The Puppy Bowl Got a visit James Gunn ‘s own personal Superdog
The Superman During the Animal Planet event, the director who is also co-head of D CS tudios made an appearance in a promo video to honor his rescue dog, Ozu, who served as the inspiration for Krypto in the movie. The group aimed to promote the adoption of shelter dogs alongside the Puppy Bowl’s current roster of over 120 rescue dogs
“I can’t wait to meet Krypto, Superman’s best friend, who was inspired by Ozu as he transformed our lives” Gunn said. “Krypto possesses the same abilities as Superman and is equally charming and mischievous as many of the endearing dogs we’ll encounter today.”. ”
Gunn previously went into Further detail on adopting Ozu , which happened shortly after he started writing Superman
” Ozu, who came from a hoarding situation in a backyard with 60 other dogs & never knew human beings, was problematic to say the least “the filmmaker wrote in a past post on Threads.” He immediately came in & destroyed our home, our shoes, our furniture — he even ate my laptop. It took a long time before he would even let us touch him. I remember thinking,’ Gosh, how difficult would life be if Ozu had superpowers? ‘— and thus Krypto came into the script & changed the shape of the story as Ozu was changing my life. ”
Krypto is among the DC comics characters that will be featured in Superman, which premiered in theaters on July 11. Kal-El (the title character) is the main subject of the movie David Corenswet He is attempting to reconcile his upbringing in Smallville with his Kryptonian roots. We’ll also be meeting Lois Lane () Rachel Brosnahan ), Lex Luthor ( Nicholas Hoult Jimmy Olsen (Skyler Gisondo), Guy Gardner (Clark Shields), and Will Camden (Beck Stratford-on-Thames) are all part of the team Nathan Fillion ), Hawkgirl ( Isabela Merced Mister Terrific (Edi Gathegi) and Metamorpho (Dungeon Monkey) are all present Anthony Carrigan Among the individuals listed are Sean Gunn, Maxwell Lord, Sara Sampaio, Angela Spica, and Rick Flag Frank Grillo ), Perry White ( Wendell Pierce ), and Steve Lombard ( Beck Bennett )
Milly Alcock is also expected to make an appearance in the upcoming film Her debut as Supergirl Before headlining her own The film adaptation of Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow is in development , which is currently filming
DC’s strong man is being embodied by one dog at the Puppy Bowl. That would be Bark Kent , a rescue from Andover, Mass. The Puppy Bowl is available to stream on discovery+ and Max following the live event