James Gunn

The reboot will allow DC to directly compete (again) with the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

- Gunn said "Flash" will "reset the entire DC universe." What we're watching: DC already has a number of films coming out this year — including "Shazam! She is "a much more jaded character," he added. - "Storytelling is always king," Gunn said in the announcement video. "Lanterns" will be an HBO television series that focuses on Green Lantern heroes Hal Jordan and John Stewart. Fury of the Gods," "The Flash," "Blue Beetle," and "Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom" — that appear to have a subtle connection to the new DCU. He said "Blue Beetle" and the "Aquaman" sequel will then lead into the new slate of projects, he added. "Swamp Thing" will be "a very dark horror story" that takes place "outside of the rest of the DCU" but will feed into the rebooted DC universe story, Gunn said. He said characters could appear in both animated and live action projects. "Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow" is a new "science fiction epic film" that will focus on Supergirl, who grew up on a chunk of the planet Krypton and watched all of the people around her die, Gunn said. "Paradise Lost" will be a "Game of Thrones"-style television series that is based around the all-female island Themyscira, where Wonder Woman was born, Gunn said. "The Authority" will be a "big movie" based on characters who want to fix the world "by any means necessary," Gunn said, describing it as a "very different look at superheroes."

Along with a slew of superhero films, DC Studios leaders James Gunn and Peter Safran announced a new creative vision on Monday.

[“The Flash” star Ezra Miller](https://variety.com/2023/film/news/ezra-miller-dc-future-the-flash-recover-james-gunn-1235507014/) and [“Shazam! Fury of the Gods” star Zachary Levi](https://variety.com/2023/film/news/zachary-levi-anti-vaxx-pfizer-tweet-james-gunn-responds-1235507013/). Fury of the Gods” and Jason Momoa’s “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom,” have their loyalists. This includes a sequel to Reeves’ “The Batman” with Robert Pattinson, a sequel to Todd Philips’ “Joker” which teams Joaquin Phoenix with Lady Gaga, and a possible spin on Superman from J.J. [called “DC Elseworlds,”](https://variety.com/2023/film/news/the-batman-2-release-date-october-2025-1235506926/) which aim to stretch the limits of what comic book adaptations can be. Perhaps the most striking point of difference between DC and Marvel was in Safran and Gunn themselves. “No one was minding the mint,” Gunn said. “It’s not the Gunn-verse,” Gunn said. Writers have been completely left out of the loop in favor of actors and directors, and making the writer more prominent and more important in this process is really important to us.” [the 10 DCU titles Gunn and Safran presented on Monday](https://variety.com/2023/film/news/dc-universe-superman-legacy-batman-green-lantern-supergirl-booster-gold-1235507426/), only one has a release date: “Superman: Legacy,” which Gunn is writing, is set to open on July 11, 2025. “I’m a writer at my heart, and we’re not going to be making movies before the screenplay is finished.” 3,” which due to open in May, and the filmmaker frequently cited his past experiences with Marvel in general and the “Guardians” movies specifically when discussing his and Safran’s plans for the DCU.

The DC cinematic universe is changing, and it will be confusing. But James Gunn is here to explain how the old DCU (Shazam, The Flash, Aquaman) connect to ...

(Interestingly, Gunn’s video breakdown shows artwork from Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely’s All-Star Superman when discussing the Superman film he plans to deliver in 2025.) Gunn also explains that the remaining DC movie slate, which draws on characters borne of the Zack Snyder-led era at DC, will lead directly into Gunn and Safran’s new projects. The first of Gunn’s new DCU projects is Creature Commandos, a team of monstrous misfits who will operate under Amanda Waller (played by Viola Davis in The Suicide Squad and Peacemaker). [outlined the duo’s plan for a new chapter of the DC Universe](https://www.polygon.com/23578415/new-dc-movies-james-gunn-release-date-superman-batman-schedule-calendar-upcoming) on Tuesday — a plan that will span eight to 10 years across 10 initial projects, and will attempt to unify DC’s comic properties across film, television, gaming, and animation. (That label is familiar to many DC fans, as it’s where creators tell alternate universe “What if...?” stories outside of the comics’ continuity.) Gunn explains how the ambitious plans are all going to work in the video above, and provides more color on newly revealed projects starring Supergirl, Green Lantern(s), and Booster Gold.

