Here are just a few of our plans. Up, up, and away! #DCStudios #DCU @DCComics pic.twitter.com/8XNDNLUEPq— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) January 31, 2023
― POLIZISTEN VERSINKEN IM SCHLAMM (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 31 January 2023 20:47 (two years ago)
I mean these are basically all good choices as far as I can see?
Doom Patrol/Watchmen team do a Suicide Squad spin off, Gunn does presumably fun takes on Creature Commandos and Booster Gold, Morrison's takes on Superman and Batman and Green Lantern and The Authority, Tom King on Supergirl, pseudo-Moore horror anthology for Swamp Thing.
i assume he was given Flash and Shazam and Blue Beetle and told to make it work.
I hope everybody gets paid and these stay story forward in the same way Peacemaker was.
― POLIZISTEN VERSINKEN IM SCHLAMM (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 31 January 2023 20:52 (two years ago)
https://variety.com/2023/film/news/zachary-levi-anti-vaxx-pfizer-tweet-james-gunn-responds-1235507013/
― omar little, Tuesday, 31 January 2023 21:01 (two years ago)
yeah between that ezra miller, they really handed him a bag of shit to start withi assume he has final approval for casting moving forward considering how immensely fucked up it's been until now
― POLIZISTEN VERSINKEN IM SCHLAMM (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 31 January 2023 21:03 (two years ago)
are they bringing back rpatz???
― sault bae (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 31 January 2023 21:49 (two years ago)
Separate continuity:
https://gizmodo.com/the-batman-2-title-release-date-robert-pattinson-dcu-1850053257
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 31 January 2023 21:59 (two years ago)
Separately, group interview with Gunn and Safran:
https://gizmodo.com/james-gunn-dc-slate-info-flash-aquaman-justice-league-1850051467
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 31 January 2023 22:00 (two years ago)
Well, Gunn's definitely not, uh, thrilled about the past:
Gunn: The history has been shit. It’s been a real fucked up journey for DC. I think that there was basically no one minding the mint and they were giving out IP to any creatives that, you know, smiled at whoever was in charge. There was never any real power given to the people in charge. And so somebody could always go over their head and do whatever they wanted. And, you know, we had the DCEU, which then became the Joss Whedon Justice League, but it also became the Snyderverse, which became this. And we have Wonder Woman and we have Wonder Woman [1984], which doesn’t even match what happened in Wonder Woman one. And then we have the Arrowverse and even us, coming in with The Suicide Squad and Peacemaker. And then all of a sudden Batmite is a real guy.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 31 January 2023 22:01 (two years ago)
This is not the Gunnverse
cautiously optimistic this won't be as flat and predictable as MCU
― what have I done to deserve you (lukas), Tuesday, 31 January 2023 22:15 (two years ago)
Peacemaker bought a LOT of goodwill from me. Hard to think of anyone else I would even be even slightly optimistic taking the controls.
― POLIZISTEN VERSINKEN IM SCHLAMM (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 31 January 2023 22:30 (two years ago)
The problem with the DCEU wasn't that the continuity was poor. It was that its tentpole films sucked -- superman, superman v batman, justice league were all terrible, wonder woman 1 was ok. The continuity problems came afterwards when WB went into panic mode.
I bet half of these newly announced projects don't come out as described.
― adam t. (abanana), Wednesday, 1 February 2023 00:59 (two years ago)
what's Bat-Mite in?!
― more crankable (sic), Wednesday, 1 February 2023 01:18 (two years ago)
that zachary levi thing is disappointing, he convincingly plays likable people; good actor then I guess because he appears to be a shit. that said I'll probably still see that since I liked the first one and I watched Leticia Wright in WakandaForever.
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Wednesday, 1 February 2023 01:42 (two years ago)
Maybe Zachary Levi just wants stringent price controls on the COVID vaccine.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Wednesday, 1 February 2023 02:05 (two years ago)
its tentpole films suckedI blame Snyder for that more than WB tho
― what have I done to deserve you (lukas), Wednesday, 1 February 2023 02:24 (two years ago)
James Gunn def a good creative choice, his movies are fun for one thing. Also I was a big fan of the most recent Batman flick, a pretty swift 170+ min and compellingly slow burn atmospheric vs the diminishing returns of the Nolan approach. I kinda hope they do keep it separate from the rest of the DCU, and Joker-free.
