Saturday Night Live’s Beck Bennett has joined the cast of James Gunn’s Superman as a Daily Planet reporter.

James Gunn’s Superman is nonetheless in the midst of production in Atlanta, and it is been reported that Beck Bennett, finest recognized for Saturday Night Live, has joined the cast as a “notable reporter” at the Daily Planet.

The initial reports didn’t specify precisely who Beck Bennett plays in Superman, but James Gunn confirmed on Instagram that he would play Steve Lombard, a brash and arrogant sports reporter who enjoys playing childish sensible jokes on Clark Kent. A not too long ago released photo of many Superman cast members incorporated Bennett, who is observed with a mustache, which Lombard generally sports.

Superman stars David Corenswet (Pearl) as Clark Kent and Rachel Brosnahan (The Marvelous Ms. Maisel) as Lois Lane. The cast also contains Nathan Fillion (The Rookie) as Guy Gardner, a charismatic and slightly obnoxious member of the Green Lantern Corps Isabela Merced (Dora and the Lost City of Gold) as Hawkgirl Edi Gathegi (X-Men: First Class) as Mister Terrific Anthony Carrigan (Barry) as Metamorpho María Gabriela de Faría (Deadly Class) as The Engineer, a member of The Authority Sara Sampaio (At Midnight) as Eve Teschmacher Skyler Gisondo (The Righteous Gemstones) as Jimmy Olsen Wendell Pierce as Perry White Neva Howell as Martha Kent Pruitt Taylor-Vince as Jonathan Kent and Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor.

We got our initially official appear at Corenswet suited up as Superman final month, and the outcomes have been mixed, to say the least. The position Corenswet was in didn’t do the suit any favours as it looked wrinkled and bunched in the incorrect locations, but most fans want to see additional ahead of they pass judgment.

DC Studios co-CEO Peter Safran has previously teased that Superman will not be an origin story and will concentrate on “Superman balancing his Kryptonian heritage with his human upbringing. Superman represents truth, justice and the American way. He is kindness in a world that thinks of kindness as old fashioned.” Superman is slated to hit theaters on July 11, 2025.

What do you assume of Beck Bennett playing Steve Lombard in Superman?