The eagerly anticipated Man of Steel sequel from 2013—featuring Henry Cavill as the title character—might not happen, according to recent sources. Joss Whedon completed The Justice League movie after Zack Snyder left Warner Bros. The movie was released to mixed reviews from both the public and reviewers. Following this, the schedule for upcoming DC movies was largely unknown until recently.
Amid speculations that Henry Cavill might not reprise his role as Superman, he appeared in a cameo role in the 2022 film Black Adam alongside Dwayne The Rock Johnson. The actor exited the Netflix fantasy series The Witcher, it was then speculated that his exit from the series could be due to him working on a Man of Steel.
The actor even publicly confirmed that he was excited to play the Man of Steel in future DC projects. A couple of months after the announcement, a large reshuffle had happened at the head of Warner Bros and DC Studios. The newly appointed CEO of Warner Bros David Zaslav had brought on director James Gunn and producer Peter Safran to spearhead DC projects from now on.
Gunn and Safran are currently drafting a multi-year plan for DC and it seems that a collateral damage of their revised plan could end up being Man of Steel 2. Henry Cavill is yet to comment on this new development.
