James Gunn officially leaves his last days while his new chapter with DC Studios begins, starting with the coming outing of Superman.
With the highly anticipated film that struck the rooms on July 11, the director reflected on his Marvel path Galaxy goalkeepers To direct the cinematographic universe of DC.
Speaking on the Expert armchair Podcast, Gunn looked at his unexpected Marvel shot in 2018, a moment that left him uncertain of his future.
“I thought my career was over,” he admitted. But things took a turn when Warner Bros came to call.
“Toby Emperich de Warner Bros. At the time came to me. He said to me:” James Gunn Superman? “I said,” I don’t know, guy. “And then he said to himself:” Well, what about suicide Squad? “So I had an idea.
This field led to the film 2021 The suicide teamthat Gunn finished before finally returning to Marvel for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 in 2023.
But even though he fell in the Marvel universe, his future was already playing in a different direction.
Gunn recalled that the same day he had the Suicide team The offer, the Disney CCO, Alan Horn, set out after the president of Marvel Studios, Kevin Feige, pushed to bring him back.
“I went to Kevin,” said Gunn.
“I entered his basement where he has all his Star Wars figures like a small museum and he said:” It’s incredible. I say to myself: “Yeah, that’s good, but I have to do anything else.” And – Oh my God, I didn’t remember it until that time – Kevin said: “UGH, are you doing Superman?” »»
Although he left Marvel to face DC projects, Gunn said he did not feel in conflict about the decision.
“No, I just shook my head. I didn’t feel like this because I was dismissed,” he said. “Listen, there are people I am not so happy [at Disney]But it was certainly not the Marvel guys, you know? They were completely favorable
[Marvel Studios Co-President] Louis d’Esposito called me all the time. Lou and Kevin were great. So it was certainly not them. But I didn’t feel guilt at all. I mean, I had to take a job! I took a job [with] People I also liked, and that’s it. »»Now co-drawn in the star of DC studios with Peter Safran, Gunn is launching a new vision for the DC universe.
Superman marks the start of Gods and monsters Chapter, with David Corenswet playing the emblematic role of Clark Kent.
He plays alongside Rachel Brosnahan like Lois Lane, Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor, and María Gabriela de Faría as an engineer. The cast also includes Skyler Gisondo, Sara Sampaio, Sean Gunn, Edi Gathegi, Anthony Carrigan, Isabela Merced and Nathan Fillion.
