James Gunn
has made it clear previously that simply because he introduced an enormous sweeping wave of DCU
tasks when he and Peter Safran took the reins at DC Studios, it doesn’t imply issues will pan out that means. Though the preliminary slate of the “Gods & Monsters” chapter of the brand new DCU appeared fairly complete on the time, it appears to be like like one more shift is coming, because the Superman director has revealed he’s at the moment engaged on one other beforehand unannounced addition to the record.
To this point, the brand new DCU consists of the animated sequence Creature Commandos, and this summer time’s Superman, each of which got here from the pen of Gunn. Supergirl: Lady of Tomorrow is at the moment in manufacturing and set for launch in 2026, and Peacemaker Season 2 – once more from Gunn (recognizing a theme anybody?) – lately launched its first trailer. The place issues go from there’s nonetheless one thing that seems to be in flux, and no challenge is admittedly sure till cameras roll.
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Now Gunn has confirmed that he’s engaged on his subsequent script, which might be one other new film and never one of many a number of which are nonetheless awaiting updates. Replying to a query about whether or not he was engaged on his subsequent film, Gunn mentioned:
“Pre-writing. Tooling round. I am deep in ending Superman and Peacemaker.”
When questioned additional on whether or not this was a beforehand introduced film, Gunn merely mentioned, “New.”
This Summer time Will Reveal How the DCU Can Compete on the Field Workplace
Superman has rather a lot using on it this summer time, and it has quite a lot of competitors for field workplace consideration. Many motion pictures launched within the remaining years of the DCEU ended up being an entire disappointment, in each evaluations and ticket receipts. Now, James Gunn and Peter Safran have the job of avoiding the pitfalls of the previous and making the DC franchise a field workplace success once more.
Nevertheless, the Man of Metal may have his work reduce out for him in a busy summer time of massive blockbuster motion pictures. Releasing on July 11, Superman might be flanked by Jurassic World Rebirth on July 2 and The Implausible 4: First Steps on July 25.
The most recent addition to the Jurassic franchise, arriving per week earlier than Superman, will give the film its greatest problem. The dino saga has persistently delivered over $1 billion grosses, so might be anticipated to nonetheless be pulling in massive crowds on its second weekend when the primary DCU live-action challenge lands in theaters. Nevertheless, it can have two clear weeks to make as a lot of an influence as potential earlier than the extremely anticipated MCU film comes and takes over the field workplace.
Superman followers have already been giving combined reactions to the trailers launched to date, and a number of other rumors about the way in which Gunn’s film performs out are inflicting extra friction, whether or not they’re true or not. With solely two months till Superman flies into cinemas once more with a contemporary face and a brand new franchise to steer, we don’t have lengthy to attend to see if Gunn’s Midas contact can work its magic on one other comedian guide franchise.
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Superman
- Launch Date
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July 11, 2025
- Director
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James Gunn
- Producers
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Lars P. Winther, Peter Safran