― omar little, Wednesday, 1 February 2023 02:29 (two years ago)
sic otm give me Bat-Mite
― mh, Wednesday, 1 February 2023 04:11 (two years ago)
Bat-Mite is mentioned in the second episode of the DC Extended Universe series Peacemaker, "Best Friends, For Never", when John Economos mentions he would rather be working with Bat-Mite than Peacemaker.
― POLIZISTEN VERSINKEN IM SCHLAMM (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 1 February 2023 04:12 (two years ago)
I watched and liked Peacemaker but don’t remember that joke BUTTTT also I like it (and/but have 0 opinion over whether it means bat-mite is a dude)
― more crankable (sic), Wednesday, 1 February 2023 05:45 (two years ago)
Oh man, please please please gimme a good Swamp Thing movie with the Anatomy Lesson
― Cow_Art, Wednesday, 1 February 2023 12:23 (two years ago)
BatMite in Canon & Morriverse has me hoping for some Zur-Eh-arrh references in the batfilm.
Sad to see, still no news on reviving the weird hunchback that lives in batmans cellar and fixes his stuff.
when's he gonna get his six part series on HBO?
― my opinionation (Hamildan), Wednesday, 1 February 2023 14:25 (two years ago)
most anyone who clicked the post already knows all this but for people unfamiliar with writer Grant Morrison's work in the DCU, this is a not-unreasonable primer (sic may disagree):https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/james-gunn-dc-universe-chapter-one-why-you-should-read-grant-morrison
― POLIZISTEN VERSINKEN IM SCHLAMM (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 8 February 2023 19:32 (two years ago)
Okay obviously not GunnCU but since this might as well be the rolling thread now:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hebWYacbdvc
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 13 February 2023 00:22 (two years ago)
a) shades of Rick and Mortyb) no cosmic treadmill no credibilityc) i hope keaton got paid well
― POLIZISTEN VERSINKEN IM SCHLAMM (forksclovetofu), Monday, 13 February 2023 03:05 (two years ago)
I think Swamp Thing would work better as a tv streaming series. I don’t know that it would pace right for a 2 hour movie.
― The Artist formerly known as Earlnash, Monday, 13 February 2023 04:36 (two years ago)
Wasn’t there a Swamp Thing series recently?
― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Monday, 13 February 2023 04:44 (two years ago)
Ah, there was, cancelled after 1 series.
― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Monday, 13 February 2023 04:45 (two years ago)
It was better than the movies, but that's really faint praise. Swamp Thing can't be a dude in a suit, it just doesn't work.
I was surprised to see the Blue Devil turn up in it.
― Cow_Art, Monday, 13 February 2023 06:33 (two years ago)
v weird to see the keaton batman, who was almost completely immobile in the burton movies, nimbly flapping around in this like prequel-era cgi yoda
― rick semper moranis (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 13 February 2023 13:39 (two years ago)
maybe there'll be a scene explaining his new yoga regime
― Number None, Monday, 13 February 2023 13:46 (two years ago)
Very recognisably Glasgow city centre at about the 0.11 mark on that trailer, complete with bus stops.
