James Gunn Says They’re ‘Narrowing Down’ Toward Superman: Legacy Casting

James Gunn is in the casting process for Superman: Legacy and he says that they’re closing in on their potential choices. Gunn gave an update on the film during his appearance on Michael Rosenbaum’s Inside of You podcast, and you can see some highlights from the discussion below (per Deadline):

On the casting process: “Now that we’ve kind of done a lot of auditions, we’re narrowing it down. We’re not done yet.”

On rumors of particular stars being cast or in the mix: “There’s things in there that are completely false, but I I can’t go out there and say ‘Oh this isn’t true, and this isn’t true’ without going through everything. And by the way, it’s not the audience’s — at this point, I don’t think it’s the business of anyone who is screen testing for a role. That is a very private thing.”

On how the rumors circulate: “ Journalists have to do what they have to do. That’s their job. They’re trying to get hits. They find out some things from agencies, but here’s the problem — is that they find out some things from agencies that might be true. They find out other things from agencies, which are agencies pushing their clients and trying to pump it up, like ‘I think my client is testing!’ There’s a lot of nonsense that comes out of it, and that’s difficult, because there’s people out there that are supposedly testing that aren’t, and that must be difficult for them as people. And there’s other people that might be testing… and I think it’s a private thing between me and them.”