Well, Superman (2025) is now available for streaming. Not for free, though. It’ll take a while before James Gunn‘s first entry in DC‘s live-action superhero reboots. It’ll take a few more months before it pops up in HBO Max because Superman (2025) is still raking in the dough in the cinema! However, in preparation for its release on streaming sites (for a fee, of course), DC had the brilliant marketing strategy of giving fans something for free.. for a limited time… which is now over.

Over the weekend, reports started buzzing about a free “making of” feature for Superman (2025) on YouTube. The thing is, you kind of had to be privileged to have seen this as you couldn’t simply type in “Adventures in the Making of Superman” on YouTube search engine and it’ll show up. You had go play like an intrepid reporter from the Daily Planet and crack a code and then enter a password on the official Superman website to get to see the video! Or, you could be a lazy guy like myself and just wait for the Internet to give you the link where you can watch the video! Yay me!

Now, here’s the thing: you cannot watch the Adventures of the Making of Superman anymore as the folks at DC have already marked the video as private. Even the link where you have to enter the password doesn’t seem to be available anymore! So, for now, I guess it’s only available to the people who have decided to go buy/rent Superman (2025) as its probably part of its special features or something like that.

Thankfully, I was privileged/lucky enough to have seen Adventures in the Making of Superman. And I also have more underhanded ways of still seeing it without buying the movie. So, although this isn’t something you might have seen or it might not be anything you’ll be able to see in the future, here is my review of Adventures in the Making of Superman.

Oh, this is going to sound weird but I have to put up the obligatory SPOILER WARNING up now. It’s not like there are going to be some real twists and turns as this is a “making of” featurette but, as Superman (2025) is still running in the theaters and it’s also going to be the first time some people are going to be watching it now that it’s available on streaming, I have to mention I will be talking about plot points from that film! So, yeah, SPOILER WARNING for Superman (2025)!

First off, although Adventures in the Making of Superman is a pretty long video about the production of the Superman (2025) film, it’s far from comprehensive. That’s understandable as, if they did, this would’ve been much longer than just an hour. In fact, I do think this Adventures in the Making of Superman is just basically what was supposed to be a really intensive look at the making of the film but edited out a lot of the more technical details as well as the parts focusing more about the special effects and the secondary characters.

What Adventures in the Making of Superman does leave in is kind of a look at James Gunn’s journey when it came to making the movie as well as his relationship with a few characters/actors, namely his Superman (David Corenswet), his Krypto (which is based on his real-life dog, Ozu) and his Lois Lane (Rachel Brosnahan). There are also some time put into things like how they designed the costume, specifically David Corenswet’s costume fitting and how the Fortress of Solitude was constructed. So, if you’re looking for an in-depth look at how James Gunn forced Nathan Fillion to wear that ridiculous bowl cut for his Guy Gardner or how intensive the makeup process for Anthony Carrigan was in order for him to look like Metamorpho, you’re just plain out of luck.

What they did leave in is still pretty interesting as it focused on several pivotal moments in the film, specifically, the opening scene in the Arctic, which was actually shot in a snowy land off of Norway, the scene where Lois Lane interviews Clark Kent/Superman and how James Gunn and David Corenswet got into a bit of an argument on how Superman should deliver his speech. There are other little things, like how Nicolas Hoult got the role of Lex Luthor and that scene with Clark Ken/Superman talking to Pa Kent (played by Pruitt Taylor Vince). However, most of Adventures in the Making of Superman’s time is used to talk about the three scenes I’ve mentioned… and for good reason.

For the first scene where they have to film Superman in the snow, it’s actually kind of beautiful how they didn’t use special effects create a soundstage for this. No, the crew actually trudged through the snow and freezing temperatures to get this scene and it took them two whole days to get those, what, six minutes of footage? I know the movie making business is tough but that takes it to a whole new level! I actually have a lot of respect for David Corenswet as he was the one who had to lie on the ice while wearing just the Superman costume to get these shots! It must’ve been painfully cold but it didn’t really show on screen and that’s a testament to his dedication.

The second scene they focused on what the date/interview scene between Lois Lane and Clark Kent/Superman. While they did discuss the chemistry between both David Corenswet and Rachel Brosnahan, watching them just going through the rehearsal of the scene just reinforced that idea. The entire thing also does show how James Gunn makes shooting a movie look fun. It doesn’t look like a painful process, which it kind of is as, if you look at the segment, means you have to film the scene over and over again but from different camera angles. This means, they have to say the same thing repeatedly throughout the day and I don’t think I could take that.

But to me the most important behind-the-scenes moment shown was definitely the final scene where Superman gives his speech to Lex Luthor. Personally, I do think David Corenswet overdid the hand gestures of the scene but he nailed the emotion. Anyway, this moment showed how there was a little bit of conflict between how David Corenswet and James Gunn thought how Superman should deliver the lines and how it shows why James Gunn is more than just a good director but an excellent director.

In the segment, David Corenswet believes Superman should be over all the insults Lex has been throwing his way. After all, he just had the heart-to-heart talk with his father. From David Corenswet’s point-of-view, people calling him an alien shouldn’t bother him because of what Pa Kent told him. James Gunn then explains how, while logically, it shouldn’t bother him because he knows he thinks of himself as human, the insult will still get under his skin. At this point, Superman has to show Lex Luthor it does bother him but that’s also what’s part about being human! I love how, after James Gunn tells David Corenswet this, they just go to work and get the shot.

This is a great moment as it shows how much James Gunn doesn’t just try to bully his actors into getting what he wants in the scene. It shows James Gunn actually explaining what he would want to see in the scene and what emotion the characters are feeling by talking through with it with the actor. In a way, him explaining what emotion he wants to get out of David Corenswet also shows how it’s okay for everyone to feel hurt. If Superman’s feelings can get hurt, then it should be okay for us mere Earthlings to feel this way as well.

While these scenes were fun and all, Adventures in the Making of Superman is a very good “making of” featurette but, at the same time, it is severely lacking. There were so many other things I wanted to see that weren’t included. In retrospect, it does make sense as this is more like a promotional piece of media to support Superman (2025) being available for purchase for home viewing. I bet there’s going to be a super (see what I did there) special version of Adventures in Making Superman that’s going to be attached to the film’s release.

That being said, should you go through all the trouble of finding it for free online? If you really liked Superman (2025), I do say it’s worth the trouble. It is a neat little sneak peek at the process of developing some of the pivotal scenes and, even though it doesn’t feel complete, it is free so I can’t really blame them for really drilling down into the production of the film. If you were just fine with the movie, then you can skip it.

Were you able to see Adventures in the Making of Superman? How were you able to watch it? Do you still have access to it? Let me know in the comments section below!