Pressure is mounting as Supergirl approaches its June release. Not only is it the second feature film in James Gunn’s DC Universe, but it’s also part of a broader effort to restore audience faith in superhero movies—particularly DC stories. Much of that attention is now focused on the film’s star, Milly Alcock. In a recent interview, Alcock addressed the criticism she expects to face.
In a revelation that might have sent shockwaves through Hollywood a few years ago, the Wall Street Journal has confirmed that Warner Bros. once attempted to lure Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige over to run DC. That’s right — in the midst of its post-Justice League...
In a quiet but telling moment from Warner Bros. Discovery’s post-merger restructuring, CEO David Zaslav reportedly made the call to halt development on a high-profile Black Superman movie being written by author Ta-Nehisi Coates and produced by J.J. Abrams. The project, envisioned as a civil rights-era period piece, was deemed by Zaslav to be “too woke,” according to a Wall Street Journal report published this week.
Dean Cain, the actor best known for portraying Superman in the hit 1990s series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, is joining the growing chorus of critics who are pushing back against James Gunn’s upcoming Superman reboot.
In a newly published GQ cover story on actor David Corenswet, Superman director James Gunn revealed details about their on-set relationship. The most attention-grabbing moment comes when Gunn admits that during filming, he occasionally told Corenswet to “shut the f*** up” — and proudly states that the actor “does not take that personally.”
Twelve years ago, Man of Steel kicked off what would eventually become the Snyderverse with a respectable $128.7 million domestic box office opening weekend for a Superman film. Now, projections for James Gunn’s rebooted Superman suggest it may not even reach that benchmark—despite having every modern advantage in its corner.
Just hours after film critic and YouTube host Grace Randolph declared James Gunn’s Superman the “BEST Superman movie to date,” her exact words began ricocheting across X from a slew of accounts parroting identical praise. And when we say identical, we mean identical.
I haaaaaated this movie. I hated it with a deep, gnawing frustration. Because for the third time in my life, a director has rebooted Superman—and for the third time, they failed.
Variety is once again under fire for spinning a neutral quote into political controversy, this time targeting Superman director James Gunn. At the film’s press junket, Variety’s Marc Malkin approached Gunn with a divisive question about the supposed backlash from Trump supporters over Gunn’s earlier comments framing Superman as an immigrant. But Gunn didn’t take the bait.
James Gunn is once again refuting claims that his upcoming Superman film is facing impossible financial hurdles due to a bloated budget. The director and co-head of DC Studios addressed the rumors in a recent interview with GQ, specifically calling out the widely circulated belief that the film must gross $700 million just to break even.
With mere days to release, director and DC Studios co-head James Gunn has finally said the quiet part out loud: yes, the new Superman movie is about politics.
In a new interview with The Times of London, Gunn opened up about the themes at the heart of his DC Universe reboot, and he made it abundantly clear that this version of the Man of Steel won’t shy away from commentary.
With the Superman review embargo officially set to lift on July 8th, Warner Bros. has been keeping tight control over early critical reactions to James Gunn’s highly anticipated DC reboot. However, that strategy hit a major snag late last night when The Daily Beast accidentally published its review ahead of schedule—and it wasn’t pretty.
In a recent CBS Sunday Morning interview, Superman star David Corenswet gave viewers a closer look into his approach to playing the iconic hero, but one thing was noticeably absent: The American Way.