The director of Superman James Gunn shares a new official look at Sean Gunn like Maxwell Lord
Sean Gunn played Kraglin in the Galaxy goalkeepers Films, before providing the voice of the weasel The suicide team and the Creature commandos Animated series. This week, the actor will make his debut live on DCU as Maxwell Lord in the DCU of his brother James Superman restart.
While talking to The envelope At Fanexpo Chicago last year, Gunn was questioned about the jump from MCU to the DCU, and he thinks that – because he is now part of a very different shared DC universe under his brother and CEO of Co DC Studios, Peter Safran – Compare his experience, it’s like “apples and oranges”.
“I entered the entire work process at Marvel once the machine was already a little operational and very gently. DC, I made Suicide Squad, but now they revised it in a way, and it is new since my brother took over as the chief of the studio “,” he explained. “It is sort of a new process for them. So it would be, it is really true, like trying to compare apples and oranges.”
Gunn was also asked about his point of view on Lord, and even if he refused to enter too much details, he revealed that this version of the character “Will not be based on live representations of the fans that fans have already seen. Everything is from materials written with things that we think we are looking at.”
Spoilers follow.
Gunn made a brief appearance as a lord in the trailer of Peacemaker Season 2, and his Superman The role is actually even smaller. Towards the end of the film after the arrest of Lex Luthor, we see the rich industrialist interviewed on television, and all that he has to say is: “The only thing on the left and on the right can get along is that Lex Luthor sucks.”
We know that Lord finances the trio of metahumans known as the gang of justice, but we do not really learn much about him outside that. Will he be a bad guy like his comic book counterpart? There is always a chance that his actions are carrying out Guy Gardner, Mr. Trerific and Hawkgirl who stand out from the company belonging to the company to form a new “League” with Superman on the line.
James Gunn went to social networks to share a new look at Lord on the cover of his biography in the universe.
Fantastic book, if you haven’t read it. #Superman pic.twitter.com/6agw6bdbxt
– James Gunn (@jamesgunn) July 8, 2025
I liked it but I didn’t like #Superman Which is undeniably fun and engaging but also everywhere. I can totally appreciate what Gunn was going to with the more sincere and cheesy atmosphere, but it was not for me (it could have helped if more humor landed).
On the most … pic.twitter.com/rlrkzqtjpy
– Mark Cassidy (@Rormachine) July 8, 2025
Superman features David Corenswet as Clark Kent / The Man of Steel, Rachel Brosnahan like Lois Lane, Nicholas Hoult like Lex Luthor, Isabela Merced like Hawkgirl, Nathan Fillion as Guy Gardner, Edi Gathegi as Mr. Terrific and Anthony Carrigan As Metamorpho.
The distribution also priitt Taylor Vince and Neva Howell as “Ma” and “PA” Kent, and the Supergirl of Milly Alcock was confirmed to make its debut before its own Tomorrow’s wife movie.
“And it’s an envelope,” Gunn posted last year once the shoot was ended. “May God bless our casting and our crew whose commitment, creativity and hard work gave life to this project. I decided to make a film on a good man in a world that is not always so much.
Thank you all at the bottom of my heart. It was an honor. The destination was Superman, but the journey was the work and laughter and the emotions and the ideas and the magic that we shared together on the set – and for that, I am eternally grateful. “”
You can consult a synopsis for the film below.
“In his signature style, James Gunn faces the original superhero in the newly imagined DC universe with a singular mixture of epic action, humor and heart, delivering a Superman who is motivated by compassion and an inherent belief in the goodness of humanity.”
