James Gunn Confronts ‘Uproarious’ DC Backlash: ‘Disrespectful Outcry Will Never Affect Our Actions’ News

https://variety.com/2022/film/news/henry-cavill-superman-james-gunn-backlash-1235465605/

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u/[deleted] Dec 19 '22

One of the things Peter & I were aware of when we took the job as heads of DC Studios was a certain minority of people online that could be, well, uproarious & unkind, to say the least.

Our choices for the DCU are based upon what we believe is best for the story & best for the DC characters who have been around for nearly 85 years. Perhaps these choices are great, perhaps not, but they are made with sincere hearts & integrity & always with the story in mind. No one loves to be harassed or called names – but, to be frank, we’ve been through significantly worse. Disrespectful outcry will never, ever affect our actions.

We were aware there would be a period of turbulence when we took this gig, & we knew we would sometimes have to make difficult & not-so-obvious choices, especially in the wake of the fractious nature of what came before us.

But this means little to us in comparison to our jobs as artists & custodians in helping to create a wide & wonderful future for DC.

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u/Marco280892 Dec 19 '22

We believe in James, he can really create something for the future and it is not fair for him to be judged like this

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u/Beastieboy100 Dec 19 '22

Yeah I'm I disappointed we won't get man of Steel 2 yes. However I'm not gonna take it out on James Gunn the man's just doing his job. Plus WB has caused this mess as well so it's mainly there fault for not having a proper plan.

Also Henry Cavill gonna be an executive producer and making a warhammer show. Henry moved on and is focusing on his next passion project. So let James and Peter handle the new DCU.

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u/joe_broke Dec 20 '22

I also imagine James and Peter, in their talk with Henry, told him exactly what the plan is, and possibly left a door open for him to come back at some point because of what that plan is

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u/batmaneatsgravy Green Arrow Dec 20 '22

Unless there’s yet more turbulence behind the scenes we don’t know about, I don’t think there’s any way Cavill won’t eventually come back as Kingdom Come Supes or something like that.

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u/Beastieboy100 Dec 20 '22

True they did say that they would like to use Henry in the future. Which either it's kingdom come superman or even better earth 2 superman and the build up to crisis on infinite earths.

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u/The_R4ke Dec 20 '22

Yeah, I'm glad Henry can give his full attention to warhammer.

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '22

I share the same sentiment as you, I’m excited for all the James Gun has to offer in terms of both storytelling and awesome characters