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Discovery & DC Studios' Superman: Legacy, written and directed by DC Studios Co-CEO James Gunn During a rollout of their short-term & long-term plans for their new DCU in January 2023, Gunn & Co-CEO Peter Safran said that they expect the series to run for "one or two more seasons" – with Gunn adding, "It's[...]

Earlier today, Superman: Legacy writer/director James Gunn Superman: Legacy took to social media to push back on a claim made by comedian & television host Bassem Youssef that his comments criticizing Israel and his pro-Palestinian stance that he expressed during an October 2023 appearance on Piers Morgan: Uncensored cost him a role in the DC Studios film[...]

By this point, we thought that we would be reporting on the official table read for writer/director James Gunn's Superman: Legacy Instead, we have some casting controversy surrounding the 2025-premiering film In a recent interview, comedian & television host Bassem Youssef claimed that his comments criticizing Israel and his pro-Palestinian stance resulted in him losing a[...]

Today, it's a production update on how things are looking with DC Studios Co-CEOs James Gunn & Peter Safran's upcoming take on writer J M DeMatteis & artist Pat Broderick's Creature Commandos With the animated series set to hit screens later this year (possibly late summer or fall), Gunn was asked on Threads if production was[...]

This year is going to be a very big year for DC Studios' James Gunn & Peter Safran While 2025 brings Superman: Legacy to the big screen, it's the upcoming animated series based on writer J M DeMatteis & artist Pat Broderick's Creature Commandos that will officially introduce their vision of a New DCU Now, Frank[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? HBO's The Last Of Us, CBS's Super Bowl LVIII, FanDuel & Carl Weathers, Comedy Central's The Daily Show & Jon Stewart, Star Trek & Wil Wheaton, Crunchyroll's Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, Taylor Swift/Kansas City Chiefs, Usher, USA Network's WWE Raw, Crunchyroll's Trigun Stampede, James Gunn & Batman, AMC's The Walking Dead:[...]

Okay, right out of the gate? This is one of those rumors that we've heard for so long that our brains just assumed that there was some level of truth to it – but according to DC Studios Co-CEO James Gunn, it's not the case One thing that Batman fans have noticed over the years[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? Joe Biden/Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, FX Networks' Shōgun, Ben Affleck/Dunkin Donuts, AMC's The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live, Arnold Schwarzenegger & Danny DeVito, Post Malone, WWE WrestleMania XL, Cardi B/NYX Cosmetics, DJ Steve Aoki/NFL on CBS, James Gunn & DCU/DC Comics, NBC's Night Court, ABC's The Rookie, Max's Puppy Bowl XX, CBS's Super Bowl LVIII, Prime[...]

By now, DC Studios' James Gunn & Peter Safran have made it pretty clear that the foundation of their New DCU begins with the upcoming animated series based on writer J M DeMatteis & artist Pat Broderick's Creature Commandos and then rolls into 2025's Superman: Legacy But the duo has also made it clear that DC[...]

But imagine being DC Studios' James Gunn & Peter Safran's upcoming animated series based on writer J M DeMatteis & artist Pat Broderick's Creature Commandos You have the responsibility of being the first project out of the gate (releasing later this year) that will introduce all of us to the beginnings of their New DCU[...]

But when you're writer/director James Gunn, and you're asked to verify something shared by one of the stars of the film, it gets a bit more sticky In this case, Nathan Fillion (Green Lantern Guy Gardner) shared during today's TCA 2024 Winter Press Event for ABC's The Rookie that there's a "Legacy" table read set[...]

First, how series creator James Gunn is doing writing-wise with the scripts – with Gunn confirming that he recently finished the season's eighth & final episode Second, how Gunn plans on making the first season work in line with the New DCU since it hit screens before Gunn & Peter Safran took over as co-CEOs[...]

Not long after the new year began, James Gunn shared that he had figured out a way to make it work in a way that wouldn't be confusing for fans While you might think that would be enough to keep fans satisfied – at least for a little while – it actually stirred up even[...]

If there was a theme to today's DC Studios update from Co-CEO James Gunn, it's "didn't/won't." Give us a second – it's gonna make sense First up, since artificial intelligence (AI) and how we're creating our own eventual overlords (Skynet much?) seems to be the hot topic these days, Gunn was asked if DC Studios[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? Taylor Swift/Grammys, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Paramount+'s HALO, AMC's Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire, BBC's Doctor Who, James Gunn/Batman, AMC's The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live, TBS' AEW Collision, NBC's Saturday Night Live, Eric Idle/Terry Jones, FanDuel/Carl Weathers, and more! Images/Screencaps: Instagram Stories, DC Studios, ET, BBC, AMC Networks, NBCUniversal,[...]

