In Superman (2025), directed by James Gunn and starring David Corenswet, Clark Kent is already three years into his crime-fighting career when he intervenes in a foreign conflict—halting Boravia’s invasion of Jarhanpur—a move that sparks international controversy and gives billionaire Lex Luthor the perfect opportunity to manipulate public sentiment against him. Clark suffers his first defeat at the hands of a mysterious metahuman known as the “Hammer of Boravia,” before retreating to the Fortress of Solitude in Antarctica, where the solar-powered Superman robots—and his loyal Krypto—help heal him as he watches a damaged message from his Kryptonian parents. But the real shock comes when Clark learns that the “Hammer” is actually Ultraman—a sinister clone created and controlled by Luthor—forcing Superman to reclaim his reputation, embrace his compassion, and prove that kindness and truth remain powerful in a skeptical world.