Superman works on a reference shoot diving into pads during the filming of the Superman movie on Public Square.
Tribune News Service
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Cleveland has been the backdrop in some memorable action scenes in cinema history: the Battle of New York in “The Avengers,” the raining cars in “The Fate of the Furious,” the Sandman fight in “Spider-Man 3,” etc.
The sequence currently being shot in Public Square for DC’s upcoming “Superman” could join them. Lead actor David Corenswet was on set Tuesday morning, filming a short scene as Superman in which he appears to save a woman running from a giant, destructive monster. At least that’s according to bullhorn audio overheard in the area.
The Man of Steel’s iconic blue and red suit, however, was noticeably damaged and dirtier than the scene filmed Monday where Superman swoops in at the last second to save a dog from falling debris. Elsewhere on set, there is a path of torn-up concrete as if Superman burrowed underground from one end of the plaza to another. Not far away, a truck sits on a platform next to what looks to be large compressed-air tanks, seemingly ready to be tossed in the air.
If those weren’t enough signs of a classic, action-packed “Superman” sequence in the making, background actors spent a couple of hours looking up in the sky after being instructed to react to the arrival of another superhero as cameras — including a drone — captured the moment from multiple angles.
“I’d never shoot a big spoiler outside in the middle of the city,” director James Gunn said on social media on Monday when asked if he was concerned about set leaks.
Still, we’re going to keep this one to ourselves … for now.
Local production on “Superman” continues into next week. The film arrives in theaters on July 11, 2025.