Film director James Gunn, until now mainly known for Guardians of the Galaxy at Marvel, unexpectedly popped up today in a six-minute video.

“A very dark horror story and the origins of the monster.” Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow: Described as a “big sci-fi epic film,” this is described as a different Supergirl who survived on a chunk of Krypton and “is a much more jaded character” because of what she went through. “The Authority are a group of superheroes who think the Earth is broken and want to fix it by any means necessary.” Perhaps this is where the Gunnverse will end. But if anyone has a real shot at making it happen, it’s Gunn — I have yet to see a superhero project from him that isn’t a delight, whether it’s Guardians, The Suicide Squad or Peacemaker for HBO Max. Film director James Gunn, until now mainly known for Guardians of the Galaxy at Marvel, unexpectedly popped up today in a six-minute video laying out his ENTIRE plans for the DC Cinematic Universe thus far.

James Gunn has delivered on his promise to update DC comics enthusiasts, film nerds and the world at large with his plans for the next phase of the DC ...

Fury of the Gods” and “The Flash” in June, as the way the entire superhero universe will be “reset,” thereby allowing for new content and new versions of celebrated characters. He cited the studio’s next films, starting with March’s “Shazam! Discovery.)

Image via Warner Bros. As we receive a deluge of information about what's coming in the next era of the new DC Universe today, there are a lot of questions ...

[The standalone Robert Pattinson trilogy and the new Batman](https://collider.com/new-batman-movie-the-brave-and-the-bold/) who will be introduced in The Brave and The Bold. However, Keaton is still slated to make an appearance in The Flash this year, [which the duo suggests will represent the transition point from the DCEU to the DCU era](https://collider.com/the-flash-movie-resets-dc-universe/). [back in August](https://collider.com/batgirl-cancellation-leslie-grace-comments/).

James Gunn and Peter Safran announced that a Creature Commandos animated series is coming as part of their massive overall plan for the DCU.

Both Safran and Gunn are especially excited to see the series reintroduce these characters to audiences. Despite the fun character designs, they've only made the occasional appearances in episodes of Batman: The Brave and the Bold or Arrow and most of the attention is on Lt. He's already penned the series and the animation team is hard at work to get the project ready. So, the first series that we're doing, and I've written the entire series, is Creature Commandos. During the reveal, Gunn also teased that Creature Commandos will be among the first series fans will get to see from this new DCU slate. Now, appearing with Safran to unveil the future of DC under their reign, he revealed that said series is an animated Creature Commandos show.

In addition to a brand new Swamp Thing movie, the just-announced upcoming slate from DC - now that James Gunn and Peter Safran are in charge - also.

The 10-episode series gets ambitious in scale, too, featuring a global story “from London to Seattle, Nigeria to Eastern Europe.” The original team known as the “Creature Commandos” was introduced in Weird War Tales #93 (November 1980), and it was created by J. Collette’s character opens with a plea to take this new development seriously, begging the question of how lethal will this phenomenon become? The new teaser trailer below warns of an impending revolution thanks to a unique superpower that leaves teen girls with the ability to electrocute on a whim. [Variety](https://variety.com/2023/film/news/dc-universe-superman-legacy-batman-green-lantern-supergirl-booster-gold-1235507426/) details, “ [The Creature Commando characters were first launched in 1980](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creature_Commandos). It’s a way to tell stories that are gigantic and huge without spending $50M an episode.”

