{"id":546294,"date":"2023-02-01T03:00:28","date_gmt":"2023-02-01T00:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/james-gunn-blasts-past-dc-leadership-in-candid-comments\/"},"modified":"2023-02-01T03:00:28","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T00:00:28","slug":"james-gunn-blasts-past-dc-leadership-in-candid-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/james-gunn-blasts-past-dc-leadership-in-candid-comments\/","title":{"rendered":"#James Gunn Blasts Past DC Leadership in Candid Comments"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a22c2d2006aa\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a22c2d2006aa\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/james-gunn-blasts-past-dc-leadership-in-candid-comments\/#James_Gunn_Blasts_Past_DC_Leadership_in_Candid_Comments\" >James Gunn Blasts Past DC Leadership in Candid Comments<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"James_Gunn_Blasts_Past_DC_Leadership_in_Candid_Comments\"><\/span>James Gunn Blasts Past DC Leadership in Candid Comments<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    In the three months he\u2019s been running DC Studios with Peter Safran, writer-director James Gunn has been unusually (and some would say refreshingly) candid for a Hollywood studio executive. His propensity to speak his mind was again on full display early this week when he and his partner, Peter Safran, briefed reporters on their ambitious slate during a presentation on the Warner Bros. lot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Among several choice comments peppered with profanities, Gunn said previous DC regimes were \u201cfucked up\u201d and, at another point in the presentation, insisted that former Superman star Henry Cavill was \u201cdicked around\u201d by the studio. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    It was unusual to hear a studio boss speak so openly<strong>. <\/strong>As a rule, a newly minted studio principal doesn\u2019t go around making such rebukes \u2014 at least not publicly \u2014 in a town ruled by relationships. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    \u201cThis is what h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ens when you put a writer and a director in an executive role,\u201d says one rival studio executive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    After a lengthy search, Warner Bros. Discovery chief David Zaslav stunned Hollywood when hiring Gunn and Safran late last year to run the newly formed DC Studios, which brought <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">movies<\/a>, TV, animation and video <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>s under one roof. On the film side, they took over from Walter Hamada, who worked for years alongside former Warners movie chief Toby Emmerich. Other previous key players at DC include Zack Snyder, the director behind <em>Man of Steel<\/em> (2013), <em>Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice<\/em> (2016) and <em>Justice League<\/em> (2017) and who was key in films like <em>Wonder Woman<\/em> (2017) before departing the universe in 2017, with Joss Whedon taking over <em>Justice League<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Safran and Gunn\u2019s newly unveiled blueprint calls for an overall unified DC Universe that will, in part, use marquee heroes to introduce lesser-known characters (much as Marvel Studios has done).<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Gunn took direct aim at those previously in charge for taking a piecemeal approach to IP (he has an inside view, having directed <em>The Suicide Squad<\/em> for DC and Warner Bros. and having creating the TV show spinoff, <em>Peacemaker<\/em>). \u201cAs everyone here probably knows, the history of DC is pretty messed up. It was fucked up,\u201d Gunn said. \u201cNo one was minding the mint. They were giving away IP like they were party favors at any creator who smiled at them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    He added, \u201cThere is the Arrowverse, there was the DCEU, which then split and became the Joss Whedon <em>Justice League<\/em> at one point and the Snyderverse. At another point, There is <em>Superman &amp; Lois<\/em>, there is Reevesverse, there are all these different things,\u201d said Gunn, referencing projects such as The CW\u2019s slate of shows and Matt Reeves\u2019 <em>The Batman<\/em>. \u201cAnd even us. We came and did <em>Suicide Squad<\/em> and that became <em>Peacemaker<\/em> and all of sudden Bat-Mite is a real thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Gunn and Safran officially arrived on the Warner Bros. lot Nov. 1 and almost as soon made headlines when parting ways with <em>Wonder Woman<\/em> filmmaker Patty Jenkins, who had been prepping the third film in the Gal Gadot series. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Next came a much-publicized kerfuffle over Henry Cavill. In mid-October, the actor had happily announced on Instgram that he would be returning as Superman after making a cameo as the Man of Steel in Dwayne Johnson\u2019s <em>Black Adam<\/em>. But after Gunn and Safran arrived, they explained to Cavill that they would be proceeding in a different direction. Cavill once again took to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a> to explain the situation, prompting some of his fans to say he was fired.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    During his slate presentation this week, Gunn tried to clarify the the actor\u2019s exit, saying Cavill was never fired, since he didn\u2019t have an official deal. Gunn went further and assigned blame elsewhere. \u201cI like Henry, I think he\u2019s a great guy,\u201d he said. \u201cI think he\u2019s getting dicked around by a lot of people, including the former regime at this company. But this Superman is not Henry, for a number of reasons.\u201d (Gunn\u2019s Superman is a younger version, said to be around 25.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    It wasn\u2019t clear to which regime Gunn was referring to in reference to Cavill, though <em>The Hollywood Reporter<\/em> previously reported that <em>Black Adam <\/em>star Dwayne Johnson went around Hamada\u2019s back to get permission from Warner Bros. Pictures bosses Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy to tap Cavill for <em>Adam<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Gunn also took aim at release dates, saying the industry puts far too much emphasis on meeting a date, versus making sure the movie is in good shape. (This may help to explain why only two of the projects he and Safran revealed, <em>Superman: Legacy<\/em> and <em>The Batman Part II<\/em>, were dated. Both will hit theaters in 2025.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    \u201cWe are not going to put hundreds of millions of dollars into a film where a screenplay is only two-thirds of the way done and we have to finish it while we\u2019re making the movie. I\u2019ve seen it happen again and again and it\u2019s a mess,\u201d Gunn said. \u201cI think it\u2019s the primary reason for the deterioration of quality of films today versus 20, 30 years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    In addition to his duties at DC, Gunn has Marvel Studios\u2019 <em>Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3<\/em> due out in May. The filmmaker became a high-profile director over at Marvel, rising up with the first <em>Guardians of the Galaxy<\/em> movie, released in 2014. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Since taking over as his new job, Gunn has continued to have an active Twitter presence, responding to fans and cheekily swatting down rumors. Asked by the press if he would continue to have to to use social media to debunk rumors, he responded: \u201cHave to? 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