James Gunn Announced Henry Cavill’s Exit from Superman Series

According to a report in Variety, James Gunn has announced his feature film about Superman. Gunn has also revealed that Henry Cavill will not return as the hero.

“Peter & I have a DC slate ready to go, which we couldn’t be more over-the-moon about; we’ll be able to share some exciting information about our first projects at the beginning of the new year,” the director-turned-label-chief tweeted Wednesday evening.

“Among those on the slate is Superman. In the initial stages, our story will be focusing on an earlier part of Superman’s life, so the character will not be played by Henry Cavill. But we just had a great meeting with Henry and we’re big fans and we talked about a number of exciting possibilities to work together in the future.”

Cavill confirmed that he would not be reprising the role of Superman in a statement shared on Instagram.

Cavill starred in Man of Steel (2013) and Batman VS Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) both were directed by Zack Synder