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James Gunn will be bringing Superman to theaters this summer, but long before that, he produced Brightburn, a sinister take on the Man of Steel.
I realize I’ve referenced Superman repeatedly throughout this review, but it’s impossible not to. Brightburn exists as a subversion of a specific story we’ve seen play out repeatedly over ...
But where Zack Snyder and David Goyer’s film questioned if Superman should bother using his immense power for good, what Brightburn seems to propose is: What if, while still a kid, Superman ...
But that doesn’t stop the new movie from paying homage to Superman, the mold from which all superheroes are born from — most especially, Brightburn himself. We can get the obvious things out ...
In a cinematic universe seemingly overrun with superheroes, the new horror movie “Brightburn” flips Superman’s mythology on its head by imagining what might’ve happened had the Man of ...
Director David Yarovesky addresses his collaboration with James Gunn on the Superman-inspired horror movie Brightburn and reveals whether he'd like to reunite with Gunn on a DCU project.
Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Brightburn re-imagines one of biggest superhero mythologies in the world in much darker and ...
Brightburn, a Tales from the-Crypt-inflected satire of the Superman myth from producer James Gunn, posits a deliciously wicked “what if” scenario asking what Superman would look like if he was ...
Initially sold as an intriguing reimagining of the iconic Superman story, Brightburn very quickly announces that it has nothing of worth to add to its one-line premise - what if Clark Kent was evil?
The first trailer for the James Gunn-produced Brightburn got everyone talking ... This movie is clearly a not-so subtle riff on Superman's early days in Smallville, and everything from the ...
“Brightburn” is a nasty twist on the superhero origin story — a kind of inside-out version of the “Superman” legend. What if the baby adopted by Kansas farmers turned out to have ...
While some may be skeptical about Gunn writing and making a Superman film, it is worth pointing out that he has already made such a film not so long ago: 2019’s Brightburn. In looking at ...