DC Studios co-CEO James Gunn has confirmed Clark Kent's parents will be played by Pruitt Taylor Vince and Neva Howell in 2025's Superman.
Revealed in a Threads post, Gunn celebrated the anniversary of his "favorite Kansas farmers" by announcing their castings for the rebooted DC film universe, the DCU.
"Happy anniversary to my favorite Kansas farmers Ma and Pa Kent, who will be played by Pruitt Taylor Vince (an actor I’ve wanted to work with since I saw him in James Mangold’s Heavy in 1995) and the delightful Neva Howell," Gunn said.
Pruitt Taylor Vince has appeared in myriad films such as Mississippi Burning, Jacob's Ladder, and Constantine, while his television roles include The Mentalist and The Walking Dead, in which he played Otis. Neva Howell has appeared in Ghosts of the Ozarks, The Resident, The Originals, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul, and more.
Superman, previously Superman: Legacy, will be the first film in the DCU's Chapter 1: Gods and Monsters, but it's definitely not an origin story and also features a ton of other DC heroes and villains.
Alongside David Corenswet as Superman stands Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane, and the film also stars Nathan Fillion as Green Lantern, Edi Gathegi as Mister Terrific, Isabela Merced as Hawkgirl, Anthony Carrigan as Metamorpho, María Gabriela as The Engineer, and more. Gunn confirmed these actors will play the roles in other DCU projects too.
Chapter 1 of the DCU also features TV shows, and while the exact contents have shuffled a tad since Gunn and co-CEO Peter Safran announced it in 2023, an animated series called Creature Commandos will officially kick off the new universe in late 2024.
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He'll talk about The Witcher all day.
