James Gunn is defending the Man of Steel.
The “Superman” director addressed the negative response to a new teaser trailer for the DC film that shows David Corenswet’s Superman flying through a frozen tundra.
One critic told Gunn, 58, on Threads, “There’s something with his face that looks a little off. I know there’s plenty of time to refine the CG.”
Gunn replied, “There is absolutely zero CG in his face. People’s faces can look different when you put a wide angle lens up close. The background plate in Svalbard is 100% real as is David.”
Gunn’s response came after several fans claimed that Corenswet’s face in the flying shot didn’t look real.
“The flying scene looks a little rough,” one account wrote on X in a reply to Gunn’s post with the teaser.
“Respectfully the CGI looks really bad, especially during the flying sequence,” another fan said. “It looks like an AI face swap.”
“Nah this ain’t it,” a different fan wrote.
A fourth fan said, “This is objectively terrible looking. lol Wow.”
Someone else wrote, “Took a lot of balls to post this with crossed eye CGI Superman at the end.”
A different X account said the flying scene looked “goofy” and “cheap.”
Gunn, who directed the “Guardians of the Galaxy” trilogy and “The Suicide Squad,” was named co-chairman and co-CEO of DC Studios alongside Peter Safran in 2022.
“We’re honored to be the stewards of these DC characters we’ve loved since we were children,” Gunn and Safran, 59, said in a statement obtained by The Post. “We look forward to collaborating with the most talented writers, directors, and actors in the world to create an integrated, multilayered universe that still allows for the individual expression of the artists involved.”
“Superman” is Gunn’s first film in the new DC Universe. The movie, which was originally titled “‘Superman: Legacy,” is part of an initial grouping of films dubbed Chapter One: Gods and Monsters.
The July 2025 blockbuster stars Corenswet as Clark Kent/Superman, Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane, Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor, Nathan Fillion as Green Lantern, Isabela Merced as Hawkgirl, Anthony Carrigan as Metamorpho and Edi Gathegi as Mister Terrific.
Gunn is also directing “Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow,” starring “House of the Dragon” alum Milly Alcock as Superman’s cousin, which will be released in theaters in July 2026.
The director confirmed on X last week that filming started on “Supergirl.”
“Thrilled to see cameras roll at Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden on Supergirl, with Craig Gillespie at the helm and the phenomenal Milly Alcock as our Kara Zor-El,” he wrote.
