The subsequent of the upcoming DC films is only a few months away, with James Gunn’s Superman kicking off the theatrical aspect of the DC Universe franchise in July. The primary Superman trailer premiered in December, and earlier this week, an prolonged look was screened for CinemaCon attendees. Now that footage has been launched to the general public, and I believe we are able to all agree that Clark Kent’s canine Krypto is the scene-stealer, no query. Having mentioned that, there are two different main moments on this nearly-five-minute preview that I would like to speak about.
Truly, earlier than I get into that, watch the brand new Superman preview under in the event you haven’t already:
Most of this prolonged look reveals Krypto dragging an injured Clark again to the Fortress of Solitude to be handled by its robots. Not like how the scene was reduce collectively within the December trailer, we see that Krypto isn’t instantly useful, leaping on high of the Kryptonian hero and biting at his foot and sleeve earlier than lastly grabbing the cape. The extraterrestrial canine is clearly a handful, nevertheless it doesn’t matter, he’s nonetheless boy. He will get a 12/10.
After the Krypto scene was completed, the preview wrapped up with different scenes from the teaser trailer that had been barely expanded. One particularly caught my eye, the primary being… is Superman crying over Alan Tudyk?
Okay, I phrased that too actually, however hear me out. There are 4 Kryptonian automatons that choose up Clark/Kal-El when Krypto will get him into the Fortress of Solitude, they usually expose him to a focus dose of yellow daylight to speed up the therapeutic of his accidents. Every of those automatons have a numerical designation, and #4 is voiced by Alan Tudyk, who’s the voice of Physician Phosphorous, Clayface and Will Magnus in Creature Commandos. Tudyk’s casting in Superman was introduced final fall, and if my hunch is right, he’s voicing Kelex.
This robotic was created by John Byrne for 1986’s The Man of Metal #1 and was beforehand depicted in live-action within the 2013 film Man of Metal. I’m additionally pretty assured that Tudyk’s Kelex, if that’s certainly his function, is the robotic whom Clark is crying over. Why would he be crying over a robotic? Effectively, if this film’s following the supply materials intently, then Kelex is the principle caretaker of the Fortress of Solitude, that means he’s identified Clark for a very long time. It’d make sense why our hero would have an emotional attachment to this robotic in comparison with the others.
What reduce Kelex in half? And why can’t he simply be repaired by way of among the know-how on the Fortress of Solitude? Or is that this not Kelex in any respect, during which case why is Clark so damaged up about it being broken? We’ll discover out when Superman flies into theaters on July 11.