With the brand new DCU kicking off its Gods and Monsters section, James Gunn is teasing his subsequent superhero ardour challenge.
As he prepares to launch Superman, Season 2 of Peacemaker and the brand new collection Lanterns, the DC Studios boss teased that he hopes to make his “favourite factor” in his newly shaped cinematic universe subsequent, which “has not been introduced in any respect.”
“Then there’s one other TV present that’s my favourite factor in all of this, that’s hopefully getting made quickly,” he instructed Leisure Weekly of what’s subsequent. “It’s simply my favourite factor. After which there’s the film…Oh s—! I don’t know what I’m allowed to say or not say, however there’s a few different motion pictures which are being written, considered one of which is in fairly fine condition, one other which is form of nearer to the beginning, however we really feel constructive about. After which there’s a factor I’m writing, which I believe it’s okay…. So what would be the subsequent factor after Clayface just isn’t 100% sure, but it surely’s fairly sure.”
Gunn famous that the “favourite” challenge he’s hinting at “has not been introduced in any respect” resulting from fears that different corporations will “rip off” the concept.
“One of many scripts folks form of find out about,” he defined. “My script folks don’t find out about. The opposite script folks don’t find out about. So it’s largely stuff folks don’t find out about….
David Corenswet as Superman in Warner Bros. Footage’ ‘Superman’
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“A few these issues [announced in January 2023] are in fairly fine condition by way of arising, however there was one factor that I knew about from the very starting, that after I pitched to David Zaslav what the DCU can be, I pitched to him, however we didn’t announce in that first assembly as a result of I felt prefer it was too simple to tear off by one other firm,” added Gunn. “And in order that’s one of many predominant issues.”
Premiering July 11 in theaters, Gunn’s Superman will launch a brand new DCU after he and DC Studios co-CEO Peter Safran had been employed by Warner Bros. Discovery in 2022.