james gunn Archives

Unless this is an attempt to run it up the flagpole and see if anyone salutes it? James Gunn, would you be down with this? Writer Kyle Starks is best-known for writing and occasionally drawing Rick And Morty comics, as well as comics such as Sexcastle, Rock Candy Mountain, Old Head Assassin Nation, Six Sidekicks of Trigger Keaton[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board for today? Disney+'s X-Men '97, Paramount+'s Star Trek: Picard, DCU's James Gunn & Ben Affleck, FOX's Bob's Burgers, HBO's Succession, Shudder's April line-up, CBC's Essex County, Disney+ & Marvel Studios' shifting schedule (Loki, Secret Invasion, etc.), BBC & Disney+'s Doctor Who, HBO Max's Penguin, The CW's Superman &[...]

Even before DC Studio co-heads James Gunn & Peter Safran rolled out "Chapter 1 – Gods and Monsters," their first wave of films & series that serve to establish the new DCU, Gunn made it clear what their casting philosophy would be In a nutshell, it's the right person for the right part But does that matter[...]

But DC Comics has been on a roll of late, and if James Gunn is popping by to gee up the troops, well, that can be no bad thing, right? Cross fingers… UPDATE: Ouch, yes, it's layoffs Not many, but a few, as part of a reorganisation And longstanding employee, Alison Gill, Senior Vice President of Manufacturing[...]

In a profile of the actor, writer & director from The Hollywood Reporter that was based on two interviews earlier this month, Ben Affleck was asked if he was planning to direct a project in DC Studios heads James Gunn & Peter Safran's new DCU And based on his response, it was pretty clear that Affleck[...]

Well, if anyone thought that Ben Affleck would be spending some time in DC Studios heads James Gunn & Peter Safran's new DCU? Now would be a good time to put away any plans you had to hold your breath. In a profile of the actor, writer & director from The Hollywood Reporter that was based[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board for today? NBC's Saturday Night Live, TBS' AEW Dynamite, NBC's The Blacklist, Peacock's Monk reunion film, Amazon's The Boys, Paramount+'s Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Showtime's Yellowjackets, James Gunn/Superman/Batman, The CW's Riverdale, Disney+'s Daredevil: Born Again, WWE Hall of Fame/Great Muta, Disney+'s Willow, Peacock's Bupkis, Paramount+'s Star Trek:[...]

"Yes, I'm directing Superman: Legacy to be released on July 11, 2025." And with those words, DC Studios head James Gunn confirmed what comics creator & DC Studios writers' room member alluded to last week Not only will he be penning the feature film return of The Man of Steel, but he will also be[...]

Like, maybe that's the time frame when Snyderbros transcend their physical forms and truly become one with the Snyderverse? Maybe that's when Snyder will formally declare that the Snyderverse is officially seceding and becoming its own island nation? Maybe that's when there will be an epic "rock, paper, scissors" face-off between Snyder and DC Studios'[...]

Once upon a time, DC Studios head James Gunn retweeted and replied to Bleeding Cool news that certain DC Comics collections of comics had sold out and were going back to print, as a result of his news about which characters and which comic book stories would be receiving movie and TV treatment from DC[...]

But they also talked about how they owed their careers at Marvel and DC Comics to James Gunn, the new DC Studios head. Chip Zdarsky, current Batman writer, said "I wouldn't be working at Marvel or DC if it wasn't for James Gunn After he did Guardians of the Galaxy, the weekend after it opened, a[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board for today? NBC's Saturday Night Live, Paramount+'s Star Trek: Picard, Crunchyroll's My Hero Academia, FOX's Bob's Burgers, James Gunn/Wonder Woman/Superman, AMC's Lucky Hank, FOX's The Great North, The CW's Superman & Lois, NBC's The Blacklist, Marc Guggenheim/Arrowverse, AMC's Fear the Walking Dead, BBC's Doctor Who, Netflix's Stranger Things,[...]

As we all know by now, DC Studios' James Gunn & Peter Safran rolled out "Chapter 1 – Gods and Monsters," their first wave of films (Superman Legacy, Swamp Thing, The Authority, The Brave and the Bold & Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow) and series (Waller, Lanterns, Booster Gold, Creature Commandos & Paradise Lost) comprising their[...]

A little more than a week after Marc Guggenheim, one of the founding forces behind The CW's "Arrowverse" (Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl, etc.), posted an update on Substack expressing his feelings about not getting "at least a meeting" with DC Studios' co-heads James Gunn & Peter Safran re new DCU and how that's impacted his[...]

