Warner Bros. isn’t framing this as just another summer tentpole. The studio is pitching Superman as the beginning of a new era. Gunn’s lighter, more hopeful vision marks a deliberate pivot away from the grim tone of the studio’s “Snyderverse” era.

James Gunn has officially ushered in his DCU with the David Corenswet and Rachel Brosnahan film, which sports an 83% Certified Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. In reaction to the success of the film,

Superman is often viewed as an old-fashioned hero, but did James Gunn’s new ‘Superman’ film manage to reboot the character for the modern world?