James Gunn took to Twitter to tease what’s coming as far as the DC cinematic universe. While specifics were limited, Gunn did say that part of the slate is a new Superman film focused on the earlier part of Superman’s life, though not an origin story. That means Superman won’t be played by Henry Cavill.
It’s a big shift from recent announcements. In October, Cavill declared “I am back as Superman” after his appearance as the character in Black Adam. This was just a day before the new duo of James Gunn and Peter Safran were announced as heading up DC’s properties for Warner Bros. Discovery.
Below is Gunn’s Twitter thread.
Peter & I have a DC slate ready to go, which we couldn’t be more over-the-moon about; we’ll be able to share some exciting information about our first projects at the beginning of the new year.
Among those on the slate is Superman. In the initial stages, our story will be focusing on an earlier part of Superman’s life, so the character will not be played by Henry Cavill.
But we just had a great meeting with Henry and we’re big fans and we talked about a number of exciting possibilities to work together in the future.
This is slightly different than Cavill’s statement which makes it seem like his time is completely over, while Gunn leaves open the possibility of future work.
It’s the latest drama concerning DC’s movies that include rumors that execs weren’t happy about Dwayne Johnson’s inclusion of Cavill’s Superman in the film and fans claiming it was all a stunt pushed by Johnson to hype the film throwing Cavill under the bus in a way.
Gunn will be writing the untitled Superman film but the director hasn’t been decided.
Also mentioned was a meeting with Ben Affleck who has said he wants to direct a film. They’re working on finding the right project to make that happen.
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