Superman stars David Corenswet and Nicholas Hoult and director James Gunn speak to Lynn Rusk about bringing the latest ‘man of steel’ movie to life

Still, the ABC News correspondent noted that he and his family were "grateful" to be invited on the superhero's latest adventure.

James Gunn is rebooting Superman for DC, starring David Corenswet, Nicholas Hoult and Rachel Brosnahan. The upcoming movie also kicks off a new era in the DC Universe.

"So I fell in love with you as Superman," she told Corenswet. As Goldberg shared her thoughts on the movie, she noted that she was friends with the late Christopher Reeve, the actor who originated the title role in Warner Bros.' Superman movies from the 1978 original through 1987's Superman IV: The Quest for Peace.

When director James Gunn, steward of the high-flying new Superman reboot, was recently asked to list his favourite comic book movies, he singled out Richard Donner’s beautifully brash 1978 take on the Man of Steel – the film generally credited with firing the starter pistol for the modern cinematic superhero era.