Beck Bennett Joins James Gunn’s ‘Superman’ as Reporter Steve Lombard

News June 6, 2024 3:46 pm Caleb Williams

In a minor update, director James Gunn has announced that actor Beck Bennett has joined the ensemble cast of his upcoming Superman feature film. The actor is best known for his comedic act on Saturday Night Live. The original reports stated that Bennett revealed that the actor was going to play a “known reporter from the Daily Planet” alongside Lois Lane (played by Rachel Brosnahan) and Jimmy Olsen (played by Skyler Gisondo). The director went on to confirm that the actor was going to play Steve Lombard. Production of the upcoming DC Studios reboot is currently underway in Atlanta.

Superman is scheduled to fly into theaters on July 11th, 2025

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Caleb eventually sold Omega Underground and all its assets to Geeks World Wide, LLC in 2018 and became a staff writer for them for about a year. Finally, Caleb left GWW to begin Knight Edge Media from scratch in November 2019 while finishing his Bachelor’s degree. Knight Edge Media has become a premier website destination for nerdy film and television casting, trailers, reviews, and production updates from the project’s announcement to its final worldwide release. Knight Edge Media has also been known for breaking several exclusive news stories throughout the website’s history.

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