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James Gunn is opening up about future films in the DC Universe.

With Superman: Legacy in the can, James Gunn is sure to have plenty of surprises in store for DC and Marvel fans alike.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director James Gunn wrapped filming on “Superman” at the end of July, but there’s still plenty of work to be done on the 2025 comic book tentpole. Responding to fans on Threads, the writer-director said he’s not nearly finished with the movie that will kick start his new DC Universe. “Heck no.

Deadpool & Wolverine director Shawn Levy has revealed that Henry Cavill was “sick to the stomach” for “eight hours straight” after smoking cigars during his cameo.The Man Of Steel star made a brief appearance in the movie as Wolverine variant “the Cavillrine” when Deadpool stumbles across him as he travels the multiverse seeking a version of Wolverine who will team up with him.While most of the variants are played by longtime Wolverine star Hugh Jackman in the Marvel movie, one of them is also played by a cigar smoking Cavill.“[He] not only had that pumped-up muscular body but kept that cigar lit and in his mouth for the entirety of the shoot day,” Levy told The New York Times.I love the fact that Deadpool is literally talking shit to DC for what they’ve done to Henry Cavill’s Superman #DeadpoolAndWolverinepic.twitter.com/oj0G0U5jdA— Zero (@zerowontmiss) July 29, 2024“I remember hearing the next day that Henry was sick to his stomach because he had been inhaling cigar smoke for eight hours straight, but never once did he waver.”Levy also said they called on the star to make an appearance shortly after it was announced that Cavill would not be returning as Superman in James Gunn‘s DC universe in December 2022.“It was not long after everything went down with DC and word came that Henry was being replaced as Superman,” Levy added.“Given that Deadpool is in constant conversation with culture, it felt like a great opportunity to first of all cast Henry Cavill in a part that he would kick ass at, but also to poke fun at that other comic-book-founded movie studio and play with some self-awareness there.”Along with Cavill, Chris Evans also made a cameo as Johnny Storm aka the Human Torch in the movie, a role he played in 2005’s

HBO released a first look at several major series coming in 2025, including “The Last of Us” Season 2, “White Lotus” Season 3, the “Game of Thrones” spinoff “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms” and more. The teaser was released shortly before the Season 2 finale of “House of the Dragon” on Sunday night.

That’s a wrap on the upcoming Superman movie!

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor Superhero movies make studio executives happy with all the money they generate. However, they’re rarely seen as an art form that can yield Oscar attention. Whether it’s from the Marvel Cinematic Universe or the newly re-invented DC Studios, convincing Academy and industry voters to take films featuring iconic characters like Batman, Superman or Iron Man as seriously as the latest World War II epic can be challenging.

It’s a wrap on Superman as James Gunn expressed his gratitude to everyone that made filming the DC Studios production possible.

Joaquin Phoenix is talking about filming Joker: Folie à Deux and his co-star Lady Gaga‘s reaction when she heard him sing.

The stars of Superman & Lois are speaking out!

Diego Ramos Bechara editor Marvel’s newest team, the Thunderbolts, got its first look at San Diego Comic-Con on Saturday via a tight-lipped part of the panel that nonetheless revealed a few clues. The entire cast joined the Hall H stage with Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige, including David Harbour in costume as Red Guardian, who exclaimed, “Oh my god, you guys didn’t dress up? Guys! Guys! I sent that email! We all said we were going to dress up because it was Comic-Con!” before going to change.

The official first look at the upcoming adult animated series Creature Commandos was just revealed at San Diego Comic-Con!

The new regime at DC Studios, led by James Gunn and Peter Safran, has already started putting their stamp on the division’s output with rebooted film and TV slate. Now they are also revamping the studio’s logo, emphasizing tradition and harkening back to the nights of the 1980s and 1990s that included Christopher Reeve’s Superman and Michael Keaton’s Batman movies.

Selena Kuznikov DC Studios co-chief James Gunn pulled back the curtain on his rebooted cinematic universe at San Diego Comic-Con, beginning with the first trailer for the upcoming animated series “Creature Commandos.” The series was first announced in January 2023, with the seven-episode series for Max being written entirely by Gunn. A December launch on Max was also announced at the event. The Creature Commando characters, a team of military superhumans, were first launched on the page in 1980.

James Gunn beamed in from the Superman set Friday at Comic-Con to show off the new teaser for Max’s animated series Creature Commandos, which he wrote all seven episodes on. Premiere date is December.

DC Comics chief Jim Lee debuted a new logo for DC Studios on Friday at San Diego Comic-Con that returns to the design the company used from 1976 to 2005, replacing the logo first adopted in 2016. Starting in 1976, the comics publisher’s logo — which appeared in the top left corner of virtually every issue — was a circular badge with its two letters surrounded by a thick black circle, inside of which contained four white, five-pointed stars. In 2005, DC updated the logo to a more modern looking design: a single star swirling around slanted DC letters.

Superman movie shoot near Atlanta was found dead on Wednesday (July 24) in an apparent suicide. The Hollywood Reporter reports that the female crew member’s body was discovered in her car after officers with the Fayetteville Police Department and paramedics were called to the film studio complex early that morning.“Evidence collected revealed no suspicion of foul play, nor is the investigation connected to any ongoing studio projects,” a statement from a Fayetteville police officer read.The outlet said representatives of DC Comics at Warner Bros could not be reached for direct comment.The upcoming film, now simply titled Superman after it was initially named Superman: Legacy, sees David Corenswet take on the titular role. The film is set to arrive in July 2025 and will mark the launch of a new version of the DC Universe.A post shared by James Gunn (@jamesgunn)Helmed by Guardians Of The Galaxy’s James Gunn – who is now the co-chairman and co-CEO of DC Studios alongside Peter Safran – Superman will also star Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane, Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor, Isabela Merced as Hawkgirl, Nathan Fillion as Guy Gardner and more.In January last year, Peter Safran revealed more about the plot for Superman, telling reporters: “It focuses on Superman balancing his Kryptonian heritage with his human upbringing.

Lady Gaga will play Harley Quinn in Todd Phillips‘s Joker: Folie à Deux, and the filmmaker is explaining how her version of the villain differs from previous iterations.

Sources tell Deadline a female Teamster working on the James Gunn-directed Superman was the worker who died by suicide Wednesday at Trilith Studios near Atlanta.

EXCLUSIVE: María Gabriela de Faría, the Venezuelan actress recently tapped to play villain The Engineer in Warner Bros/DC’s Superman, has signed on to play the lead in Romanticizing Monsters, a new serial killer pic from director Berkley Brady (Dark Nature).

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment Writer Last year, the organizers of San Diego Comic- Con were eager to put on their annual event sans pandemic cancellations or COVID protocols — until the SAG-AFTRA strike forced almost every studio to pull their panels.