James Gunn's Superman Is Not So Super for Newcomers
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M ovie-goers can likely expect years of on-going debates between DC and Marvel fans about the qualities of the DC Universe and the Marvel Cinematic Universe, so let's get this one
It shouldn’t come as much of a surprise that Gunn, whose previous work includes 2021’s The Suicide Squad and the Guardians of the Galaxy trilogy, and now serves as the co-head of DC Studios, is a major comic book nerd.
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Zack Snyder gives James Gunn some unsolicited advice about his 'Superman' movie as the two cameo on 'Rick and Morty': 'He's the Man of Steel, not the Man of Conversation.'
James Gunn And Zack Snyder's Rick And Morty Appearance Explains Viral Meet-Up Fans may remember back in February 2025, James Gunn took to Instagram to share a pic of him and Zack Snyder palling around and looking like dear old friends.
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During post-production on Superman, writer-director James Gunn ran into a problem. “We found that people loved the movie but that they were confused about the world they were entering,” Gunn told io9 recently. And so, to fix that problem, late in the filmmaking process, he looked to another one of his favorite films for the fix.
James Gunn ’s Superman isn’t just another reboot, it’s the foundation of a brand new DC Cinematic Universe, and it’s starting with a bang. DC Studios' first major film under Gunn and Peter Safran ’s Gods and Monsters Chapter 1 is expected to open to at least $200M globally,
But because we’ve seen these three on screen so many times, Superman director and DCU co-head James Gunn believes we don’t ever need to see their origin stories in a film again. Here’s what he told The Times on the subject: I don’t need to see ...