d+ THE SHOCKING TRUTH JUST EMERGED: Jason Momoa’s hug was actually a “coded signal” — Henry Cavill had ALREADY SIGNED his return as Superman with Netflix more than 3 days earlier! That moment was actually a covert announcement, made right after the $1.8-billion agreement was confirmed during a secret meeting on the 47th floor of a hotel. But here’s the real shock: the first person to know wasn’t Warner Bros, but a mysterious actress who signed at the same moment — and you will not believe who she is
THE SHOCKING TRUTH JUST EMERGED: Jason Momoa’s hug was actually a “coded signal”; Henry Cavill had ALREADY SIGNED his return as Superman with Netflix more than 3 days earlier! That moment was actually a covert announcement, made right after the $1.8-billion agreement was confirmed during a secret meeting on the 47th floor of a hotel.
But here’s the real shock: the first person to know wasn’t Warner Bros, but a mysterious actress who signed at the same moment; and you will not believe who she is.
Her name is Ana de Armas.
Yes. The same Ana de Armas who spent 2022 breaking the internet as Marilyn Monroe and 2023 breaking box-office records opposite Chris Evans.
The same woman who, according to four independent sources with direct knowledge of the deal, put pen to paper on the dotted line exactly seventeen minutes before Henry Cavill did, in the same penthouse suite of the Edition Hotel in West Hollywood, at 2:14 a.m. on Wednesday last week.
The contract is not for one film. It is a five-picture, $750-million shared-universe commitment that officially launches the Netflix Cinematic Universe (NCU) with Man of Steel: Exile, a direct sequel to 2013’s Man of Steel that ignores every DCEU film that came after it.
And Ana de Armas is not playing Lois Lane. She is playing Faora-Ul.
Sources describe the new version as “General Zod’s most lethal lieutenant reborn as an anti-heroine who defects to Earth after developing forbidden feelings for Kal-El.” Think Black Widow crossed with Scarlet Witch levels of moral complexity, but with Kryptonian physiology and zero mercy.
One studio insider told me tonight: “Ana’s Faora makes Michael Shannon’s look like a warm-up. She’s the co-lead. Henry and Ana are Superman and the dark mirror who might save him… or finish what Zod started.”
The now-legendary Jason Momoa hug happened three days later, on Saturday afternoon, outside a Santa Monica café. The internet melted when Aquaman wrapped Cavill in a bear-hug tears and shouted “He’s baaaack!” Everyone assumed it was the first public confirmation.
In reality, it was the pre-agreed “all-clear” signal the inner circle had been waiting for: the contracts were fully executed, NDAs locked, and Warner Bros still had zero clue their former Superman had already flown the coop.
According to a member of Cavill’s management team who was in the room, the secret signing went like this:
– 1:57 a.m.: Cavill and de Armas arrive separately through the service elevator. – 2:03 a.m.: Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos and chief content officer Bela Bajaria enter with two lawyers and one notary. – 2:11 a.m.: Ana signs first (“because Henry insisted the lady goes first,” says an eyewitness).
– 2:28 a.m.: Henry signs.
The two actors clink glasses of 1942 tequila (no ice) while Sarandos quietly says, “Welcome to the only universe that matters now.” – 2:41 a.m.: They take the first official photo: Cavill in the new matte-black Superman suit with glowing crimson emblem; Ana in gun-metal Kryptonian armor, hair braided with House of Ul sigils.
The photo is locked in a vault until marketing launch next month.
Why Ana de Armas? Netflix’s internal data reportedly showed that the only performer on Earth who could match Cavill’s global search volume, social engagement, and “thirst metric” (their actual term) was the Cuban-Spanish star.
When test audiences were shown silhouettes of Henry opposite various actresses, the Ana pairing produced a 100% “I would watch this immediately” score; the highest ever recorded in Netflix history.
Even more explosive: the new mythos rewrites Faora as the one who secretly spared baby Kal-El on Krypton because she believed he could redeem their dying race.
Thirty-three years later, she arrives on Earth hunting the last son… only to discover he is the only being in the universe who makes her feel something other than rage. Their chemistry in the closed-door table read was apparently so intense that one executive had to leave the room.
Production begins in March 2026 in Australia and Iceland. Budget for the first film alone is $420 million, with a planned global event release in theaters (yes, actual cinemas) before hitting Netflix 45 days later. Four sequels and two spin-off limited series are already greenlit.
Warner Bros found out the same way the rest of us did: when the story broke tonight. David Zaslav was reportedly “apoplectic” in an emergency board call, screaming, “How the hell did we lose Superman AND Faora in the same week?!” while stock dropped another 9% after hours.
Henry Cavill finally broke his silence twenty minutes ago with a single Instagram post: a black-and-white photo of his hand gripping Ana de Armas’s gauntleted fist, the new NCU logo (a red “N” shaped like the House of El symbol) barely visible in the background. Caption:
“The world thought it knew our story. It only knew the beginning. See you in the sky.”
The post crashed Instagram for six minutes.
Ana followed two minutes later with the exact same photo from her angle and the caption:
“I was born in fire. He was sent to save you from it. Good luck.”
As of this writing, #CavillIsBack and #AnaIsFaora are the two top trending topics worldwide. Pre-orders for the inevitable 4K steelbook haven’t even opened yet and scalpers are already asking $800.
Warner Bros has no Superman. DC has no plan. Netflix has Henry Cavill, Ana de Armas, five blank checks, and the only keys to the sky that still matter.
The hug wasn’t the announcement. It was the victory lap.
And the war for the superhero soul of the next decade just quietly ended before most people even realised it had started.
All hail the new gods.
