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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A new Superman movie will wrap filming in Ohio this week after several weeks of rolling cameras at iconic Buckeye State sites, including Cincinnati's Union Terminal and Cleveland's Public Square.
The DC Studios movie titled simply "Superman" closed a stint of filming in Cleveland on Tuesday and is shooting in Cincinnati late this week for the movie's final days in Ohio, according to northeast Ohio agency Angela Boehm Casting. Film crews are now being spotted at Cincinnati's Union Terminal, closed on Thursday for a "private event rental"; the building is known to be the inspiration for the Justice League's headquarters in the 1970s animated "Super Friends" series.
NBC4's northeast Ohio sister station, WJW, captured the cast and crew filming at Cleveland's Public Square, Progressive Field, Headlands Beach State Park and in Sandusky. Actor David Corenswet, cast as Superman, was also seen donning the character's iconic costume while walking down the steps of City Hall.
Director James Gunn took to social media Wednesday to thank Cleveland and wrote that when he first came to scout the city for possible filming locations a year ago, Terminal Tower was lit up with Superman's signature colors.
"Cleveland -- today we are leaving you after six amazing weeks of shooting," Gunn's post reads. "I would walk down your streets and someone would stop me and tell me how grateful they were we were shooting in their city -- not once, not twice, but dozens of times."
Gunn noted "the pride you feel in being where Jerry and Joe first created Superman," referring to writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster who brought Superman to life while attending Cleveland's Glenville High School in 1933.
The director also thanked the local background actors who "were always so fun and funny and they clapped after takes, something that reminded us Hollywood cynics why we make movies in the first place."
Angela Boehm had posted casting calls for the movie in April, calling for Ohioans to apply to be background actors earning $12 per hour. Calls were also posted for stand-in actors, who worked firsthand with Gunn and earned $13 per hour. The Greater Cleveland Film Commission also announced that "Superman" was accepting applications from those wishing to work as a member of the crew.
Angela Boehm and the commission referred to the film as "Genesis," the movie's code name listed in an Ohio Motion Picture Tax Credit application that states the project received $11,091,686 in tax credits. The application also said the movie was expected to hire 3,254 Ohio residents to take part in the production.
DC's Ohio-related expenses are projected to exceed $36 million, which makes up about 10% of the movie's total budget of more than $363 million. Gunn, an American filmmaker, also wrote the movie, which started filming on Feb. 29.
Gunn is the director of Marvel's "Guardians of the Galaxy" trilogy and is relaunching DC's cinematic franchise with Corenswet as Clark Kent, replacing British actor Henry Cavill who first starred as Superman in 2013's "Man of Steel." Rachel Brosnahan from "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" as Lois Lane and Nicholas Hoult from "The Great" as Lex Luthor round out Gunn's cast.
"Superman" is scheduled to be released in theaters July 11, 2025.
