The filmmaker said the David Corenswet-led film also comes at a "particular time when people are feeling a loss of hope in other people’s goodness."

James Gunn says his upcoming Superman film, releasing July 11, is “the story of America,” portraying the hero as an immigrant searching for a better life.

Superman represents truth, justice and the American way. He is kindness in a world that thinks of kindness as old fashioned.” That’s how Superman producer Peter Safran, co-chairman and CEO of DC Studios with the film’s writer-director James Gunn,