James Gunn’s mysterious Brightburn is coming into focus, and the first trailer reveals it’s a dark twist on one of the most famous comic book tales of all time.The trailer reveals that the film centers on a rural couple (Elizabeth Banks and David Denman), who discover an alien baby and adopt it. But no, this is no Superman. This child (Jackson A. Dunn) grows up not be a hero, but instead is a dark presence.
Brightburn has been shrouded in mystery, and more details originally were expected to be revealed in July at a San Diego Comic-Con panel, but that appearance was canceled, as it was scheduled just hours before Disney fired Gunn as director of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. Gunn has since moved on to writing a Suicide Squad sequel for DC and Warner Bros.
