Superman & Man of Metal Stars Unite for New Biopic

April 18, 2025

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The casts of James Gunn’s Superman and Zack Snyder’s Man of Metal are about to collide. Michael Shannon, who memorably performed Zod within the 2013 superhero film in addition to The Flash, has joined the forged of Skydance Sports activities’ upcoming biopic about Mr. Irrelevant, a.okay.a. John Tuggle.

Per Deadline, Shannon will play iconic coach Invoice Parcells within the untitled soccer drama about former NFL participant John Tuggle, who was given the title “Mr. Irrelevant” after being the final choose of the final spherical of the 1983 NFL Draft. Superman lead David Corenswet was beforehand forged to play Tuggle again in October 2024, with 1883 star Isabel Could becoming a member of the film final month in an undisclosed function.

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Reacher creator Nick Santora penned the screenplay for the upcoming biopic, which is ready to be directed by Jonathan Levine, whose directorial credit embrace zombie rom-com Heat Our bodies and the Seth Rogen-led comedies 50/50, The Night time Earlier than, and Lengthy Shot. Santora and Levin are additionally on board as producers.

The untitled “Mr. Irrelevant” biopic will inform “the inspiring and heartfelt true story of Tuggle, drafted by the New York Giants, and his enduring affect on his crew and teammates.” Parcells was the Corridor of Fame coach of the Giants on the time of Tuggle being drafted into the crew and performed a big half within the crew taking an opportunity on the participant.

Superman and Zod Will Work Collectively in Mr. Irrelevant Biopic

Comedian ebook followers will see what it is like for Superman and Zod to work collectively within the Skydance Sports activities biopic, which shall be about as far eliminated as doable from the superhero style. Whereas Shannon has a protracted and diversified record of credit, Superman will mark the most important function but for Corenswet, who till now has been greatest identified for starring within the Netflix sequence The Politician and Hollywood, in addition to the flicks Pearl and Twisters.

Superman holding a broken robot in the Fortress of Solitude

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Again in February, Corenswet opened up about succeeding Henry Cavill, who starred reverse Shannon in Man of Metal, as the long-lasting DC hero. “Enjoying Superman was essentially the most difficult function of my profession for its scope and bodily calls for. Two sides of the identical particular person, a dichotomy dictated by circumstances, the surroundings and the key,” he shared. “I give attention to doing my greatest for the director, the crew and my colleagues who’ve labored on the high of their talents for months or years. If I do properly for them, I believe I’ve executed every little thing doable.”

Whereas Shannon’s Zod served as the primary supervillain that Cavill’s Superman confronted, Gunn’s Superman film will start with Corenswet’s Clark Kent/Kal-El already established and working in Metropolis because the Man of Metal. Nonetheless, that does not imply that the DC Universe film shall be antagonist-free, as Nicholas Hoult’s Lex Luthor is ready to look as the primary, however not the one, antagonist.

Superman hits theaters on July 11, whereas the Mr. Irrelevant biopic has not but been dated.

Supply: Deadline