James Gunn, DCU and Elseworlds
James Gunn clarifies how The Suicide Squad and Peacemaker Season 1 fit into the DCU's canon following the release of Creature Commandos.
Along with Superman and Peacemaker post-production work, James Gunn shared that he's been "pre-writing my next DC Studios project."
When DC Studios co-chiefs James Gunn and Peter Safran announced their slate of films and TV series, the dynamic duo revealed an interconnected cinematic universe: the new DCU. While upcoming projects like Superman,
In 2023, before Aquaman, DC released Blue Beetle. The movie was a massive box office flop and it isn’t part of the new DCU. But the Blue Beetle hero featured in the movie is in fact part of the DCU, and the actor who played him will return in the future in an animated series that will reference the movie, but will be a canon adventure in the DCU.
Superman isn’t due in theaters until July 11, but writer-director James Gunn is already getting up, up and away on his next project. The filmmaker, who heads DC Studios with producer Peter Safran, is producing the now-shooting Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow as the second film in the newly unified DC Universe,
Both those projects were helmed by James Gunn, who also made Creature Commandos, has his Superman movie coming this summer on the 2025 movies schedule, and is running DC Studios with producer Peter Safran.
Superman Unlimited will kick off May 21, and will be set up with a “Zero Issue” in DC’s Free Comic Book Day issue on May 3. According to DC, the “Summer of Superman” will include ongoing and limited books for fellow Supers like Supergirl, Superboy, and Krypto.
We recently learned that Dan Slott would be leaving Marvel Comics to pen a new DC Comics series as part of the publisher's "Summer of Superman" initiative, and James Gunn has now shared some new
The Elseworlds story of the DCU is the backbone of the franchise, and, as a result, a new slew of projects are on the way.
We recently learned that Dan Slott would be leaving Marvel Comics to pen a new DC Comics series as part of the publisher's "Summer of Superman" initiative, and James Gunn has now shared some new
Dan Mora provides a gorgeous wraparound main cover for the issues, and there will be a huge range of variants available, including Guillem March, Jeff Dekal, Rafael Grassetti, Dave Johnson, Laura Braga, Fico Ossio, and Dan Hipp. It hits stands on April 23.