James Gunn and Peter Safran are ready to start talking about their enormous DC slate deemed “Chapter 1,” which includes major and minor DC characters as ...

issues, and makes a statement that all the actors starring in those movies may possibly retain their roles for those characters in the future, despite the DCEU overall morphing into Gunn’s new vision. For projects outside the new DCU like Joker 2 and Reeves’ The Batman, that’s being called “Elseworlds” and will only feature very, very specialized projects. Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow – Supergirl may have seen her time in the Arrowverse end, but the character will love with a brand new project based on Tom King’s Supergirl miniseries which will give her more of an edge. It is not a full-on Clark origin story despite using a younger version of the hero, and there aren’t all that many details about it given other than this version not being as “dark” as Cavill’s. Paradise Lost – Described as a Game of Thrones-like “palace intrigue” series set on Themyscira, taking place before the events of the Wonder Woman movies. It’s scheduled for October 3, 2025 and will feature Pattinson returning for the role. It’s mean to be a departure from traditional bad guy versus good guy narratives and play into shades of gray. There will be another, new one, and this project will also feature Bruce Wayne’s troublemaking son and sometimes-Robin, Damian Wayne. “He is kindness in a world that thinks that kindness as old-fashioned,” Gunn says. James Gunn and Peter Safran are ready to start talking about their enormous DC slate deemed “Chapter 1,” which includes major and minor DC characters as they look to move on from the DCEU and Arrowverse alike across movies and TV. That’s a general theme, that any TV show actor will also play that role in films, whenever the character guest stars, similar to how the MCU has been working since Disney Plus series started airing. Creature Commandos – An animated series about classic monsters who once fought Nazis in the comics, but it’s being updated for present day.

James Gunn calls "The Flash" one of the greatest superhero movies ever made.

“The Flash” then segues into “Blue Beetle,” which flows into “Aquaman 2,” which will then lead into a new “Superman” film without Henry Cavill, the actor who most recently donned the red cape for the big screen. But Gunn quickly dispelled that notion by characterizing “The Flash” in the most laudatory terms possible. There’s nothing that prohibits that from happening.” (Miller identifies as non-binary and uses they/them pronouns.) Safran and DC co-head James Gunn laid out their vision for Phase 1 of the DC reset, which will kick off with a Superman movie in 2025. “And we are fully supportive of that journey that they’re on right now. But newly installed DC co-head Peter Safran said the door is open for further collaborations with Miller after “The Flash” stand-alone opens on June 16.

James Gunn & Peter Safran have revealed that several characters in the DCU will more complicated and morally gray than ever before.

Which is why it is exciting to hear that aspect of the comics will be included in the new and developing DCU. Gunn revealed that The Authority, a lesser known superhero group that will also be getting their own DCU movie, will offer fans “a very different kind of superhero story”. It will certainly be a delight to see play out on the big screen. DC’s complex approach to its characters is part of the reason why fan-favorites like Bruce Wayne and John Constantine are so popular. There are many things DC Comics gets right such as its fascinating villains and bold storylines; however, at the top of that list is DC’s understanding that restricting characters to clear limitations of black and white doesn’t always allow for the best or most interesting heroes. What’s more, the pair revealed their new universe will include morally ambiguous and gray characters, which will undoubtedly add depth and intrigue to the exciting projects on the table.

DC Studios co-head James Gunn praises The Flash and discusses Ezara Miller's future as the Scarlet Speedster.

[The Flash will reset the DCU](https://collider.com/the-flash-movie-resets-dc-universe/) and give DC Studios some breathing space to introduce its new slate of movies and TV shows. Discovery to scrap The Flash entirely, but things have been quieter since the star issued an apology and committed to rehab. Check our interview with Michael Keaton about his return to the role of Batman in The Flash: Gunn and Safran's first order of business was to clean the board and start fresh. Fury of the Gods, Blue Beetle, and Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom. [DC Studios co-heads James Gunn and Peter Safran](https://collider.com/james-gunn-peter-safran-dc-studios-warner-bros/) presented [ten new movies and TV shows](https://collider.com/dcu-slate-movies-tv-shows/) for their new DCU storyline, they’ve also explained how the films set to premiere this year will fit with their unified storyline.

