James Gunn Says Each DCU Movie, From Superman to Clayface and Sgt. Rock to Supergirl, Will Be Tonally Different — Just Like How DC Comics Does It

As James Gunn prepares to footwear disconnected the rebooted DC Universe with Superman, the DC Studios co-CEO has said each movie successful the works volition beryllium tonally antithetic — truthful don’t expect an All-Star Superman-inspired DCU.

Speaking to IGN connected the Superman reddish carpet, Gunn said that each DCU task “has its ain stamp,” truthful Grant Morrison’s hugely influential All-Star Superman, which heavy inspired his caller Superman film, won’t beryllium utilized arsenic the ground for the DCU overall.

“I mean it’s this movie,” Gunn said of All-Star Superman’s influence. “It’s truly important to maine that each task has its ain stamp connected it. This movie is precise antithetic from the R rated movie we're making, a assemblage fearfulness movie with Clayface. It’s precise antithetic from the Sgt. Rock movie we’re developing. It’s precise antithetic from Supergirl, which is simply a abstraction phantasy — Craig Gillespie conscionable walked by present a 2nd ago, who directed that. So each 1 of these movies is wholly different.”

As good arsenic casually confirming the Sgt. Rock movie is inactive successful the works amid improvement trouble, Gunn pointed to the strategy employed by DC Comics, which sees works of assorted tones released wrong its ain universe, arsenic the template helium wants to employment for the DCU.

“What I emotion astir DC Comics and the graphic novels is that they allowed the idiosyncratic artists and writers to make their ain projects, and they each had their ain voice," Gunn said.

"The Long Halloween, All-Star Superman, Dark Knight, Watchmen, those things person precise small tonally successful communal with each other, but for they’re a portion of the acceptable of communal characters that are successful the DC Comics universe. And now, we’re doing that aforesaid happening successful the DCU.”

In our chat, Gunn namechecked the Clayface movie, owed retired adjacent year. In February, Gunn, alongside co-CEO Peter Safran, confirmed its DCU canon presumption and R rating. Clayface, a erstwhile transgression successful Gotham City with the powerfulness to alteration his clay-body to go anyone oregon anything, is 1 of Batman's oldest foes. The archetypal iteration of the character, Basil Karlo, archetypal appeared successful Detective Comics #40 (1940). The Clayface movie is owed retired September 11, 2026. Gunn called Clayface “pure f***ing horror, like, wholly real. Their mentation of that movie, it is truthful existent and existent and intelligence and assemblage fearfulness and gross.”

As for Supergirl, besides retired successful 2026, Gunn calls that 1 a “space fantasy.” Expect Jason Momoa’s Lobo to prima alongside Milly Alcock’s Kara Zor-El / Supergirl. Presumably Gunn's caller Batman movie, which is causing him trouble, volition person a unsocial tone, too.

Superman of people launches July 11. Gunn precocious said rumors surrounding precisely however overmuch wealth it needs to marque successful bid to beryllium considered palmy are wide of the mark. Check retired IGN’s Superman reappraisal to find retired what we deliberation of the film.

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