Black Superman Movie Was Reportedly Canceled for Being “Too Woke”

The Black Superman movie has been canceled. David Corenswet’s take on Clark Kent just debuted in the new DC Universe. The highly-anticipated film is making waves at the box office already, surpassing projections, which could lead to Superman recouping its budget and then some. While the DCU has its own Superman, another version of the character was scrapped.

According to a new DC report from the Wall Street Journal, the Black Superman movie by writer Ta-Nehisi Coates was canceled for being “too woke” in the eyes of Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav after he assumed the studio back in 2022. The planned Superman movie reimagining would have focused on a Black Superman in the civil rights era.

J.J. Abrams was originally set to produce the Black Superman movie, among other DC ventures. While Zaslav killed the project years ago, the new DC report reveals there is still a possibility it could come back. According to the Wall Street Journal, the Black Superman movie could still happen in the future under James Gunn and Peter Safran’s DC Studios.

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