James Gunn's Superman marks the triumphant theatrical return of Smallville's favorite son
kicking off a bold new era of DC storytelling under the umbrella of DC Studios. In Superman:
The Art and Making of the Film fans are granted an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at Gunn's
vision for a Superman that brings the character back to his optimistic heroic and brightly
colored roots with all the action adventure humor and heart that audiences have experienced
in his previous DC entries The Suicide Squad Peacemaker and Creature Commandos . Author
James Field ( The Art of The Batman ) documents every stage of the film's production from Gunn
and his DC Studios co-chairman and co-CEO Peter Safran's earliest conversations about what
their vision for Superman would be and what he would represent to the comics they would turn
to for inspiration to costume and set design and continuing on to post-production FX. Field
conducted interviews with all of the film's key creatives and presents an engaging narrative of
the highly collaborative filmmaking process. The book includes an introduction from writer
director producer James Gunn a foreword by Superman himself David Corenswet and a plethora
of concept art and unit photography. Featured are Metropolis-inspired directly by the art of
Superman co-creator Joe Shuster the staggeringly beautiful Fortress of Solitude the Daily
Planet offices and other locations in the film along with costume and character designs for
David Corenswet's Superman Rachel Brosnahan's Lois Lane Nicholas Hoult's Lex Luthor Nathan
Fillion's Green Lantern Isabela Merced's Hawkgirl Anthony Carrigan's Metamorpho Edi
Gathegi's Mr. Terrific and of course Krypto the Super Dog. Superman: The Art and Making of
the Film is the ultimate companion to the first epic big-screen entry in the DC Studios canon.
