New Superman Trailer Teaser Finally Properly Reveals Brand New Villain, The Hammer of Boravia
DC Studios has released a teaser for tomorrow’s Superman trailer, and with it revealed a brand new villain: The Hammer of Boravia.
DC Studios has released a teaser for tomorrow’s Superman trailer, and with it revealed a brand new villain: The Hammer of Boravia.
Eyes up here. Trailer Tomorrow. #Lookup #Superman pic.twitter.com/htyAfiXvDW— Superman (@Superman) May 13, 2025
Warning! Potential spoilers for Superman follow:
The teaser shows Superman fighting a heavily armored villain, The Hammer of Boravia, who can fly and use an ocular laser attack. This character, an original character created by James Gunn for the film, was actually first seen on the front page of the Daily Planet in promotional material released last year.
According to the newspaper story, The Hammer of Boravia attacked Downtown Metropolis in "retribution for the recent political interventions in Boravia by Superman." The attack resulted in over $20 million in property damage and sent 22 Metropolis citizens to the hospital. It looks like today’s teaser, and tomorrow’s full trailer, will show Superman fighting this "superpowered mystery man."
The newspaper article, written by Clark Kent himself, continues: "Boravia has been the source of numerous headlines worldwide in recent weeks as it invaded its neighboring country Jarhanpur, only for the brief war to be swiftly ended by the Superman. The President of Boravia, Vasil Glarkos, maintains the Hammer of Boravia is not a representative of the national government, but rather an independent vigilante…"
There’s a lot of speculation about the true identity of The Hammer of Boravia (Ultraman in the prevailing theory). But we are getting a better sense of the villains Superman will go up against in the film. Apart from Lex Luthor himself (there’s a new shot of Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor in the teaser), there’s the aforementioned Ultraman and The Hammer of Boravia, and The Engineer, played by María Gabriela de Faría.
Superman stars David Corenswet as Clark Kent, Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane, Milly Alcock as Supergirl, and Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor. The film was written and directed by James Gunn, and is set to fly into theaters on July 11, 2025.
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