Overview

• The film opens on July 11, 2025, and ticket presales have topped $10 million as anticipation builds for the DC Cinematic Universe kickoff.
• Carrigan’s transformation into Metamorpho involves a five-to-six hour makeup process featuring layers of prosthetics and body paint to achieve elemental textures.
• Director and DC Studios co-head James Gunn insisted on practical effects for Metamorpho’s look to create a tangible on-screen presence alongside CGI sequences.
• In the movie, Lex Luthor forces Metamorpho to morph into kryptonite, casting the character as an unwilling antagonist torn between duty and conscience.
• The production nods to Metamorpho’s 1965 comic origins by referencing Stagg Industries while hinting at a potentially revised cinematic origin story.