When you're DC Studios co-CEO James Gunn, and you're in the middle of creating a new DCU with partner Peter Safran, you know that a lot of plates are going to need to be kept spinning at the same time Except that plate-spinning is actually easier because you usually don't have a million people hanging[...]

Superman: Legacy writer/director James Gunn is rolling out more announcements about the 2025-premiering film, confirming that a very familiar name has come aboard to score the project – someone who Gunn is very familiar with – Composer John Murphy (28 Days Later, Sunshine, Kick-Ass, The Suicide Squad, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.3). "Happy to announce that my[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? Peacock's Community: The Movie, Prime Video's Batman: Caped Crusader, James Gunn/DCU, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Travis Kelce/Taylor Swift, TBS' AEW Dynamite, Stephen Chow, Among Us, "Bosch" Universe, ABC's Abbott Elementary, Netflix's Avatar: The Last Airbender, NBC's Saturday Night Live, Hulu's The Handmaid's Tale, ABC's The Rookie, RFK Jr./Donald Trump, Crunchyroll Presents: The Anime Effect, Disney+'s Percy Jackson and The Olympians,[...]

Earlier today, we shared our update on how things were looking with the animated Creature Commandos, the Amanda Waller (Viola Davis)-focused Waller, the Green Lantern series Lanterns, the Wonder Woman prequel series Paradise Lost, Booster Gold, and the second season of Peacemaker, before DC Studios co-CEO James Gunn posted a message in honor of the one-year anniversary of[...]

When we shared our update on how things were looking with the animated Creature Commandos, the Amanda Waller (Viola Davis)-focused Waller, the Green Lantern series Lanterns, the Wonder Woman prequel series Paradise Lost, Booster Gold, and the second season of Peacemaker, we were also wondering if DC Studios co-heads James Gunn & Peter Safran would be doing[...]

The news that House of the Dragon star Milly Alcock has been cast as Supergirl was confirmed by James Gunn, posting on his Threads account saying, "This one is true Welcome to the DCU, Milly Alcock!" The new Supergirl movie is intended to be an adaptation of Tom King and Bilquis Evely's Supergirl: Woman Of Tomorrow eight-issue comic[...]

Just before Milly Alcock (HBO's House of the Dragon) was announced as Supergirl for DC Studios Co-CEOs James Gunn & Peter Safran's new DCU, Gunn found himself having to shut down another round of "Superman won't be a big focus of Gunn's DCU" nonsense But that was yesterday – today, we find the focus shifting[...]

Earlier today, the big news broke that HBO's House of the Dragon star Milly Alcock had been cast as Supergirl in DC Studios Co-CEO James Gunn and Peter Safran's new DC Universe While it isn't clear if Alcock's Supergirl will appear in Gunn's Superman: Legacy, the character is expected to appear in a DCU project[...]

But from a coverage standpoint, we really began tuning up our radar back in November 2023 when James Gunn started sharing updates on how the upcoming season was coming along writing-wise In fact, heading into the weekend, Gunn shared that he was already working on the "banger" (his word) eighth & final episode But will[...]

Yesterday, Superman: Legacy writer/director James Gunn and María Gabriela De Faría (Animal Control) posted a look at the chance they had to meet up as De Faría gets started on costume fittings and stunt training In the David Corenswet & Rachel Brosnahan-starring film, De Faría portrays Angela Spica/The Engineer – a member of the Warren Ellis & Bryan[...]

Finally! After spending way too much time debunking wacky rumors regarding the film as it nears the start of filming, Superman: Legacy writer/director James Gunn is getting a chance to officially give us a peek behind the scenes at how things are going in the early stages of work on the David Corenswet & Rachel Brosnahan-starring film[...]

Considering the number of projects that he's overseeing as co-CEO of DC Studios, he's also writing/directing Superman: Legacy, penning the second season of Max's John Cena-starring Peacemaker, writing/directing the upcoming adult animated series Creature Commandos, and a whole lot more, it's impressive just how much James Gunn is able to regularly update us on what's[...]

A perfect example is writer/director James Gunn's Superman: Legacy First, we had folks coming at Gunn on social media when casting news began rolling out The problem? They were afraid that there were too many name-brand characters being introduced and that David Corenswet's Superman/Clark Kent and Rachel Brosnahan's Lois Lane would end up getting lost in[...]

Even with Superman: Legacy officially in play at that point, DC Studios co-CEO and "Legacy" writer & director James Gunn made it clear back in May 2023 during an interview with io9 that writer Ta-Nehisi Coates and producer J.J Abrams' Superman reboot project was still in development. "Those two things are totally unrelated," Gunn confirmed regarding the[...]

Because DC Studios Co-CEO James Gunn is a notorious multi-tasker, we've been getting a steady stream of updates on the second season of Max's John Cena-starring Peacemaker – even with all of the other DCU stuff swirling around We learned that Gunn has "a way in" when it comes to making the first season work with[...]