{"id":618158,"date":"2026-04-20T00:54:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T00:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/618158\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T00:54:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T00:54:13","slug":"andre-royo-joins-gunns-man-of-tomorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/618158\/","title":{"rendered":"Andre Royo Joins Gunn&#8217;s &#8220;Man of Tomorrow&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/andre-royo-joins-gunns-man-of-tomorrow.jpg\" data-caption=\"Apple TV\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/andre-royo-joins-gunns-man-of-tomorrow.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"andre-royo-joins-gunns-man-of-tomorrow\"\/><\/a>Apple TV<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Wire\u201d and \u201cTruth Be Told\u201d actor Andre Royo has officially joined the cast of the \u201cSuperman\u201d sequel \u201cMan of Tomorrow\u201d in an undisclosed role.<\/p>\n<p>Royo is best known for his work as Reginald \u2018Bubbles\u2019 Cousins in \u201cThe Wire\u201d but has a long film and TV career, with his most recent film being \u201cTo Leslie\u201d.  He previously worked with James Gunn on 2010 superhero comedy \u201cSuper\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>DC Studios co-CEO and the film\u2019s writer\/director James Gunn shared the announcement in a post on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/@jamesgunn\/post\/DXUN6YPAEQO\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Threads<\/a>, saying: \u201cAfter fifteen years it\u2019s great to be working with Andre again!\u201d Gunn shared in his post.<\/p>\n<p>Speculation is already mounting that Royo may be playing J\u2019onn J\u2019onzz a.k.a. Martian Manhunter \u2013 the superpowered alien with shapeshifting abilities who remains an important character for DC even as he\u2019s not really had much screen time in live-action form.<\/p>\n<p>Gunn already teased the character\u2019s appearance previously \u2013 most notably with a Chocos reference \u2013 a treat the character famously loves.<\/p>\n<p>He joins David Corenswet as Clark Kent\/Superman, Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane, Lars Eidinger as Brainiac, Aaron Pierre as Green Lantern John Stewart and Adria Arjona among others.<\/p>\n<p>Filming has just gotten underway in Atlanta ahead of a planned July 9th 2027 release.<\/p>\n<p>Previous article<a href=\"https:\/\/www.darkhorizons.com\/avengers-endgame-re-release-adds-unseen-scenes\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cAvengers: Endgame\u201d Re-Release Adds Unseen Scenes<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Next article<a href=\"https:\/\/www.darkhorizons.com\/glen-powell-vs-giant-ants-in-them-talk\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Glen Powell vs. Giant Ants In \u201cThem!\u201d Talk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Apple TV \u201cThe Wire\u201d and \u201cTruth Be Told\u201d actor Andre Royo has officially joined the cast of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":618159,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[64,63,142132,447,134],"class_list":{"0":"post-618158","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-bigslider","11":"tag-celebrities","12":"tag-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=618158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618158\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/618159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=618158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=618158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=618158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}