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Earlier this week, we reported that a production/industry listing confirmed filming on DC Studios Co-CEO James Gunn's Superman: Legacy would begin on March 4, 2024 – with the film being eyed for a Summer 2025 release Earlier today, Gunn took to Threads to essentially confirm the start month But first, Gunn made it clear that[...]

By now, we all know that DC Studios Co-CEO James Gunn's Superman: Legacy will be hitting the big screens in Summer 2025 And over the past few months, we've been treated to some big casting news – despite the restrictions that impacted the entertainment industry over the course of a good chunk of the year[...]

For me, the most important aspects of the character go beyond trunks!" That was the response that Superman: Legacy writer/director James Gunn gave back in June when asked if The Man of Steel will have his "underwear on the outside" (as those who aren't in favor of the trunks have come to refer to it)[...]

Over the weekend, DC Studios co-CEO James Gunn made some news regarding Matt Reeves's "Arkham Asylum" series, one of two spinoffs from the Robert Pattinson-starring The Batman feature (with the Colin Farrell-starring The Penguin being the other) It turns out that the series won't be set in Reeves's "Batverse" ("Elseworlds") after all, with Gunn confirming[...]

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During a week that saw him defending the size of the Superman: Legacy cast, pushing back on what he described as "cameo porn," and explaining once again the difference between the DCU & DC Studios projects, DC Studios co-CEO & "Legacy" writer/director James Gunn found himself facing two major casting leaks on Friday – and[...]

EDIT 2: Gunn has also debunked Miriam Shor's casting in Superman: Legacy making this a complete bust in terms of a casting report. EDIT:  Director and writer James Gunn has denied that Pom Klementieff has joined the cast of Superman: Legacy.  James Gunn's Threads Account One era of DC Universe is coming to a close later this month with the release of Aquaman and the[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? Netflix's The Sandman, James Gunn/DCU, Paramount+'s Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, ABC's The Rookie, NBC's Saturday Night Live, Hallmark Movies Now's An Ice Palace Romance, SYFY & USA Network's Chucky, Charlie Hunnam/Green Arrow, HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm, Prime Video's The Wheel of Time, Prime Video's Reacher, BBC's Doctor Who, Prime Video's Good Omens[...]

Thankfully, we have folks like DC Studios co-CEO & Superman: Legacy writer/director James Gunn around to shovel us through the metaphorical bullshit During the last go-around, Gunn was defending the size of the "Legacy" cast and pushed back on what he described as "cameo porn." This time around, the focus is on Gunn & DC[...]

As we're sure many of you have heard, DC Studios co-CEO James Gunn was finally able to confirm that Nicholas Hoult (Hulu's The Great) was joining the Gunn-written & directed Superman: Legacy as The Man of Steel's arch-nemesis, Lex Luthor Noting that he couldn't be happier with the decision and that Lex was one of his favorite DCU[...]

On Monday, DC Studios co-CEO James Gunn was finally able to confirm the rumors that had been rumbling around for a few weeks Gunn & co-DC Studios head Peter Safran had found their Lex Luthor in Nicholas Hoult (Hulu's The Great) Of course, playing a role with a reputation that (in)famous, it's safe to assume that Lex's presence[...]

Even with all of the news breaking around Superman: Legacy, DC Studios Co-CEO James Gunn has also been doing a nice job of keeping fans posted on how things are looking with the second season of Max's John Cena-starring Peacemaker Last month, Gunn responded to a fan asking about the status of the second season with the news[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? BBC's Doctor Who, HBO's Watchmen, Netflix's Daredevil, Barry Manilow, Netflix's Blue Eye Samurai, James Gunn/Lex Luthor, Disney+/Hulu & Netflix, Paramount+'s Frasier, Dropout's Game Changer, Paramount+ with Showtime, Paramount+'s Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Netflix's Stranger Things 5, Adult Swim's Rick and Morty, Golden Globe Awards, and more! Images/Screencaps: Max, Netflix, Adult Swim,[...]

Along with the news that Nicholas Hoult (Hulu's The Great) is joining DC Studios co-CEOs James Gunn & Peter Safran's new DCU as Lex Luthor for Gunn's upcoming Superman: Legacy, we had another reason to be excited Because whenever Gunn takes to social media for an announcement, we're almost certain to get some interesting updates from[...]

Of the films released so far, this is the one that James Gunn and Peter Safran seem keen to keep, and with good reason. The Flash was a head-to-toe disaster we hadn't seen in a long time People did not like the film, and to say it bombed would be an understatement It might be one of[...]

Last month, the news hit that Nicholas Hoult (Hulu's The Great) would be joining DC Studios co-CEOs James Gunn & Peter Safran's new DCU as Lex Luthor Of course, it would make perfect sense that Hoult would be portraying the big bad first for Gunn's upcoming Superman: Legacy Superman Lex Luthor You know how their[...]

And that's included the second season of Max's Peacemaker, which DC Studios co-CEO James Gunn has been writing since Thanksgiving week Over here at BCTV, we're big fans of "The Suicide Squad" spinoff on a whole number of levels, so anything that Gunn has to offer on the subject? Our radar stars buzzing But this[...]

On Friday, reports hit that DC Studios co-CEOs James Gunn & Peter Safran had found their DCU's Maxwell Lord in Sean Gunn (Marvel Studios' "Guardians of the Galaxy" films) Created by Keith Giffen, J M DeMatteis & Kevin Maguire, the character first debuted in 1987's Justice League #1 and would go on to become one of[...]

Earlier today, reports hit that DC Studios co-CEOs James Gunn & Peter Safran had found their Maxwell Lord in Sean Gunn (Marvel Studios' "Guardians of the Galaxy" films) Created by Keith Giffen, J M DeMatteis & Kevin Maguire, the character first debuted in 1987's Justice League #1 in a vastly different way than where the character would[...]

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[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? James Gunn/Waller, BBC's Doctor Who, Barry Manilow, Paramount+'s Halo, Paramount+'s Star Trek: Discovery, HBO's House of the Dragon, Prime Video's Reacher, Adult Swim's Rick and Morty, TNT's AEW Rampage, Prime Video's The Boys, Prime Video's Fallout, CBS' The Price Is Right, and more! Images/Screencaps: Prime Video, DC Studios, Paramount+, Adult Swim, HBO, BBC BCTV[...]

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,[...]