One of James Gunn's original Guardians of the Galaxy buddies plays the important role of Jor-El, the Man of Steel's father, in Superman.

“It was just difficult to figure out where I was going to come from with Superman ,” Gunn said speaking to io9 in Los Angeles last week. “And I think that it really started with my dog in a lot of ways. The idea of putting in Krypto, I think, was the fun part for me, because that was something that we hadn’t really seen in a Superman movie.”

James Gunn is bringing some familiar faces from his Guardians of the Galaxy squad into upcoming DCU films, or at least one of them, and now we know exactly who Bradley Cooper is playing in the David Corenswet's Superman movie. The Marvel alum is set to take on a legendary role, one that extends beyond voice work and into holographic territory.