James Gunn continues to make use of social media as a software to speak with passionate DC followers… for higher or worse. Very often, Gunn will hop onto Twitter to reply to a selected type of backlash, or make clear mistaken experiences earlier than they run rampant on a Reddit sub. Gunn is upfront and clear with the DC followers on social media, and generally even lets them know issues they in all probability didn’t wish to hear. Like the truth that he had been employed to jot down his Superman film, Superman: Legacy, six months in the past. Or, in different phrases, lengthy earlier than Warner Bros. let Henry Cavill make a video proclaiming to followers that he was returning to the function.
Gunn took to Twitter to handle an IG story that talked about two of his motion pictures being in pre-production over at WB: the animated Creature Commandos, and a Superman film. When followers pushed him a little bit on the timeline, he revealed through Tweet that he had been employed to jot down a brand new Superman film six months in the past. And that made some DC followers come to this conclusion:
I do know Henry Cavill ought to have made positive a contract was signed earlier than he introduced his return however….That is some bullshi*** pic.twitter.com/Nr1ap7SUFSFebruary 20, 2023
James Gunn additionally made it clear that the Superman film he was scripting always was meant to be separate from any Man of Metal 2 plans that Warner Bros. might need had with Henry Cavill. However he undoubtedly clarified that he was employed to work on Superman earlier than taking up because the co-lead of DC Studios (with Peter Safran).
It was. I used to be employed to jot down Superman Legacy over six months in the past.February 19, 2023
Henry Cavill followers began to do the mathematics (as seen above), and notice that this meant WB knew that James Gunn was mapping out a contemporary course for DC’s Blue Boy Scout, all whereas permitting Cavill to make an announcement that he was returning to the Superman function. This occurred after he filmed a cameo for Black Adam, which appeared like this:
And DC followers, notably those that cherished Henry Cavill within the function and needed to see him return, flooded social media with offended messages like this one:
What this implies is that every thing from @WBD was a lie simply to get folks within the seats to see #BlackAdam. Anyone who’s a fan of DC ought to really feel sickened and disgusted by this. WBD clearly doesn’t care about anyone! We’re all simply pawns for revenue. Henry Cavill bought fucked! https://t.co/VubB5WTJ8MFebruary 20, 2023
After which there are the followers who blame not solely Warner Bros., however Dwayne Johnson and his Seven Bucks Productions. Some assume that The Rock and his staff manipulated Henry Cavill into believing that he had a future at WB, although it possible was recognized that DC Movies was going to go in a special course and try a reboot of the universe. Is it attainable that The Rock used Cavill with the intention to give Black Adam a lift? Or did he additionally imagine that WB was going to permit Black Adam to proceed, and construct towards that face off with Superman in a future movie?
Henry Cavill if he ever sees Dwayne Johnson once more: pic.twitter.com/MD8BBCEmUvFebruary 19, 2023
Regardless of the way you slice it, this whole state of affairs is a large catastrophe behind the scenes. Key executives who possible have been a part of these conversations now not are in place at DC Movies, to allow them to be made to appear like scapegoats for the uncomfortable selections that occurred on the time.
There’s no getting round the truth that baggage have been fumbled throughout this course of, and Henry Cavill was made to appear like a idiot. There’s little question that Cavill will prevail, and already has some thrilling initiatives on his horizon. However yeah, we’d have cherished to see him in one other Superman film… a minimum of one. As a substitute, we’ve got these Upcoming DC Motion pictures to sit up for, together with Shazam: Fury of the Gods touchdown in theaters in March.
