Take this one with a grain of salt Super Friends. But the runtime for James Gunn’s Superman has reportedly been revealed as distributors prepare for tickets to go on sale. The film, the first in DC Studios ambitious DCU project, releases in UK cinemas on July 11, 2025.
According to @DCFilmsNew on social media the film will clock in with a runtime of 122 minutes. That’s 2 hours and 2 minutes in total. The account reports that international distributors have received the updated runtime for DC Studios as the film heads towards tickets going on sale. That runtime makes the film shorts than 2006’s Superman Returns which clocked in at 154 minutes and is the exact same runtimes as Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 1.
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Superman, DC Studios’ first feature film to hit the big screen, is set to soar into theaters worldwide this summer from Warner Bros. Pictures. In his signature style, James Gunn takes on the original superhero in the newly imagined DC universe with a singular blend of epic action, humor and heart, delivering a Superman who’s driven by compassion and an inherent belief in the goodness of humankind.
The film stars David Corenswet(Twisters) in the dual role of Superman/Clark Kent, Rachel Brosnahan(The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) as Lois Lane and Nicholas Hoult (Nosferatu) as Lex Luthor. The film also stars Edi Gathegi (For All Mankind), Anthony Carrigan (Gotham), Nathan Fillion (The Suicide Squad), Isabela Merced (Alien Romulus), Skyler Gisondo (Licorice Pizza), Sara Sampaio (At Midnight), María Gabriela de Faría (The Moodys), Wendell Pierce (Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan), Alan Tudyk (Andor), Pruitt Taylor Vince (Bird Box) and Neva Howell (Greedy People).
Superman is due to hit cinemas on July 11, 2025 from DC Studios and Warner Bros. Pictures. For more head to our dedicated hub for all things Superman ’25.
