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First trailer for James Gunn’s ‘Brightburn’ gives birth to the anti Superman

Elizabeth Banks stars in Sony PIctures' BRIGHTBURN.

Coinciding with its reveal at Brazil CCXP, Sony Pictures released the official International Trailer for James Gunn’s Brightburn.

Produced by Gunn and Kenneth Huang, It is written by Mark Gunn & Brian Gunn, and directed by David Yarovesky. Starring Elizabeth Banks, David Denman, Jackson A. Dunn, Matt Jones and Meredith Hagner.

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The film will open at cinemas across the UK and Ireland on May 24, 2019.

Brightburn Official Synopsis

What if a child from another world crash-landed on Earth, but instead of becoming a hero to mankind, he proved to be something far more sinister? With Brightburn, the visionary filmmaker of Guardians of the Galaxy and Slither presents a startling, subversive take on a radical new genre: superhero horror.