― Ward Fowler, Monday, 13 February 2023 13:52 (two years ago)
All narrative roads lead to the multiverse.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 13 February 2023 14:14 (two years ago)
while I think that superhero fiction is a net negative in culture and wish that its period of dominance in popular culture would end, there is a part of me that feels sad that the DC milieu got fucked up SO BAD for movies by WB in the last ten years…WB and DC had decades of synergy so that they could get this right and not watch Marvel/Disney run away with this shit…I almost think that its too late and they should focus on the post CW TV shit and build their franchise there…I tried to watch some of the tv Crisis crossovers, but it was too much for me, a 60s-80s DC alt earth expert…
Is it not also odd that Marvel got to the different earths/timeline shit before DC? since 1961, that's been DC's thing, and Marvel only messed with that sparingly, almost as a commentary on that stuff being a cornerstone of DC storytelling/universe building. I would almost think Gunn should see to it that none of his films should mess with that conceit if Marvel is making Dr Strange movies about multiverse shit…
― veronica moser, Monday, 13 February 2023 15:54 (two years ago)
A thing:
https://deadline.com/2023/03/james-gunn-direct-superman-movie-warner-bros-dc-1235300632/
In what should come as no surprise, James Gunn will be directing his own script for Superman: Legacy, a major lynchpin project which will off the the multi-platform connected DC universe – “Chapter One, Gods and Monsters” – which he and his DC’ Co-Chairmen & CEO Peter Safran are launching....Superman Legacy tells the story of Superman’s journey to reconcile his Kryptonian heritage with his human upbringing as Clark Kent of Smallville, Kansas. He is the embodiment of truth, justice and the American way, guided by human kindness in a world that sees kindness as old-fashioned. Gunn has already mentioned on social that his Superman will be younger than his forties. The all-new action adventure is set to soar into theaters worldwide on July 11, 2025.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 15 March 2023 20:13 (two years ago)
xp The contrast w/Marvel is pretty fascinating; esp. considering that DC had the "studio synergy" in place for decades longer.
― reluctant antonoff appreciator (morrisp), Wednesday, 15 March 2023 21:28 (two years ago)
Okay, so:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhUht6vAsMY
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 19 December 2024 14:44 (five months ago)
Weird that they de-aged Brendan Fraser and got the guy from the New Radicals to play Lex Luthor.
― Grape Fired At Czar From Crack Battery (President Keyes), Thursday, 19 December 2024 14:51 (five months ago)
Is this the first time they've done Krypto? Shame there's no sign of the rest of the Legion of Super-Pets.
https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/marvel_dc/images/b/b6/Legion_of_Super-Pets_01.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20220507020755
― Ward Fowler, Thursday, 19 December 2024 14:56 (five months ago)
there was a Super-Pets animated movie a couple of years ago but it seems to have left absolutely no cultural footprint
― Number None, Thursday, 19 December 2024 15:00 (five months ago)
Everything Gunn has directed has been solid, including that new cartoon, but they have also been pretty quippy, a vibe that just don't jibe with Superman, so I guess I'm ... intrigued?
At first I could have sworn they were playing the music from "Top Gun," which would have been funny.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 19 December 2024 15:22 (five months ago)
I’m excited!! love Krypto being in this <3Also my god Corenswet is a handsome fellow
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 19 December 2024 16:53 (five months ago)
I hope we find out how Superman got his powers.
Predicting it now: there will be one touching Christopher Reeve easter egg in this. Like, a hospital called Reeve General or something like that.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 19 December 2024 17:02 (five months ago)
Gunn's been saying how the film basically starts in the middle of an action scene and that we don't have origin story stuff. Thank goodness.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 19 December 2024 17:31 (five months ago)
when i saw corenswet in twisters i thought he looked like a tesco value henry cavill and i fucking hated cavill’s supermangunn’s take on the character seems like a good one, though, and krypto was a very pleasant surprise, so fingers crossed for this
― Why did the Beatles shun the Space Needle? (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 19 December 2024 17:39 (five months ago)
Really liked Jyoti Mishra/White Town's post here:
https://mas.to/@Jyoti/113680736982340185
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 19 December 2024 17:58 (five months ago)
I am a fan of Zack Snyder's (flawed) take on DC superheroes, but between Snyder and Nolan's films of the last 20 years, it's pleasantly jarring to see a DC film that is not dark and gritty. (Sorry Shazam doesn't count)
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Thursday, 19 December 2024 18:08 (five months ago)
Everything Gunn has directed has been solid, including that new cartoon,Gunn has not directed a new cartoon. I don’t think I made it though a whole episode of PG Porn (and at least one of the Guardians films is bad).
