New Superman announced! Look Both Ways star David Corenswet will replace booted Henry Cavill

Look Both Ways actor David Corenswet will replace Henry Cavill in the new Superman movie, Superman: Legacy.

The actor, 29, who has never starred in a major studio production before, will play Clark Kent in the rebooted film series alongside Rachel Brosnahan, 32, as Lois Lane, in replacing Amy Adams, reports Deadline.

Corenswet has previously starred in Hollywood, The Politician and the A24 movie, Pearl.

Superman: Legacy will be released on July 11, 2025 and is depicted as Superman balancing his Kryptonian heritage with his human upbringing.

Corenswet and Marvelous Mrs Maisel star Brosnahan took part in a few tests for DC co-chairmen Peter Safran and director James Gunn in full costume and makeup.

Testing took place over two days with three actors in “full Superman attire”.

Icon: In January, new DC Studios bosses Gunn and Safran defended their decision not to bring Cavill back as Superman as they reboot the DC Universe with a new overarching storyline (shown in Man of Steel in 2013)

Sources told the publication that each actor “has entered into trial agreements that will expire after two working weeks” and want them sorted before a possible SAG-AFTRA strike, which could begin at midnight on June 30.

In January, new DC Studios bosses Gunn and Safran defended their decision not to bring back Cavill, 40, as Superman as they rebooted the DC Universe with a new overarching storyline.

“We didn’t fire Henry. Henry was never cast,’ Gunn said during a presentation to reporters announcing plans for five new DCU movies and five new TV series, according to the Hollywood journalist.

Cavill, who was widely expected to return as the Man of Steel after appearing in a credits teaser for Black Adam in October, announced the “sad news” last month that Gunn and Saffron had no intention to bring it back.

Gunn explained, “For me, it’s about who I want to play Superman and who are the filmmakers we want to hire.” And for me, for this story, it’s not Henry.

“I like Henry, I think he’s a great guy. I think he gets screwed over by a lot of people, including the old regime of this company. But this Superman is not Henry, for a number of reasons.”

Cavill’s shocking announcement in December that he “wouldn’t be returning as Superman” was one of many signs that Gunn and Safran were planning major shakeups in the DC franchise.

Following the merger that created new parent company Warner Bros. Discovery in April, DC’s $90 million Batgirl movie was scrapped in the final stages of production, and plans for Wonder Woman 3 were scrapped last month.

New Lois: The actor will play Clark Kent in the rebooted film series alongside Rachel Brosnahan, 32, as Lois Lane, replacing Amy Adams (pictured last month), reports Deadline.

Back then: Cavill and Adams are seen in a romantic scene from 2016’s Batman V Superman – Dawn Of Justice

James Gunn and Peter Safran are the creative minds behind the new film

New role: Corenswet has already appeared in a Hollywood miniseries (pictured in 2020 with co-star Dylan McDermott)

Superman: Legacy will be released on July 11, 2025 and is depicted as Superman balancing his Kryptonian heritage with his human upbringing.

Gunn is the writer-director who made Guardians of the Galaxy household names for Marvel and revived The Suicide Squad for DC, before signing on to revamp DC Studios last year.

Safran has produced numerous films for Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema, including Gunn’s The Suicide Squad as well as Aquaman, Shazam and horror films from The Conjuring universe.

Gunn is writing the Superman movie, which is described as the story of Superman balancing his Kryptonian heritage with his human upbringing.

Cavill starred as the Man of Steel in three DC films before the Warner Bros. and Discovery last year.

Cavill played Superman in Man of Steel in 2013, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice in 2016, Justice League in 2017, and Zack Snyder’s Justice League in 2021.

The first phase of the DCU will launch after several legacy projects slated to debut in the next two years – including The Flash, starring Ezra Miller, which Gunn says “resets the entire DC Universe.”