The new DC Universe will embrace a thus-far-unannounced TV sequence being penned by filmmaker and DC Studios co-chief James Gunn.
On Thursday night, Gunn hopped on Twitter to sum up an apparently busy day, writing, “My day: wrote 1/3 of an unannounced DC TV show (😃); ok’d 100 VFX shots, did reference acting for Rocket, & gave editing notes for Vol 3; & had two big DC Studios meetings.”
Prior to being put in command of DC Studios (fka DC Films) with Peter Safran this previous November — and along with his work for Marvel — Gunn’s DC credit included writing/directing 2021’s The Suicide Squad in addition to its HBO Max offshoot, Peacemaker (which streamed January/February 2022).
Now, virtually a 12 months in the past, Gunn advised Deadline’s Hero Nation podcast, “We’re working on something else now, another TV show that’s connected to that [The Suicide Squad] universe,” however he held again on sharing even the tiniest of particulars. So, let’s assume that that venture shouldn’t be the “unannounced” certainly one of which he now speaks. (Though its particulars, I suppose, stay unannounced.)
DC’s TV slate is in fact in all sorts of flux these days. Beyond no matter Gunn and Safran have deliberate as a part of the brand new DCU they’re outlining, large adjustments at The CW (and simply plain ol’ longevity) have whittled away on the once-robust Arrowverse. The Flash is coming into its ultimate season subsequent month, forsaking solely Superman & Lois and the yet-to-premiere, Batman-less Batman sequence Gotham Knights.
Over on HBO Max, each Titans and Doom Patrol are in the midst of their fourth seasons; Peacemaker was renewed for Season 2 some time in the past, although it’s been crickets on that entrance; Pennyworth Season 3 got here and went this fall with little fanfare; and the grownup animated hit Harley Quinn has a Valentine’s Day-themed particular forward, on high of a Season 4 for which dialogue was way back recorded.
In the pipeline, in the meantime, there’s the Green Lantern sequence for HBO Max that lately went via a revamp; The Penguin, spun off of Matt Reeves’ The Batman; and so far as anybody is aware of, J.J. Abrams’ Justice League Dark thought.
Devoid of any additional context from the person himself, what do you assume Gunn could be writing for the smaller display?
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