The new “Superman” movie is facing a steady wave of criticism from the right after the film’s director called out a political message he hopes viewers will take away from his reboot of

Gunn’s major innovation here is dropping in on Superman (David Corenswet) decades into his life on Earth, and a few years into his stint as the protector of Metropolis, that great city so often beset with otherworldly disasters.

Edition host A Martínez asks writer/director James Gunn, the man behind the reimagining of the entire DC Comics universe for the screen, about his vision for Superman.