This image released by Warner Bros.Pictures shows David Corenswet in a scene from "Superman." (Warner Bros. Pictures via AP)AP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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SOURCE: Cleveland.com | Joey Morona
June 12, 2025

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Greater Cleveland Film Commission is celebrating the release of DC’s highly antcipated “Superman” movie with a special red-carpet event at the Phoenix Theatres Great Northern Mall on Thursday, July 10.

The evening includes a screening of the film — which was partially shot in Northeast Ohio last summer — one day before its official release on July 11. Think of it as the local premiere.

Festivities begin at 5 p.m. with a raffle featuring exclusive rare artwork signed by director James Gunn and stars David Corenswet (Clark Kent/Superman) and Rachel Brosnahan (Lois Lane). Guests can enjoy photo ops, live music, food from Famous Dave’s and Superman-themed exhibits curated by the Cleveland Public Library.

Fans will also have the chance to bid in a silent auction offering a 45-minute ride for two aboard the Goodyear Blimp for “bird’s eye view of Northeast Ohio and a rare opportunity to fly like the Man of Steel himself,” according to the GCFC.

The screening begins at 7 p.m. Tickets are $50 and include a commemorative T-shirt. They’re available now at clevelandfilm.com.

The event is part of the GCFC’s “Be a Cleveland Film Hero” campaign and serves as a fundraiser for the nonprofit, which works to bring film and television projects to Northeast Ohio. Thanks in part to an $11 million tax credit, the commission brought “Superman” to the region for six weeks last year. The production hired thousands of crew members, background actors and vendors, pumping millions into the local economy.

The organization said the six film and TV projects it attracted here in 2024 generated $77.8 million in spending and booked more than 25,000 nights in local hotels.

Scenes filmed in Cleveland include what appears to be a major action sequence in which Superman swoops in to save Metropolis from a fire-breathing kaiju run amok. In another, the Man of Steel trades blows with two of Lex Luthor’s (Nicholas Hoult) thugs – The Engineer (María Gabriela de Faria) and Ultraman – at Progressive Field (LordTech Field, home of the Metropolis Meteors, in the film).

Plot details remain tightly under wraps. But in an extensive preview in Entertainment Weekly, Gunn said the film explores Superman’s idealism as it clashes with governmental and corporate interests. When his actions lead to an international incident, the story examines how his unwavering moral compass functions in a cynical world.

“I wanted to tell the story about someone who was truly good in a world that doesn’t value goodness, in a world that makes fun of basic kindness and basic human values,” the director told the magazine. “The fact that he can fly and lift buildings and shoot laser beams out of his eyes was really secondary to who he was as a person and what he stood for.”

Advanced tickets for the movie are now on sale, too, at fandango.com.

Superman was created in 1932 by Glenville High School classmates Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. The character made his national debut six years later in “Action Comics No. 1.”