The pommel horse star drew comparisons to DC’s Man of Steel.
Olympic pommel horse champion Stephen Nederoscik quickly became beloved on social media during the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, with many drawing comparisons between him removing his eyeglasses before his performance, and DC’s Clark Kent transforming into Superman. The next onscreen Superman, David Corenswet, is even joining in on the comparisons. During a recent episode of Gold Meets Golden, Corenswet offered his congratulations to Nederoscik for his Olympic performance, while joking that they are both fighting for “truth, justice,” and more. Corenswet will make his onscreen debut as the Man of Steel in James Gunn’s Superman movie, which is scheduled to debut in the summer of 2025.
“Good afternoon, this is a special message for Stephen Nederoscik,” Corenswet says in his video message. “From one Clark Kent to another, thanks for bringing home a medal for the United States, and for continuing to fight for truth, justice, and the core strength of fifty normal men. Thanks for being exceptional, man. Well done.”
David Corenswet surprises Stephen Nedoroscik with a special message in a new video! pic.twitter.com/gDvnhTI1iP
— David Corenswet Files (@dcorenswetfiles) August 14, 2024
Superman‘s Cast and Crew
Per DC Studios, Superman tells the story of Superman’s journey to reconcile his Kryptonian heritage with his human upbringing as Clark Kent of Smallville, Kansas. He is the embodiment of truth, justice and a better tomorrow, guided by human kindness in a world that sees kindness as old-fashioned.
Superman will also star Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane, Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor, Skyler Gisondo as Jimmy Olsen, Wendell Pierce as Perry White, Sara Sampaio as Eve Teschmacher, Terence Rosemore as Otis, María Gabriela de Faría as Angela Spica / The Engineer, Isabela Merced as Kendra Saunders / Hawkgirl, Nathan Fillion as Guy Gardner, Edi Gathegi as Michael Holt / Mr. Terrific, Anthony Carrigan as Rex Mason / Metamorpho, Beck Bennett as Steve Lombard, Mikaela Hoover as Cat Grant, and Christopher McDonald as Ron Troupe.
The DC Universe Slate
The first chapter of DC Studios’ DC Universe slate will include 2025’s Superman, 2026’s Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, as well as the currently-undated movies The Brave and the Bold, Swamp Thing, and The Authority. On the television side, the DC Universe will launch an animated Creature Commandos series, the sophomore season of Peacemaker, as well as future shows Waller, Booster Gold, Lanterns, and Paradise Lost. An animated Jurassic League movie and a live-action Teen Titans movie are also reported to be in the works, but neither have been officially confirmed by DC Studios.
“A lot of people think it’s going to be Marvel 2.0, and definitely I learned a lot of stuff at Marvel. I think that we have a lot of differences,” Gunn explained in January of 2023. “We are telling a big, huge, central story that is like Marvel, except for, I think that we’re a lot more planned out than Marvel from the beginning because we’ve gotten a group of writers together to work that story out completely. But we’re also creating a universe that is like Star Wars, where there’s different times, different places, different things, or Game of Thrones, where characters are a little bit more morally complex.”
Superman will be released exclusively in theaters on July 11, 2025.
