James Gunn Reveals Why He Pulled the Plug on a Greenlit DCU Movie - "We Can’t Make This Film" — GeekTyrant

James Gunn Reveals Why He Pulled the Plug on a Greenlit DCU Movie - "We Can’t Make This Film" — GeekTyrant

James Gunn had to make tough call when it came to a DC movie that was being developed that he was intially excited about. In a recent interview with NPR, the DC Studios co-CEO revealed more details about a previously greenlit DC film that he ultimately scrapped after multiple drafts of the script failed to improve."We had a movie that was greenlit. We got [the] second draft and [the] third draft, and it just wasn't changing. It wasn't getting be…

James Gunn says of unspecified DC Universe movie: "we killed it"

In a new interview, Superman filmmaker and DC Studios boss James Gunn says an unspecified movie was “not going to be good” so he and his team “killed it.” Let the speculation commence. Writer-director James Gunn, whose Superman is currently swooping around multiplexes, has spoken about axing an unspecified movie in the DC Universe. As well as a filmmaker, Gunn is also the co-head of DC Studios, and so he’s overseeing an entire slate of comic boo…

James Gunn on ‘Sgt Rock'? “The Director Would Have Looked Bad. So, We Killed It" — World of Reel

James Gunn, co-head of DC Studios and director of “Superman,” can’t shut his mouth; he loves to brag, and his latest blab revolves around a mysterious DCU project that was scrapped despite being well into pre-production, with a screenplay and a filmmaker already attached.Speaking to NPR, Gunn admitted that while the project had reached its second and third draft stages, it simply wasn’t improving.“We had a screenplay that—you know, a movie that …

James Gunn reveals more about the greenlit DC movie that he scrapped over script issues: "We can’t make this film. We can’t. It’s not good. We know it’s not good"

James Gunn doubles down on the DCU's commitment to quality control