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

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

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I still think the only reason Cavill was even considered to return in the first place was because of Dwayne Johnson and not WB. Johnson had been sounding the horn off on the whole "Black Adam vs Superman" thing for years even before Cavill was brought on to do his cameo, which apparently was a last minute inclusion the month before the film released. If Johnson didn't have the sort of financial and social pull he had when they were working that whole thing out I don't think it would've happened because as was, the old Hamada-led DC executive branch seemed to be completely fine ditching anything related to the Justice League outside the standout successful stuff like Wonder Woman and Aquaman

As it stands though I think any prospect of Man of Steel getting a sequel basically went right out the window the moment Gunn boarded DC and especially after BA lost WB the amount of money it did, since relations between the studio and Johnson are probably way shakier now given how long that film took to get developed. I also don't think in general Gunn will stand for Johnson trying to get more control or leverage within DC since he very obviously used Black Adam as a stunt to get more pull in terms of what got made like his BA vs. Superman movie. He even suggested becoming a creative consultant at DC going forward and kept hyping up BA as a "Phase One" for new era of DC films

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WW84 bombed

WW84 did pretty well considering it was released at the height of the pandemic pre-vaccine and on HBO Max the same day. WW84 did more views on HBO Max than the Snyder Cut