After Naagzilla with Kartik Aaryan, Karan Johar sets up another creature universe with Rajkummar Rao

Rajkummar Rao is on a roll, signing films left right and centre after the success of Stree 2. While Maalik is all set to release on July 12, we have exclusively learnt that Rajkummar Rao has signed a one of its kind creature film for Karan Johar to be directed by Sandeep Modi. Reliable sources confirm that the film will go on floors towards the end of 2025, with a start-to-finish schedule. "Rajkummar Rao has signed on for Karan Johar's next with director Sandeep Modi. It's a creature-based thriller, to be mounted on a big scale and the makers are looking to create a franchise out of the same," a source shared with Bollywood Hungama. The source further informed us that the film will go on floors around November 2025, and the director, Sandeep Modi, has already begun pre-production. “Rajkummar Rao has signed the film for an agreed sum of Rs. 12 crores, which is his biggest pay cheque to date. He is excited to partner with Karan Johar on the project,” the source added....

The arrival of a new Superman cant distract us from The Flashs dim box office

James Gunn’s Superman Legacy will star David Corenswet and Rachel Brosnahan, and the fate of the flagging DCU – possibly the comic book movie era itself – may depend on its success

How convenient that just when DC needed to distract us from the sad debacle that is The Flash’s box office results, there’s an all-new Superman (and Lois Lane) to announce? Philadelphia-born David Corenswet, 29, will step into Kal-El’s famous red and blue suit, while Rachel Brosnahan will spend the next few years gazing adoringly at him. The pair will make their first foray into the DC Universe in head honcho James Gunn’s Superman Legacy, due out in 2025, replacing previous incumbents Henry Cavill and Amy Adams.

Corenswet is best known for a supporting role in the Ryan Murphy series The Politician, while Brosnahan is the better-known of the pair, having brilliantly headlined five remarkable seasons of the Amazon Prime stalwart The Marvellous Mrs Maisel. What does their casting tell us about Gunn’s film? Is there a clue here in that Corenswet looks nothing like Christopher Reeve, by far the most iconic big screen iteration of the man of steel? Or in the fact that DC have picked an actor best known for their comedy to play Lane? It’s hard to tell at this stage.

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