‘Superman’ New Pic Being Written by James Gunn, Henry Cavill Stepping Down – Deadline

Effective tonight, DC bosses Peter Safran and James Gunn have formally made identified their plans for his or her first film below their regime: It’s Superman, a script that the latter is presently writing in regards to the Man of Steel’s early days. It’s not an origins story. However, a brand new actor shall be sought to play Superman.

As for Henry Cavill — whereas the DC bosses, want to work with him, he’s been knowledgeable he’s not a part of the subsequent iteration of Superman given its new path.

Meanwhile, we hear with sources acquainted to the scene, that Gunn and Safran are in talks with Ben Affleck to remain within the DC universe, however as a director. Affleck is about to reprise his Batman in The Flash which opens on June 16.

Gunn and Safran plan to unveil their full DC plan in January, however are taking conferences with varied expertise related to the universe to share their imaginative and prescient as they kind out a extra cohesive plan for the comedian ebook model stretching throughout all mediums.

In a tweet tonight, Gunn writes, “Peter and I have a DC slate ready to go, which we couldn’t be more over-the-moon about; we’ll be able to share some exciting information about our first projects at the beginning of the new year.”

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“Among those on the slate is Superman. In the initial stages, our story will be focusing on an earlier part of Superman’s life, so the character will not be played by Henry Cavill.”

“But we just had a great meeting with Henry and we’re big fans and we talked about a number of exciting possibilities to work together in the future,” added Gunn.

Studio insiders emphasised tonight that Cavill didn’t go rogue in posting about his return because the Man of Steel. It was a plan hatched by the earlier regime earlier than Safran and Gunn to their exec seats at DC.

The city was shook up final week as information leaked that the brand new Safran and Gunn DC administration had thumbed down Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman 3. However, that call was made in c

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