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And while Gunn didn't officially confirm the news, the news could make things interesting when you consider what overall role Lord could play in the DCU – could we be looking at an evil version of the MCU's Nick Fury (Samuel L Jackson), where he has storyline threads across the films and series? At the[...]

If reports are correct, then DC Studios co-CEOs James Gunn & Peter Safran's DCU have found its Maxwell Lord – and it's someone very familiar with Gunn on a personal & professional level Deadline Hollywood is reporting that Sean Gunn (Marvel Studios' "Guardians of the Galaxy" films) has been cast in the role of the[...]

Here's the official trailer & look at the all-star cast for Warner Bros. Entertainment's Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths – Part One.

With the new year approaching in less than a month, we've been dumping more gasoline on our dumpster fires of random speculation when it comes to DC Studios co-CEOs/co-chairmen James Gunn & Peter Safran's first programming slate for their vision of a new DCU Because "Chapter 1 – Gods and Monsters" celebrates its one-year "birthday" on[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? Lifetime, Seth MacFarlane's The Orville, CM Punk, FOX "News" Host Sean Hannity, Prime Video's The Boys: Mexico, NBC's Saturday Night Live, Disney+'s Agatha: Darkhold Diaries, Netflix's Stranger Things 5, FX's Alien, Prime Video's Fallout, Netflix's The Crown, James Gunn/DCU, Disney+'s The Mandalorian, Star Trek/Hallmark Channel, BBC's Doctor Who, HBO's The Last of Us, Star Trek: Khan:[...]

Over the weekend, we speculated about whether or not January 31, 2024, will bring a day's worth of big updates on "Chapter 1 – Gods and Monsters," DC Studios co-CEOs/co-chairmen James Gunn & Peter Safran's first programming slate for their vision of a new DCU (more on that in a minute) On the film side, we[...]

On November 1, 2022, the DCU officially – and began That's when James Gunn & Peter Safran officially began their run as co-CEOs/co-chairmen of DC Studios – and that's when the speculation over what exactly a "new DCU" would mean shifted into overdrive Three months later, Gunn & Safran would off a whole lot of[...]

Entertainment's Justice League: Crisis On Infinite Earths: Watchmen, Justice League/"Crisis" Films Not New DCU: James Gunn In the first of three responses that you're about to see from back in August, Gunn clarified that neither animated film is a part of the new DCU that he & DC Studios' co-head Peter Safran are crafting and that it[...]

Photo Credit: Jonathan Olley/ © DC Comics The Penguin: Casey Bloys on DCU's Advantage Over MCU If you ask Bloys, it's not that viewers are having "superhero fatigue" as much as they're getting tired of the same old, same old "I don't know that it's necessarily tentpole fatigue as much as it is a sameness of storytelling,"[...]

When it comes to the streaming series side of DC Studios co-heads James Gunn & Peter Safran's upcoming slate of DCU programming ("Chapter 1 – Gods and Monsters"), we've been getting a pretty decent amount of updates on the animated Max series Creature Commandos over the past few months And then, last week, Gunn treated[...]

One of his stops was The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon – where the superstar & SNL host had some interesting things to say about his run as Aquaman – and what sounds like a very warm & cozy future home in DC Studios heads James Gunn & Peter Safran's new DCU. Image: Instagram Screencap/Warner Bros[...]

EPs Patrick Schumacker & Justin Halpern's Kaley Cuoco & Lake Bell-starring Harley Quinn will be returning to Max for a fifth season.

Normally, when we're covering what DC Studios co-head James Gunn has to say about his & Peter Safran's upcoming slate of DCU programming, it usually revolves around the live-action Superman: Legacy and Creature Commandos But for this go-around, another film and streaming series gets the spotlight Earlier, we learned that Ana Nogueira had been tapped[...]

James Gunn confirmed that DC Studios' Superman: Legacy will still meet its July 2025 premiere date; David Harbour talks Creature Commandos.

Until today, Gunn and series star Frank Grillo (Rick Flag Sr.) confirmed that next year would see the premiere of the new DCU's first series But a recent update from animation studio Bobbypills had the series not arriving until 2025 Well, Gunn heard the rumblings and took to Twitter/X to clarify the confusion "Yes, 'Creature[...]

But even with Gunn and series star Frank Grillo (Rick Flag Sr.) previously giving the thumbs-up that the first official project from the new DCU will hit next year, it seems as if animation studio Bobbypills has a very different view of things During a presentation offering updates on the studio's project (the video was[...]

Of course, Max has a pretty vested interest in the topic with its DCU foundation DC Studios' James Gunn & Peter Safran have a slate of DC films & series on the way – with more to come The streamer has already found success with Gunn's John Cena-starring Peacemaker – and let's not forget the[...]

As many of you may know, DC Studios' James Gunn & Peter Safran's new DCU doesn't actually kick off with the Gunn-written & directed Superman: Legacy in 2025 It actually begins next year, with the project that would be the first official DCU green light that they would give Of course, we're talking about the[...]

Superman & Lois star Elizabeth Tulloch and Superman: Legacy writer/director share a mutual appreciation for Lois Lane's choice in purple.

Now this is the kind of news we love to pass along because we know fans of James Gunn's John Cena-starring Peacemaker are going to love it.

Earlier this week, DC Studios' co-head James Gunn looked to clarify how fans should be viewing his & co-head Peter Safran's DCU, with the understanding that the animated series Creature Commandos (2024) and the feature film Superman: Legacy are the first two official chapters in their overall plans In his Threads posts, Gunn also explained[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? SAG-AFTRA/AMPTP, Dan Harmon & Justin Roiland, AMC's The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, Community, Showtime's The Curse, Adult Swim's Rick and Morty, Netflix's Blue Eye Samurai, Prime Video's Gen V, James Gunn/DCU, HBO's True Detective: Night Country, Star Trek: very Short Treks, Netflix's Castlevania: Nocturne, Netflix's Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft, Netflix's Masters of the Universe: Revolution,[...]

That's because Gunn & Safran will officially kick off their DCU with the Max animated series Creature Commandos – followed by Superman: Legacy in 2025 Now, Gunn is looking to clarify how fans should be viewing his & Safran's DCU – with the understanding that "no one has seen anything from the DCU yet." That[...]

Despite everything that's been going on with the WGA & SAG-AFTRA, the first official chapter in Gunn & Safran's new DCU was still on track for a 2024 debut With some time to kill, Gunn took to Instagram to suggest some "homework" reading for those looking to learn more about the "Commandos'" exploits on the[...]

James Gunn & Peter Safran's DC Studios will get a permanent production hub in the expansion of the UK's Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden.

With Max's Doom Patrol wrapping up its run in October, midseason return episode director Bosede Williams previews what viewers can expect.

The series has the distinction of being the first DCU project that Gunn & Safran gave the green light to (with Gunn having penned the series) and the first from DC Studios that will hit screens In addition, the series is being cast with voice actors who could also play their characters in a live-action[...]

While no date was set, a new fall preview guide that was released earlier lists the final episodes of Max's Doom Patrol arriving in the fall.

For us, it's all about offering updates on the upcoming television & film projects that are on the way from his & co-head Peter Safran's news DCU – especially now that we'll be seeing a more integrated media universe between the big and small screens With that in mind, we have quick updates on both[...]

Discovery's DCU – and one of the major projects you have lined up is a new cinematic adventure for the Caped Crusader – any comments you made about past takes on Batman are going to be brought back to life And that's what's been going on lately, with Facebook comments from Gunn from 2022 being[...]