James Gunn has found Superman’s adopted father Jonathan Kent for his 2025 blockbuster in “Murder One” actor Pruitt Taylor Vince, according to TheWrap.
Taylor Vince will be playing Clark Kent’s adoptive father from Smallville, Kansas who, along with his loving wife, Martha (yet to be cast), raises the would-be Superman on a farm in America’s Heartland. In many incarnations, Jonathan and Martha are responsible for installing the Man of Steel with all of his qualities that make him the hero he becomes.
Taylor Vince is currently starring as a series regular in the Apple TV+ series “Lady in the Lake,” with Natalie Portman. Other work includes recurring in Netflix’s “Stranger Things,” Marvel’s “Agents of SHIELD,” NBC’s “Heroes Reborn,” “The Walking Dead,” and his Emmy award winning work on “Murder One.” He has also starred in Netflix’s “Birdbox” opposite Sandra Bullock and “The Life and Death of John Gotti” opposite John Travolta.
“Superman” stars David Corenswet as Clark Kent/Superman, Rachel Brosnahan as star studded Daily Planet reporter Lois Lane, Skyler Gisondo as photographer Jimmy Olsen, and Wendell Pierce as Perry White.
The cast also includes Nicholas Hoult as classic antagonist Lex Luthor, Sara Sampaio as Eve Teschmacher, Edi Gathegi as Mister Terrific, Terence Rosemore as Otis, Anthony Carrigan as Metamorpho, Isabela Merced as Hawkgirl, Nathan Fillion as Guy Gardner and María Gabriela de Faría as The Engineer.
“Superman” is slatted for a premier in July 2025.
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[…] Howell will be portraying Superman’s adoptive mother, Martha, who helps raise the future superhero in Smallville, Kansas alongside her husband, Jonathan. This new casting follows after Pruitt Taylor Vince’s announcement as Pa Kent. […]