Up, up and away! A "Superman" sequel is in the works.

Watch the trailer for "Superman" in the player above.

Writer-director James Gunn, who now presides over DC Studios with producer Peter Safran, shared on Instagram Wednesday that a new film, called "Man of Tomorrow," will arrive in theaters July 9, 2027.

His post included an image of Superman and Lex Luthor standing together, with Luthor in a purple-and-green power suit with his fists clenched. The 2015 artwork, drawn by Chief Creative Officer of DC Comics Jim Lee, shows Superman holding a screwdriver, smiling and leaning on Luthor.

"Superman" was released in July and took a unique approach to the mainstream superhero — though it differed from the idiosyncratic, misfit approach of Gunn's other superhero films like "Suicide Squad" and

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