― milms and foovies (sic), Thursday, 19 December 2024 18:15 (five months ago)
Looks to be crammed with well-designed visual spectacle, but the music is completely unimaginative and paint-by-the-numbers. That's about all I can derive from that trailer.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Thursday, 19 December 2024 18:38 (five months ago)
lol sic burn, you're right, he didn't direct the new cartoon series, he just wrote, produced and created it. My bad.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 19 December 2024 19:09 (five months ago)
keeping guy gardner's bowl cut comic-accurate is not the hill i'd die on, but i salute the sacrificehttps://cdn.imgchest.com/files/4apc59wawd4.png
― Philip Nunez, Thursday, 19 December 2024 19:19 (five months ago)
lol sic burn, you're right, he didn't direct the new cartoon series, he just wrote
if by "everything he's directed" you mean "anything he wrote too" then the floor is open for a fervent defence of The Specials
― milms and foovies (sic), Thursday, 19 December 2024 19:28 (five months ago)
(1) that's the Reeves theme(2) I'm guessing they won't use it in the next trailer much less the film(3) it was good!(4) you're wrong for an additional reason not listed here
― rainbow calx (lukas), Saturday, 21 December 2024 03:18 (five months ago)
Anyway I'm into it, only Morrison-man can save us now.
― rainbow calx (lukas), Saturday, 21 December 2024 03:19 (five months ago)
yeah it’s just a variation on the John Williams theme played on electric guitar. if it’s paint by numbers, it’s because the man’s movie themes have been omnipresent for decades. he invented the numbers scheme
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Saturday, 21 December 2024 05:20 (five months ago)
IMO they should just use the original score, like flat out, exactly the same score from the first Superman movie. this electric guitar version is like when they use a slow, sad ballad version of an 80's hit in a trailer.
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Saturday, 21 December 2024 05:30 (five months ago)
eh, he’s got his regular collaborator doing the score and I’m sure they’ll put it together. probably not as many soundtrack drops as his other superhero movies and tv shows, but who knows?
as long as he holds back on pop songs over the years referencing Superman. James, I know you’re tempted, but
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Saturday, 21 December 2024 05:35 (five months ago)
james gunn has a thing for animals that act like humans. rocket, king shark, now krypto. also the scooby-doo.
― master of the pan (abanana), Saturday, 21 December 2024 10:13 (five months ago)
Ha, that's true. And Cosmo, and Weasel, and I'm sure in the unreleased "Coyote Vs Acme."
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 21 December 2024 15:08 (five months ago)
and eagly in peacemaker, and sparky
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIXp0C_4kS8
― master of the pan (abanana), Saturday, 21 December 2024 21:20 (five months ago)
ohhhhh Luthor is Nux from Fury Road. nice.
― rainbow calx (lukas), Saturday, 21 December 2024 23:57 (five months ago)
Also Beast from X-Men, Tony from Skins and Boy from About A Boy
― groovypanda, Monday, 23 December 2024 09:08 (five months ago)
also zombie bloke from Warm Bodies, husband of The Great from The Great, Renfield from Renfield, and Juror #2 from Juror #2
― milms and foovies (sic), Monday, 23 December 2024 09:29 (five months ago)
Also Jack from Jack the Giant Slayer, Lyle Worth from Dark Places, and Constable Patrick from True History of the Kelly Gang
― DJP, Monday, 23 December 2024 14:13 (five months ago)
And Tolkien from Tolkien.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 23 December 2024 14:14 (five months ago)
He was also the stelfox
(In the 2015 movie Kill Your Friends)
― DJP, Monday, 23 December 2024 14:17 (five months ago)
THANKS
― rainbow calx (lukas), Monday, 23 December 2024 21:27 (five months ago)
He was lukas in _ILX: The Movie_ uh wait
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 23 December 2024 23:35 (five months ago)
"Name's Lobo."