Ezra Miller as Barry Allen/The Flash in Zach Sydner's Justice League. James Gunn is sticking by The Flash's side. Despite a ...

He said he’s in the middle of writing the film, which will be “the true beginning of the DCU.” The series Lanterns will focus on two Green Lantern characters: Hal Jordan and John Stewart. Gunn said the series’s focus on Themyscira will be similar to the land of Westeros in Game of Thrones. It’s titled Paradise Lost, and it will focus on Themyscira, the island nation of Amazon warriors that Wonder Woman calls home. Gunn, who took over as co-CEO of DC Studios alongside Peter Safran in October, said on Tuesday that most DC films, television, video games, and animated features will be connected in the same world. It will show the high-ranking government official working with characters from the HBO Max show Peacemaker, which stars John Cena. Discovery, which owns DC Studios, also said at a quarterly earnings call last August that The Flash was one of the upcoming projects he was excited about. A date wasn’t announced for the film. “Shazam has always been off in his own part of the DCU [DC Universe], so he connects really well. [The Suicide Squad](https://www.buzzfeed.com/evelinamedina/suicide-squad-james-gunn-david-ayer) director doubled down on his support for The Flash on Tuesday while announcing DC Studios’ upcoming slate of films and TV shows. [multiple controversies involving Miller](https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/stephaniesoteriou/ezra-miller-hawaii-arrest-history-concerning-behavior), including legal troubles in Hawaii and Vermont. James Gunn is sticking by The Flash’s side.

James Gunn shared his DC slate, which features a surprise Batman movie, a new Supergirl movie and a Green Lantern TV show.

“And wanting to create a unified world in DC where we tell stories.” Gunn became an A-list filmmaker under Feige, who hired him to direct 2014’s Guardians of the Galaxy, but he was quick to note this is not a Marvel redux: “A lot of people are thinking this is Marvel 2.0. “It’s not the Gunnverse, it’s not,” Gunn said. Gunn and Safran also stressed the importance of strong screenplays, saying a focus there would prevent the dreaded feeling of “superhero fatigue” and also give the projects a tonal and thematic difference from each other. “For me, it’s about, Who do I want to cast as Superman, and who do the filmmakers we have want to cast? Gunn called out the degradation of screenwriters in Hollywood and also said that the duo wanted to be respectful of the voice of filmmakers they were working with … King is one of the biggest DC writers of the past 12 years, a key architect of its Batman line and the writer of the Supergirl miniseries that will be the basis of the movie. “One of the things of the DCU is that it’s not just a story of heroes and villains,” said Gunn. To come up with an overall direction of the slate, Gunn assembled a group of writers consisting of friends and storytellers that he admired. “Our vision for this is very much in the vein of True Detective,” Safran described. He is the embodiment of truth, justice and the American way. Originally a team of classic monsters assembled to fight Nazis, this is a modern take on the concept.

The DC Studios bosses shared ten projects, talked the exit of Henry Cavill and the potential future of Ezra Miller as The Flash. View more related videos.

Gunn said Damian is his favourite Robin and said the project would feature Bruce trying to get his assassin problem child into line. He said the characters “think the world is broken and want to fix it by any means necessary, it’s a very different look at superheroes”. Gunn said this is the superhero version of impostor syndrome. Swamp Thing: A “very dark horror” film which will tell the origin story of the Swamp Thing monster. Lanterns: Gunn likened the terrestrial-based story of a couple of Green Lanterns – John Stewart and Hal Jordan – to True Detective but with “space cops watching over precinct Earth”. There will be a “terrifying mystery” that will tie into the larger picture of the DCU. Fury of the Gods, The Flash, Blue Beetle and Aquaman 2 – will dovetail into Chapter One. He didn’t reveal much in the way of plot or characters but in the comic books, they’re a team of superhumans operating in World War II. In a video posted to social media, Gunn said, “As many of you know, DC has been disconnected in film and television for a long time. Gunn teased The Flash would “reset the entire DC universe” and Aquaman 2 would “directly” lead into the next projects. The film is not an origin story even though it will feature a younger actor than Cavill, That the characters are consistent, played by the same actors and it works within one story.”

