Marvel’s Kevin Feige has no points with James Gunn working for DC Studios.
During final evening’s Black Panther: Wakanda Forever premiere in Hollywood, Marvel’s Kevin Feige was requested about James Gunn’s DC Studios transfer. Gunn has an extended historical past with Marvel, having to date labored on three Guardians of the Galaxy films and a Holiday Special coming to Disney Plus, however the filmmaker is now heading to Warner Bros. Discovery to run the studio’s DC division alongside Peter Safran, the producer behind the Aquaman and Shazam! films.
“I speak to James [Gunn] almost every day,” Kevin Feige informed The Hollywood Reporter. “We have a wonderful thing called the Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special coming out. We have a wonderful thing called Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 coming out in May. How he’ll have any time to work on DC until May I don’t know, but once he does have the time, I’ll be very excited. I’ll be first in line.”
As reported on Friday, James Gunn and Peter Safran have signed a four-year deal to spearhead DC’s movie, tv and animation efforts at Warner Bros. Discovery. The two begin on November 1st. The contract makes Gunn unique to DC, that means that he can’t work for Marvel after the discharge of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, at the very least for the foreseeable future.
Prior to his hiring because the co-head of DC Studios, James Gunn wrote and directed The Suicide Squad and developed its spin-off sequence Peacemaker for the WanerMedia streaming service HBO Max. Peacemaker has already been renewed for a second season, which is predicted to start filming subsequent 12 months, however Gunn is aso engaged on a high secret DC Comics film.
James Gunn is predicted to concentrate on the artistic route of the DC Universe whereas Peter Safran will deal with enterprise and manufacturing. They will report on to Warner Bros. Discovery chief David Zaslav and coordinate with Warner Bros. Film Group co-heads Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy.
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Source: The Hollywood Reporter