Overview
- Industry outlets including The Hollywood Reporter and Variety reported Wednesday that Adria Arjona, Eva De Dominici, Sydney Chandler and Grace Van Patten tested in Atlanta and are finalists for the role many identify as Maxima.
- Earlier Wednesday, Deadline named different contenders and was rebuked by Gunn on Threads as “shoddy and incorrect,” after which the outlet posted an editors’ note and removed two of the names while noting Arjona had tested.
- Gunn has said he has cast every major part except one and he declined to confirm that Maxima is in the film when asked by fans.
- Variety reports cameras are set to roll late next week in Atlanta on Man of Tomorrow, written and directed by Gunn and slated for July 9, 2027, with David Corenswet, Nicholas Hoult and Lars Eidinger among the confirmed cast.
- Maxima is a DC Comics alien queen who has been both a foe and ally to Superman, and her inclusion, if confirmed, could shape the sequel’s larger, more cosmic stakes around Brainiac.