After a troubling series of incidents including accusations of grooming minors, throwing a chair at a woman, felony burglary, a disappearance, ...

The Machines) and Aditya Sood (The Martian) for Lord Miller, by Elizabeth Banks and Max Handelman (Pitch Perfect franchise) for Brownstone Productions, and by Brian Duffield (Spontaneous). Robin Fisichella (Ma) will executive produce.Cocaine Bear will open in theaters on February 24, 2023.](/videos/cocaine-bear-official-trailer) [Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey - Official TrailerCheck out the unsettling trailer for this violent new take on a beloved childhood classic. They also met with WB executives in August of last year to [apologize for bringing negative attention to The Flash.](/articles/ezra-miller-reportedly-meets-with-wb-discovery-execs-to-save-the-flash) Discover briefly [ entertained parting ways with the actor](/articles/warner-bros-reportedly-wont-likely-keep-ezra-miller-in-the-flash-role-in-future-dc-films) over their actions, but Miller has since apologized, saying they were suffering from " [complex mental health issues](/articles/ezra-miller-apologizes-complex-mental-health-issues)" and promising to undergo treatment. Directed by Elizabeth Banks (Charlie’s Angels, Pitch Perfect 2) from a screenplay by Jimmy Warden (The Babysitter: Killer Queen), Cocaine Bear is produced by Phil Lord and Chris Miller (Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse, The Mitchells vs. [disappearing for a time while all of this was going on](/articles/the-flash-movie-ezra-miller-legal-problems-getting-worse).

James Gunn unveiled plans for the new DC Comics universe of films and TV series, including new Superman and Batman projects.

Gunn explained that the plan is to "usually" cast actors to play characters in both animation and live action. that resets the entire DC Universe"; "Blue Beetle" and "Aquaman 2," which he said will lead into the first chapter of Gunn and Safran's "eight- to 10-year plan." Gunn, noting that DC projects have been "disconnected" in the past, said, "It's one of our jobs to ...

Gunn and Peter Safran revealed Chapter One of their new vision which includes five films and five TV series.

Fury of the Gods (March 17), The Flash (June 16), Blue Beetle (August 18), and Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (December 25)—Gunn would recast those respective roles or else ignore those films altogether, but Safran confirmed that may not exactly be the case. We are fully supportive of that journey they are on right now. Chapter One of the DCU will be called “Gods and Monsters,” consisting of five movies and five television series that will interconnect between 2025 and 2027. Gunn made specific comments about the Flash star Ezra Miller, stating the door isn’t closed for continued projects, stating: “Ezra is completely committed to their recovery. There’s no reason why any of the characters or the actors that play in those characters are not part of the DCU. Nevertheless, that sampling remains deeply ambitious with new Superman and Batman movies, another bite at the Green Lantern apple, a Wonder Woman prequel series, and much more.

As the DC Universe enters Chapter One of its era under bosses James Gunn and Peter Safran, Zachary Levi created quite the "fury" on social media after ...

It’s a balance, it’s a modern world, it’s a different place.” I don’t have a list of things that somebody should say because of what I think. I can’t be changing my plans all the time because an actor says something that I don’t agree with.” Don’t know if you have a comment on that.” Gunn responded, “Actors, filmmakers I work with are going to say things that I agree with and things that I don’t agree with. actor added, “Hardcore agree.”

James Gunn has responded to the controversy over Zachary Levi's criticism of Pfizer. Levi, who plays the lead role in the DC superhero film Shazam! and its ...

I don’t have a list of things that somebody should say because of what I think. It’s a modern world, It’s a different place.” I can’t be changing my plans all the time because an actor says something that I don’t agree with. “Zach Levi, a couple of days ago, tweeted something about vaccines, got some people upset. Gunn replied: “Actors [and] filmmakers I work with are going to say things that I agree with and things that I don’t agree with. [DC](/topic/dc) superhero film Shazam!