james gunn Archives

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[...]

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 answers – unveiling their first programming slate on January 31,[...]

Earlier this weekend, DC Studios Co-CEO James Gunn offered us some insights into how he spent his Thanksgiving weekend – and it was music to the ears of fans of Max's John Cena-starring Peacemaker Following an update from October, Gunn responded to a fan asking about the status of the second season with the news that[...]

Just when you thought he was only going to make news with Superman: Legacy, DC Studios Co-CEO & the film's writer/director James Gunn dropped some excellent news regarding the status of the second season of his John Cena-starring Peacemaker Following up on an update from October, Gunn responded on Threads to a fan asking about the[...]

The cast of the James Gunn directed and written Superman film continues to fill out, and today, we have learned that Skyler Gisondo will be playing Jimmy Olsen Gisondo has appeared in HBO's The Righteous Gemstones.  Skyler Gisondo attends HBO's "The Righteous Gemstones" Los Angeles Premiere at Paramount Studious, Los Angeles, CA on July 25, 2019[...]

There was some worry that the strikes would hinder the film's production and it would miss its scheduled release date, but writer and director James Gunn confirmed this wasn't the case Since then, the roles have been filling up, and just yesterday, we found out that Nicholas Hoult would be playing Lex Luthor It seems[...]

It's been a tumultuous ride for DC films, but very soon, filmmaker James Gunn aims to change that by presenting audiences with a new, reimagined version of DC and its iconic characters, starting with the all-important DC project Superman: Legacy! And while we've already received our next Superman star along with a few other actors,[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? Adult Swim's Rick and Morty, AMC's Fear the Walking Dead, AMC's The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live, James Gunn/Booster Gold, Disney+'s What If…?, Prime Video's Invincible, NBC's Saturday Night Live, Anime NYC/Yen Press, DesiQuest, Crunchyroll, Cartoon Network's The Powerpuff Girls, AEW Full Gear & more! Images/Screencaps: AMC Networks, AMC Networks, The CW,[...]

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[...]

James Gunn is directing the film from his own script, as this film kicks off a new era of DC Comics films It is set to release on July 11th, 2025 Gunn confirmed that the strikes from this year did not affect the timeline for the making of the film and that they will still[...]

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[...]

Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow is one of the first offerings coming in the brand new James Gunn-led DC Film Universe, and today, a writer was hired to steer the direction of the film Ana Nogueira has been hired to write the script after also being tapped to write a Supergirl script on the down low[...]

And while we still have that to share, we're kicking things off with DC Studios' co-head James Gunn, and his update on Superman: Legacy Thanking "the efforts of our talented crew" for working hard and doing what they could during the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, Gunn shared that they've produced "the most amazing character and[...]

Earlier today, we covered some confusion as to whether or not DC Studios' James Gunn & Peter Safran's upcoming streaming animated series based on writer J M DeMatteis & artist Pat Broderick's Creature Commandos would be arriving on Max in 2024 or 2025 Until today, Gunn and series star Frank Grillo (Rick Flag Sr.) confirmed that next year[...]

As recently as September of this year, the word regarding DC Studios' James Gunn & Peter Safran's upcoming streaming animated series based on writer J M DeMatteis & artist Pat Broderick's Creature Commandos was that it was on track to hit our screens in 2024 But even with Gunn and series star Frank Grillo (Rick Flag Sr.)[...]

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[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? SAG-AFTRA/AMPTP, Star Trek: very Short Treks, WWE NXT, Superman & Lois: Elizabeth Tulloch & James Gunn, NBC's Saturday Night Live, Hulu's American Horror Stories, Matt Wagner/Grendel, NFL/Travis Kelce & Taylor Swift, Netflix's One Piece, Netflix's Stranger Things 5, Prime Video's Gen V, Disney+'s Loki, Paramount+'s iCarly, Warrior Nun, Comedy Central's The Daily Show, Paramount+'s Star[...]

And it would be safe to say that DC Studios Co-CEO James Gunn's Superman: Legacy would be near the top of that list Earlier today, Gunn shared a look at how the film's production offices were being adorned in The Man of Steel glory – with one comic book cover, in particular, catching the attention[...]

With that in mind, we are personally & professionally excited to pass on some good news about one of Bleeding Cool's favorite series of 2022 – DC Studios Co-CEO & Superman: Legacy writer/director James Gunn's John Cena-starring Peacemaker Responding to the comment "SEASON 2 PLEASE" in his Instagram post from earlier, Gunn responded with "Writing[...]

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,[...]

And when it comes to those who have spotlights on them heading into 2024, DC Studios' James Gunn & Peter Safran would be pretty close to the top of that list That's because Gunn & Safran will officially kick off their DCU with the Max animated series Creature Commandos – followed by Superman: Legacy in[...]

Earlier this month, Frank Grillo, aka Rick Flag Sr., shared an update that we're quite sure that folks looking forward to DC Studios' James Gunn & Peter Safran's animated series based on writer J M DeMatteis & artist Pat Broderick's Creature Commandos were happy to hear Despite everything that's been going on with the WGA &[...]

And guess who should be really excited to hear that the ground-breaking will kick off in 2024, with 2027 eyed for completion? James Gunn & Peter Safran, whose DC Studios will be getting a primary production hub at Leavesden (with the co-heads expected to consult on the new facilities) Developed in consultation with Three Rivers[...]

The last time we checked in with how things were going with DC Studios' James Gunn & Peter Safran's upcoming animated series based on writer J M DeMatteis & artist Pat Broderick's Creature Commandos, David Harbour (Stranger Things), aka Eric Frankenstein, had some pretty promising things to say about the project (more on that in a[...]

DC Comics' publishing plans, especially what they are rushing through to reprint, reveal much that's on James Gunn's mind No matter what the world throws at you, at Bleeding Cool, you can still read all about comics, merch, TV shows, games, movies, and more The Daily Lying In The Gutters remains a long-running run around the[...]

It also had the first use of DC's Frankenstein Monster in the fashion that will be used in the upcoming the Creature Commandos animated series that will be part of James Gunn's new canon. Superman: Brainiac (2023 Edition) for the 7th of November reprints Action Comics #766-780 from 2008, a Superman storyline written by Geoff Johns[...]

Discovery, James Gunn/Superman: Legacy/ Creature Commandos, Sir Patrick Stewart, FX's Justified: City Primeval, BBC's Doctor Who, and more! Images/Screencaps: Lucasfilm, Warner Bros Discovery, Max, NBCUniversal, WGA, HBO, FX Networks, BBC, Netflix, Paramount Global BCTV Daily Dispatch: Bill Maher/WGA, Quantum Leap, The Fall of the House of Usher, Star Trek: very Short Treks, Ahsoka, Warner Bros[...]

When he's not trying to remember how to get access back to his Facebook account (we feel your pain) or dealing with another round of folks digging up old posts from over a decade ago, DC Studios' co-head James Gunn is actually doing some pretty important stuff For us, it's all about offering updates on[...]