New "Superman" director James Gunn discussed how the film addresses politics, morality, and immigration while highlighting the character's belief in human kindness.

In Director James Gunn's new "Superman" film, America is nothing special—neither, for that matter, is Superman.

Trust has collapsed in the institutions Superman used to defend. Mr Kent’s chosen profession, it must be admitted, is not what it was. (The 1978 film dates itself by opening with a paean to a “symbol of hope”—not Superman but the Daily Planet,

Superman has had a connection to immigrants from the beginning. The superhero’s creators, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, were both the children of Jewish immigrants to the United States, from Lithuania and Ukraine, respectively, according to an article published by the Library of Congress.

The director of the reboot, James Gunn, called the superhero from the planet Krypton “an immigrant,” thrusting the summer popcorn movie into an Earthbound culture war.

Superman became an American symbol during World War II and a political lightning rod, making adapting him a heavier lift than Batman.

In the film’s bland, demoralizing vision, America is nothing special — and neither, for that matter, is Superman.

Director James Gunn talks about how the new "Superman" film is political and focuses on an "immigrant" who has "basic human kindness."

In the lead up to the film's release, some right-wing commentators have been in an uproar over 'Superman's' alleged immigrant-friendly politics. But Superman is still as 'all-American' as ever.

As a first look at one of the Superman SteelBooks has been revealed long before its home entertainment release, James Gunn has raised eyebrows with comments about Superman being a political