If you're a comic book movie fan, you're facing a summer that's a downright embarrassment of riches: Both The Fantastic Four: First Steps and a Superman reboot are headed your way back-to-back, shaping up for one heck of a summer movie season.
But some fans of the Superman franchise are a bit tetchy about the way the movie seems to be being overshadowed by The Fantastic Four, at least at one movie theater out there.
On X, a fan tweeted a photo of a Fantastic Four movie theater display completely covering up a Superman one, and they were none too pleased about it!
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In their tweet, fan @DCUSuperboy called the move "fu*ked up" and said their movie theater was "doing Superman dirty."
The photo they included showed what appeared to be a Superman poster almost entirely hidden behind a giant stand-up Fantastic Four display.
As the star of the new Superman, you might expect actor David Corenswet to share the outrage. But instead, he had the perfect response—one you can imagine Superman himself having.
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In a quote-tweet of the offending photo, our new Clark Kent and Superman wrote:
"It’s okay, everybody needs backup from time to time. Happy to oblige 🫡"
Both tweets immediately went viral among the movies' rabid fanbases, and before long one of the movie theater's employees was getting in on the discourse too.
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Along with a photo of The Fantastic Four display moved out of the way, the employee quipped, "fixed it!"
Fans of the DC and Marvel cinematic universes were loving the discourse, especially Corenswet getting in on the action.
Of course, with two such high-profile movies from rival comic book studios coming out back to back, there was bound to be a bit of competition among fans.
But even The Fantastic Four director James Gunn has said there's no need for "fan wars" because "there's room for us both." And it seems Corenswet agrees! Now, to find out which movie wins the box office when Superman comes out July 11 and The Fantastic Four: First Steps on July 25...