While things may not be so clear on who may or may not be directing DC Studios's upcoming James Gunn-penned Superman Legacy (more on that in a second), Gunn isn't wasting a second clearing up a rumor that's rumbling around social media like it's a fact Basically, a casting call has been put out already[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board for today? CBS' Ghosts, Paramount+'s Star Trek: Picard, Red Dwarf, TNT's AEW Rampage, Vince McMahon spinoff zine, FOX's WWE SmackDown, James Gunn/Superman Legacy, Disney+'s Daredevil: Born Again, Amazon's Citadel, BBC's Red Nose Day 2023, FOX's "The Flinstones" spinoff Bedrock, ABC's The Rookie, AMC's Fear the Walking Dead, Netflix's[...]

At the end of January 2023, DC Studios' co-heads James Gunn & Peter Safran unveiled "Chapter 1 – Gods and Monsters," their first wave of films & series comprising their vision of a new DCU In addition, the duo revealed they had assembled a writers' room to assist them in formulating an 8-10 year plan[...]

Davies being in it for the long haul, HBO's Barry dropping a teaser for its final season, DC Studios' James Gunn cleaning up some Dave Bautista/Bane reporting while dropping an interesting Vertigo Comics tease, Wednesday star Jenna Ortega explaining how much she had to do keep Wednesday Addams, Wednesday Addams; Jon Bernthal reportedly returning at[...]

Okay, so we're only two days into the week, and we're on our third update when it comes to DC Studios' co-head, James Gunn, cleaning up & clarifying all of the rumblings going on out there regarding what is (and isn't) happening with his & Peter Safran's new DCU First up, Gunn called out some[...]

Well, it looks like we're kicking off the week with two updates from James Gunn regarding his & his DC Studios partner Peter Safran's upcoming plans for the DCU Previously, he stunned us a bit by letting us know just how much we don't know about "Chapter 1 – Gods and Monsters" beyond what we[...]

So we're a little more than a month out since DC Studios' James Gunn & Peter Safran rolled out "Chapter 1 – Gods and Monsters," their first wave of films (Superman Legacy, Swamp Thing, The Authority, The Brave and the Bold & Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow) and series (Waller, Lanterns, Booster Gold, Creature Commandos &[...]

Our line-up for this morning includes Chris Rock unleashing his full outrage on Will Smith & Jada Pinkett Smith during Netflix's "Selective Outrage," David Harbour confirming when Netflix's Stranger Things 5 will begin filming, DC Studios' James Gunn (once again) throwing cold water on the idea that Netflix is looking to buy the Snyderverse, Disney+'s[...]

If you've been following along with our coverage of how things have been going with DC Studios co-heads James Gunn & Peter Safran's first wave of films and series ("Chapter 1 – Gods and Monsters") comprising their new DCU, you know about the whole #sellthesnyderversetonetflix deal They're the contingent of Zack Snyder fans who will not accept[...]

As we all know by now, the end of January 2023 saw DC Studios' co-heads James Gunn & Peter Safran unveil "Chapter 1 – Gods and Monsters," their first wave of films & series comprising their vision of a new DCU In addition, the duo revealed they had assembled a writers' room to assist them[...]

A few days ago on Bleeding Cool, we looked at what we presumed was a new Authority piece being drawn by Bryan Hitch, posted to Twitter. I replied with a tweet, "Ooh, is that Apollo" and got in response from Bryan, "haven't you got some news to report…?" Well, I mean, I did, didn't I? Bryan[...]

Reportedly, the deal was given a green light by WBD after it was deemed not to have a fit with DC Studios' James Gunn & Peter Safran's vision for a new DCU As we mentioned previously, the move makes sense for both parties WBD gets paid for a project with some strong early buzz (Gaiman[...]

Our line-up for this morning includes Jack Black taking a call from DC Studios' James Gunn to be the next Superman, Woody Harrelson stinking up NBC's Saturday Night Live over the weekend, and us looking at the possibility of Rick and Morty big bad Evil Morty asactually be Rick AND Morty. Image: Instagram Screencap, Adult Swim[...]

I mean, just this past week, DC Studios co-head James Gunn shared that he was "very far" into the Superman: Legacy script And based on what Gunn & his DCU partner, Peter Safran, had to share last month, we know that casting and things like that will start to kick in once there's a script[...]

Our line-up for this morning includes DC Studios' James Gunn offering a surprising Creature Commandos casting update, Paramount+'s Star Trek: Picard dropping a game-changer this week, Netflix's The Umbrella Academy wrapping things up in style with Nick Offerman, Megan Mullally & David Cross joining the cast, Adult Swim's The Venture Bros star Patrick Warburton talking[...]

When DC Studios' James Gunn & Peter Safran announced "Chapter 1 – Gods and Monsters" (their first wave of films & series in their new DCU), we were impressed with the diversity of series selections being offered right out of the gate But if we were forced to pick  a favorite, it was the news[...]