SEATTLE — Look! Up in the sky! It's not a bird or a plane but a brand new Superman movie opening Friday July 11.

"Superman" is a re-boot, not just for the Man of Steel, but for the entire DC Universe. It's written and directed by James Gunn who made the quirky and often campy "Guardians of the Galaxy" films. 

Gunn said he couldn't figure out how to re-tell the Superman story until he discovered the "All-Star Superman" comics made 20 years ago by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely. 

Here we have a Superman whose motivations for saving humankind are openly questioned by the entire world. 

"In an interior way, it's about Superman having certain beliefs about himself, confronting those beliefs and learning things about himself he didn't know, and then, you know, trying to deal with that information," Gunn said. "So, it's a personal journey in that way."

Like Christopher Reeve in the late '70s the role of Superman has gone to a lesser known actor. In this case it's David Corenswet who had a supporting role in "Twisters."

"He's got the acting chops, he's got the comedy chops. He's able to deliver the fast paced dialog as I add it. And of course, he looks a heck of a lot like Superman," Gunn said. 

"My favorite thing is when I when Superman saves the girl from the barrel from the gas tanks being thrown at the big slow motion shot," Corenswet said.  "I love that shot. That's super cool."

Rachel Brosnahan, an Emmy winner for "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel," plays Superman's love interest Lois Lane, a fearless reporter for The Daily Planet.

"I think she's an everyday superhero," Brosnahan said. "I think while Clark has super strength and heat vision and can fly, she has the power of the pen and she has the ability to move the needle in the world that she lives in."

And Nicholas Hoult, who was so good in last year's "Juror No 2," shaved his head for the role of an especially vicious Lex Luthor.

"He's a guy who's driven by jealousy and envy so much that he's rationalized himself into believing that he's saving humanity because of what he's doing," said Gunn. "And that his jealousy is almost like a calling."

What promises to set this Superman apart from the others is Gunn's humor and humanity, which he discovered with the help of Krypto, Superman's super dog. The preview clip is the most watched trailer in Warner Brothers history.

Moviegoers will walk out of the theater wishing they could fly and be as powerful as Superman, but Gunn hopes they also realize something else. 

"What does Superman want? He wants to be us," Gunn said. "He wants to be able to connect to other people, to feel loved and feel like he loves someone else, to not be alone. And so I would hope that we would go out of the theater and just feel a little bit more grateful to be ourselves and find that Superman in us."

Saint Bryan's review:

James Gunn has a wildly imaginative and clever take on the Man of Steel. At times you may feel like you’re getting over served— a triple banana split supreme when a double scoop would suffice — but the familiar characters are good and the movie makes a timely statement about immigrants. 

"Superman" is rated PG-15 and opens July 11.

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