DCU Chief James Gunn Namedrops the 'Superman Saga,' Which Includes His Superman Follow-Up Film

DC Studios co-CEO James Gunn has revealed the 'Superman Saga’ portion discussing his ongoing enactment connected the follow-up to this summer’s Superman.

While promoting Peacemaker Season 2, which follows the events of Superman arsenic portion of the recently established DC Universe, Gunn told The Hollywood Reporter that he’s already finished the attraction for “the adjacent communicative successful what I’ll telephone the ‘Superman Saga.’”

“The attraction is done, which means a very, precise worked retired treatment," helium continued. "I’m moving connected that and hopefully going into accumulation connected that not excessively acold distant from today.”

What precisely this 'Superman Saga' includes is unknown. Does it besides encompass adjacent year’s Supergirl movie? Perhaps that volition beryllium connected whether David Corenswet’s Superman turns up. But we bash cognize it includes Gunn’s adjacent writer / manager project, which Warner Bros. CEO David Zaslav confirmed successful a caller fiscal call. At the time, Zaslav described it arsenic the adjacent installment successful the ‘Super-Family.’ Superman Saga astir apt has a nicer ringing to it.

Gunn has spoken successful the past astir his adjacent movie, which sounds similar it's benignant of a Superman sequel, but isn't really. Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, Gunn said: "... is it a straight-up Superman sequel? I would not accidental necessarily."

Here’s what’s confirmed. In film, DC Studios has Supergirl and Clayface coming retired successful 2026, and the adjacent Wonder Woman astatine immoderate constituent after. The Batman II, from Matt Reeves’ self-contained ‘Batman Epic Crime Saga,’ begins shooting adjacent spring, with a merchandise day acceptable for December 2027. Gunn has besides talked astir a Sgt. Rock adaptation, and a Justice League squad up starring Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman. In February, Gunn and co-DC Studios CEO Peter Safran confirmed The Brave and the Bold volition present a caller Batman into the DCU, ruling retired existent Batman histrion Robert Pattinson successful the process. But there's nary merchandise model for that yet.

In TV, the Batman Epic Crime Saga looks acceptable for The Penguin Season 2, with DCU introduction Peacemaker Season 2 retired soon and a Lanterns bid owed successful 2026. Gunn is reportedly considering TV spinoffs for characters specified arsenic Mister Terrific and Jimmy Olsen pursuing their well-received supporting roles successful Superman.

All these archetypal movies and TV shows are, let’s remember, a portion of ‘Gods & Monsters,’ which Gunn and Safran announced was the sanction for Chapter One of the rebooted DCU successful 2023. Looking backmost astatine what was announced astatine the time, already we’ve seen immoderate projects autumn by the wayside and others emerge. There’s nary acceptable timeframe for Chapter One, truthful we don’t cognize erstwhile Chapter Two is owed oregon what it volition include, assuming it really happens. Warner Bros. has spoken enthusiastically astir a 10-year program for the DCU, which is astir apt astir arsenic acold arsenic anyone tin anticipation for close now.

As for Peacemaker Season 2, Gunn erstwhile again hyped up its value for the aboriginal of the DCU. ”... Superman leads into this amusement and past we person the mounting up of each of the remainder of the DCU successful this play of Peacemaker, it’s incredibly important,” Gunn told THR.

“Lots of impermanent stars coming up, tons of characters that are showing up that we’ve already met successful Superman. I don’t deliberation there’s thing that I’ve ever done that I emotion much than this play of Peacemaker, truthful I’m truthful excited for radical to spot it.”

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