henry cavill has confirmed he will not be back as superman after announcing his return earlier this year the news comes as dc studios head james gunn announced theyre moving forward with a new superman movie which he is currently writingcavill shared a statement on instagram confirming the news i just had a meeting with james gunn and peter safran and its sad news everyone he wrote i will after all not be returning as superman after being told by the studio to announce my return back in october prior to their hire this news isnt the easiest but thats life the changing of the guard is something that happens i respect that james and peter have a universe to build i wish them and all involved with the new universe the best of luck and the happiest of fortuneshe went on to thank those hes worked with as well as fans of the character for those who have been by my side for years we can mourn for a bit but then we must remember superman is still around cavill addedgunn elaborated on the news confirming theyre planning to take superman in a new direction peter i have a dc slate ready to go which we couldnt be more overthemoon about well be able to share some exciting information about our first projects at the beginning of the new year he tweeted among those on the slate is superman in the initial stages our story will be focusing on an earlier part of supermans life so the character will not be played by henry cavilla post shared by henry cavill henrycavilla photo posted by on in a later tweet gunn confirmed he is writing the movie but is unsure who will be directing it the guardians of the galaxy director also announced it will not be an origin movie despite focusing on an earlier part of the characters lifegunn said he and safran have had a meeting with ben affleck too as hes interested in directing another project for dc but not supermanrumors about cavills departure had been circulating since the hollywood reporter published a report into how dc will be changing going forward other casualties include wonder woman 3 while the fates of black adam 2 and aquaman 3 are also still up in the airthis is also the second major franchise cavill has left in 2022 after he confirmed he was also leaving the witcher in season 4 hell be replaced by actor liam hemsworthfor more on dc heres how to watch the dc movies in order