The Jor-El of both “Flashpoint Beyond” and Gunn’s “Superman” shares a philosophy eerily reminiscent of Omni-Man and the Viltrumites. Other “Superman” adaptations played with the idea ...

The passing of Terence Stamp means many will be rewatching 'Superman II.' But what about his OTHER big Superman role?

The DCU made a bold and shocking change to Jor-El in Superman (2025), which was actually set up right from the very beginning of the movie.

James Gunn recently addressed Jor-El’s message to Kal-El in his new Superman movie and revealed whether the message was real or fake. Gunn’s flagship DCU movie, featuring David Corenswet ...

The new Superman movie is pointedly not an origin story for the iconic hero. Audiences have already seen the planet Krypton blow up, watched Kryptonian scientist Jor-El and his wife Lara send baby ...

[Warning: This article contains Superman spoilers.] “You will travel far, my little Kal-El,” Marlon Brando’s Jor-El says in 1978’s Superman: The Movie, which opens with the infant Last Son ...

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains minor spoilers for “Superman,” in theaters now. James Gunn has high praise for Bradley Cooper, which is why he needed him for a very important cameo in “Superman.” ...

Gunn mentioning holograms means he’s going to be the AI version of Jor-El that exists in the Fortress of Solitude. That aspect of Jor-El has been around since Superman: The Movie in 1978, and ...

Gunn confirmed in a new interview with Jake’s Takes that multi-Oscar nominee Bradley Cooper plays Superman’s father Jor-El in the DC Studios movie.

It's not as pleasant as the first half. As Superman learns alongside the rest of the world, Jor-El and Lara sent their son to Earth so he could rule over the weak and simple people of the planet.

Though Superman has had a few different canonical backstories in the comics, no mainstream origin had a Jor-El who sent his son to Earth for nefarious reasons.