 story would not be precisely the identical. In some ways, that is the DCU’s true power, because the sort of interconnected universe it is trying to construct hasn’t been pulled off for DC in live-action.
With Superman 2 doubtless years away, we have loads of time to contemplate what the perfect path for the DCU film could possibly be. That stated, it might be arguably stunning if there weren’t parts of the story put ahead by Superman: Unbound within the DCU sequel, be that via Brainiac’s live-action film debut or one thing else.