Well, it’s been a bombshell evening on this planet of DC Studios and the DC Universe. After telling followers, “we know we are not going to make every single person happy every step of the way,” in response to rumors that “Wonder Woman 3” was being killed and “Man Of Steel 2” could not occur, DC Studios co-chief James Gunn revealed dropped a few of his plans and dropped the hammer. He introduced he’s writing a brand new Superman movie and Henry Cavill wouldn’t return because the character as he was going to discover a youthful model of the character (but it surely gained’t be an origin movie, in accordance with Gunn).
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There’s already a rumored DC reboot and reset within the works—Jason Momoa has been rumored to be leaving the Aquaman film and taking the character Lobo as a substitute— Patty Jenkins has left because the director of “Wonder Woman 3,” and all of this mixed definitely units the stage for a serious reboot of the universe from Gunn and DC Studios co-chief Peter Safran.
But there’s extra. The ever-transparent James Gunn on Twitter additionally revealed that he has met with Ben Affleck and they’re looking for him a DC Studios movie to direct. Many persons are questioning concerning the destiny of Affleck as Batman within the DC Universe. We already know that the character is within the upcoming “The Flash” movie and Affleck himself billed it as a goodbye (Michael Keaton’s presupposed to step in as Batman for him).
But at this level, if every part’s been rebooted—and it positive appears like it’s, or they’ve definitely paved the way in which for it— does any of that actually matter? That mentioned, Affleck is in his ‘50s now and desires to get again to directing, so the actor as Batman once more appears unlikely since he solely agreed to return in “The Flash” so he might finish his tenure because the character (the rumored plan was that he would finally return in a Crisis On Infinite Earths movie, however that was underneath Walter Hamada, the ex-DC Studios chief and now completely moot and out of date).
Affleck isn’t the one director who has met with DC Studios. Recently, the trades revealed that James Mangold (“Logan,” “Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny”) and Andy Muschietti (director of “The Flash”) met with among the people at DC and expressed curiosity in becoming a member of the fold (or in Muschietti’s case, doing extra)
The final bit of stories in all this that appeared unlikely however apparently true, is that J.J. Abrams/Ta-Nehisi Coates‘ Superman concept and screenplay, based on a Black Superman, is still in active development (according to Variety). No one has heard from that project for years, and many of Abrams/Bad Robots DC film projects like Zatanna, Constantine, and Madame X were all recently killed by Warner Bros. Discovery’s David Zaslav’s cost-cutting measures. So to listen to that Coates’ Black Superman movie wasn’t killed is a little bit of a shock, to be trustworthy.
That reads like Gunn and Safran have learn the pitch, idea, and therapy, prefer it, and assume it has potential. And like Matt Reeves’ “The Batman” and Todd Phillips’ “The Joker,” that storyline might nonetheless dwell on in its personal various universe.