One other DC film may very well be on its approach from DC Studios as James Gunn teases {that a} new challenge has been pitched. With Gunn’s Superman film lower than a month out from its theatrical launch, DC Studios is simply getting began, as they’ve a number of DC Universe initiatives within the works. Nonetheless, there’ll nonetheless be a concentrate on standalone movies and TV reveals that exist outdoors of the DCU timeline, as they may go below an “Elseworlds” umbrella.
It appears one other “Elseworlds” film may very well be within the works, as Gunn was just lately requested by Leisure Weekly in a brand new interview about how he and his fellow co-CEO, Peter Safran, in regards to the standing of non-DCU initiatives and the place they fall into the studios’ general plans. That’s when Gunn introduced up {that a} very massive Hollywood star has really pitched a DC film to him, as he shared the next intimately:
James Gunn: Effectively, it’ll be largely DCU, after which often there’s some Elseworlds tales. There are issues that naturally lend themselves to Elseworlds tales. We’ve loads of animated initiatives and they’re type of a distinct beast; they don’t seem to be all like Creature Commandos. The reality is, the DCU, we give folks loads of freedom to inform totally different tales, but in addition now we have to be actually concerned to make it possible for, say, the facility set of Supergirl and Superman are the identical. There’s loads of actually foolish s— that now we have to offer notes on in screenplays, like powers or what cities exist within the DCU that do not exist somewhere else. We aren’t the common world; we are the DCU. There is not essentially Seattle, however there’s an Evergreen. There is not essentially a New York, however there is a Gotham. So all of that sort of stuff must be dialed in.
So there’s positively room for folks to inform different tales…And when it is any person who’s essential, like Matt Reeves — who I’ve had an admiration for a very long time as one of many very, only a few filmmakers who’s on the market making spectacle, industrial honest, that can also be an artist — then it’s a must to get up and hear. The script nonetheless must be good. We’re not going to make it until we just like the script. However I feel that there are exceptions. I instructed it to at least one one that got here in and pitched one thing that was an Elseworlds story. It was a really, very, very well-known film actor. I mentioned, “It depends on how the screenplay comes out…If it’s a masterpiece, I’ll make it, but it has to be a masterpiece.” [Laughs] And he’s like, “I don’t know if it’s a masterpiece.” He acquired all humorous. He is nonetheless engaged on it, although. He’s nonetheless making an attempt to do it, so we’ll see. Masterpiece may be pushing it, but it surely’s acquired to be actually nice.
If it is an Elseworlds story, then it is value telling one thing that may are inclined to confuse a number of folks. But in addition a part of our factor is admittedly being clear about what’s Elseworlds and what’s DCU. And the opposite factor isn’t just freely giving properties like they’re celebration favors to folks doing low-budget TV reveals or stuff that now we have no high quality management over as a result of we’re making a number of thousand {dollars} on the rights. It’s having some sense of high quality management over every part.
Whereas Gunn could also be preserving the actor’s identify below wraps in the interim, it is most certainly as a result of he would not need to get followers’ hopes up but in case the challenge would not go ahead at DC Studios. Because the DC filmmaker has been open about it earlier than, if a script would not work out, it merely would not get greenlit, together with how Gunn confirmed {that a} DC challenge was just lately killed, as a result of they could not get the screenplay to the place they wanted it. However the truth that actors are coming to DC Studios with Elseworlds concepts continues to be actually thrilling, displaying that Gunn is open to varied concepts.
That is additionally an excellent reminder that whereas there are various thriller DC Universe initiatives nonetheless within the works that they have not introduced, DC Studios would not need to get too untimely with revealing what the precise titles are, as they intention to finalize the inventive visions earlier than getting them totally revealed. That exact same strategy for Elseworlds films and TV reveals is simply as essential for DC Studios. Given how DC has had a observe report prior to now in dashing initiatives that result in poor outcomes, DC Studios desires to keep away from those self same errors.
Listening to Gunn confirming {that a} well-recognized actor has an concept for an Elseworlds film, that’s presently being written, it is going to be thrilling to see what character and story it may very well be, given how giant the DC canon is. It is even attainable this might result in one thing much like the brand new Clayface spinoff film, which wasn’t initially a part of the DCU’s Chapter 1: “Gods and Monsters” slate. Hopefully, as 2025 progresses ahead, extra updates on this mysterious DC Elseworlds film will likely be revealed over time.
Supply: Leisure Weekly
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Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson
First Movie
Man of Metal
First TV Present
Peacemaker
Solid
Henry Cavill, Ben Affleck, Gal Gadot, Ezra Miller, Ray Fisher, Jason Momoa, Amy Adams, Jesse Eisenberg, Laurence Fishburne, Jeremy Irons, Will Smith, Jared Leto, Margot Robbie, Joel Kinnaman, Viola Davis, Jai Courtney, Jay Hernandez, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Cara Delevingne, Chris Pine, Robin Wright, Zachary Levi, Dwayne Johnson, Amber Heard, Patrick Wilson, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Mark Sturdy, Asher Angel, Jack Dylan Grazer, Djimon Hounsou, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Jurnee Smollett, Rosie Perez, Ella Jay Basco, Ali Wong, Ewan McGregor, Idris Elba, John Cena, Michael Keaton, George Clooney, Xolo Mariduena
Film(s)
Man of Metal, Batman v Superman: Daybreak of Justice, Suicide Squad, Marvel Girl, Justice League, Aquaman, Shazam!, Birds of Prey, Marvel Girl 1984, Zack Snyder’s Justice League, The Suicide Squad, Black Adam, Shazam! The Fury of the Gods, The Flash, Blue Beetle, Superman, The Courageous and the Daring
Character(s)
Superman, Batman, Marvel Girl, Aquaman, The Flash, Cyborg, Harley Quinn, The Joker, Shazam, Darkseid, Amanda Waller, Lex Luthor, Doomsday, Deadshot, Deathstroke, Black Canary, Black Adam
The DC Universe is among the greatest comedian guide franchises and infrequently competes with Marvel. DC Comics began as Nationwide Allied Publications, based by Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson in 1935. Since then, the franchise has exploded with hundreds of comedian books, films, TV reveals, and video video games. 2013 marked the start of the latest iteration of the superheroes, with Zack Snyder introducing Henry Cavill as Superman. After a number of films with blended critiques, DC underwent a mushy reboot below the helm of James Gunn and Peter Safran.
