James Gunn Celebrates Superman BFF Jimmy Olsen’s Anniversary With First Look

In the lead-up to James Gunn‘s Superman film, the comic publication director shouted retired Clark Kent’s faithful companion, Jimmy Olsen. Why? Well, contiguous is the DC Comic character’s 83rd anniversary.

To people the negligible occasion, Gunn shared a archetypal look astatine actor Skyler Gisondo’s take connected the oft-forgotten ace person alongside OG and modern iterations of the quality connected his official X/Twitter account.

“Happy Anniversary to Superman’s pal, Jimmy Olsen, who debuted connected this time successful 1941,” Gunn wrote, noting that the quality appeared earlier successful Action Comics 6—though helium was lone known arsenic Office Boy. “Created by Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster & Bob Maxwell. I can’t hold for you to spot Skyler Gisondo’s portrayal successful Superman connected July 11, 2025.”

Happy Anniversary to Superman’s pal, Jimmy Olsen, who debuted connected this time successful 1941 (although helium did look earlier arsenic “office boy” successful Action Comics 6). Created by Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster & Bob Maxwell. I can’t hold for you to spot @SkylerGisondo’s portrayal successful #Superman connected July… pic.twitter.com/PG7DdF7QSL

— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) August 25, 2024

Outside of his exemplary portrayal successful DC’s anime-inspired show, My Adventures with Superman, Jimmy Olsen hasn’t had a stellar way grounds successful mainstream media. Despite appearing alongside chap reporters Lois Lane and Kent, Olsen is much often than not treated similar an other acceptable dressing for the Daily Planet’s newsroom setting. However, his broadside quality presumption is preferable to his portrayal successful Zack Snyder’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, which saw him swiftly unalived successful the film’s opening moments. That’s rough, buddy.

Thankfully for the Olsen heads retired there, Gunn’s rotation connected the quality looks to springiness him much than an explosive exit. In opposition to much caller Superman projects, Gunn’s instrumentality volition showcase a new, younger Kal-el. This tidbit not lone lampshades David Corenswet’s Superman and his increasing pains handling villains similar Nicholas Hoult’s Lex Luthor and (potential) Brainiac alien attack, but it besides implies we’ll spot the dynamic betwixt the Daily Planet’s newsman trio arsenic well.

Considering that Superman has wrapped up filming, it would beryllium omniscient to expect much first-look breadcrumbs from Gunn arsenic we attack the July 2025 merchandise window. We cognize arsenic much, acknowledgment to a precise tongue-in-cheek Threads station from Gunn that was some pro-Union for ocular effects artists and captious of Marvel’s reshoot-heavy attack to filmmaking.

“This is wherefore we wrapped connected Superman a twelvemonth earlier merchandise and wherefore they’ve been hard astatine enactment connected galore shots for months earlier that. This is wherefore we commencement heartily editing during the shoot. It’s wherefore I hole truthful vigorously and wherefore we lone sprout finished screenplays,” Gunn wrote. “And Supergirl, which I’m not directing, is being handled the aforesaid way. I can’t praise the VFX artists that assistance america make magic enough.”

It should beryllium noted that Superman is slated to beryllium released alongside Marvel’s The Fantastic Four: First Steps, which opens July 25 and stars Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach.

As with everything superhero marketing, clip volition archer whether Gunn volition grace societal media erstwhile again to people the instauration of a Superman movie quality with a archetypal look astatine its actors successful comic-book-accurate garb. In the lag time, we tin look guardant to seeing Rachel Brosnahan arsenic Lois Lane, Isabela Merced arsenic Hawkgirl, Edi Gathegi arsenic Mister Terrific, Wendell Pierce arsenic Perry White, Pruitt Taylor Vince arsenic Pa Kent, and Nathan Fillion arsenic Green Lantern.

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