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 31 December 2024 18:53 (five months ago)
He is the perfect actor for the role but I’m experiencing dissonance since the Aquaman movie came out eight minutes ago
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Tuesday, 31 December 2024 20:34 (five months ago)
Being a Marvel stan, always thought of Lobo as low-calorie ‘90s Image Comics meets Wolverine in KISS makeup, spouting cute Galactica frak-isms. Looking forward to Gunn teaching me otherwise. Will be a writer/director vs actor with ham tendencies.
― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Wednesday, 1 January 2025 01:06 (five months ago)
Wolverine in Kiss makeup is about right tbh… he is a bounty hunter, has the same healing factor as wolverine, he’s also a bit of an asshole and a loner.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 1 January 2025 03:16 (five months ago)
He might be closer to deadpool though as he’s been in more outlandish situations like trying to kill Santa Claus.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 1 January 2025 03:21 (five months ago)
By most accounts Lobo was intentionally created to be an over the top parody of Wolverine
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Wednesday, 1 January 2025 11:55 (five months ago)
Some tiny new bits and pieces, including Lex seeming even MORE Bezos like if that’s possible. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvLvSuLISqI
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 27 January 2025 15:09 (four months ago)
Updates and things and plans:
https://gizmodo.com/dcu-movie-updates-james-gunn-batman-supergirl-peacemaker-2000567205
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 24 February 2025 18:32 (three months ago)
Really appreciate the "good script" concentration. Keep the Jon Peters-types away from the product.
Looking forward to Gunn's balancing act between comedic and serious, plausibility and suspension of disbelief, etc. The DCU is better with him than with bro Snyder's Batman blazing guns.
It'd never happen, but I'd love to see a Legion of Super-Heroes film. Gen V and New Mutants mine the same young hero territory, it could be done.
― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Monday, 24 February 2025 19:21 (three months ago)
I can’t imagine any version of the LSH that would work as a feature film
― joey crack, aka kaiser saucer (sic), Monday, 24 February 2025 22:54 (three months ago)
No memorable plotlines or you don't find the characters worthy? Could be as simple as adapting the recent Bendis formation arc.
Plenty of ideas here, including animated films I didn't know of: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legion_of_Super-Heroes
― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Monday, 24 February 2025 23:25 (three months ago)
Enjoy some Krypto:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFU8U4UVUBs
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 3 April 2025 21:20 (two months ago)
Lookin' good.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 4 April 2025 00:04 (two months ago)
I can’t imagine any version of the LSH that would work as a feature film― joey crack, aka kaiser saucer (sic), Monday, February 24, 2025 2:54 PM (one month ago)No memorable plotlines or you don't find the characters worthy? Could be as simple as adapting the recent Bendis formation arc.Plenty of ideas here, including animated films I didn't know of: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legion_of_Super-Heroes― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Monday, February 24, 2025 3:25 PM (one month ago)
No memorable plotlines or you don't find the characters worthy? Could be as simple as adapting the recent Bendis formation arc.Plenty of ideas here, including animated films I didn't know of: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legion_of_Super-Heroes― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Monday, February 24, 2025 3:25 PM (one month ago)
This is something I've thought about a lot, to the point of constructing fantasy versions in my head of what such a film (or film series) may look like... and I have to agree with sic, I can't puzzle out any way to make it "work" that would be true to the property in any essential way. Maybe if they just took the name and a few basic concepts...
― uptight subreddit mod™ (morrisp), Friday, 4 April 2025 16:34 (two months ago)
(but I'm also not a screenwriter or producer, so I suppose my inability to think it through isn't necessarily dispositive)
― uptight subreddit mod™ (morrisp), Friday, 4 April 2025 16:36 (two months ago)
And here we go
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ox8ZLF6cGM0
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 14 May 2025 16:18 (four weeks ago)
One last trailer! (With more stuff.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZTgJy8ym34
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 11 June 2025 20:16 (yesterday)
have been enjoying watching Superman fans on Twitter geek out over these
have also enjoyed them posting comic scans of Superman standing up for immigrants
― rainbow calx (lukas), Wednesday, 11 June 2025 20:33 (yesterday)