I also warned people on Reddit that every single DCEU have flopped after Aquaman
And every DC movie that has ever made money since then have been OUTSIDE of the DCEU continuity
Black Adam flopped despite a cameo that was hyped for two weeks, any other cameo in any other franchise would have at least added 100 million to the final box office right then and there
But it didn’t
Anyone with a brain could see that the DCEU died when the box office returns for black Adam came in
Along with zaslav, whose greatest quality is not caring about the optics of Hollywood was appointed head of the company, HOW ELSE did anyone expect this to go?
I suspect the next Superman movie will be a cross between American Alien and Morrison's New 52 Action Comics. Gunn has been hyping Lobo way too much for him not to be trading fists with Superman ASAP. I know they've been saying Mamoa, but my money is Dave Bautista to take the role.
I would've been down for seeing Gunn's Superman vs Suicide Squad movie. Now Marvel is using that idea for their Thunderbolts movie. Never fail to miss a good opportunity, WB.
If I were Peter Gunn, I'd have the first movie be called THE LAST SON OF KRYPTON. Half the movie would take place on Krypton. They could cast Cavill and Adams as Jor-El and Lara Lor-Van, but maybe they'll do some diversity casting. Krypto would play a role and be on board the ship that takes Kal-El to Earth. The rest of the movie would take place in Smallville and with Clark as a little boy discovering his powers and training with Krypto. They wouldn't need to cast an adult actor to play Superman in the movie, because the story wouldn't get that far.
If they want to build the franchise, they should take their time establishing the universe and not rush Clark into manhood (let alone marriage).
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BREAKING: Liam Hemsworth will replace Henry Cavill as Superman.
What a mess. Cavill had no luck in the role after MoS.
I guess Gunn will bring Krypto to live action.
https://twitter.com/jamesgunn/status...D5XZbxyplam8cw
Yeah it’s a The Batman setup.He's not meeting the major characters for the first time, either. He's merely younger.
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Pretty much what we've said here for years and years. Early, but skip the origin because we all know it. Give us pieces in dialogue, exposition or newspaper headlines if relevant.
"They can be a great people Kal-El, they wish to be. They only lack the light to show the way. For this reason above all, their capacity for good, I have sent them you. My only son." - Jor-El
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Please, lets give Krypton a rest for a while. We don't need to see the planet blow up for the umpteenth time and, NO Kryptonian villains.
The Batman spared us from having to see the Waynes get shot yet again because everyone knows the origin story by now. Make the new Superman flick like that. Start with a younger Kal but one that is already established as Superman.
Like others have said, use American Alien and Morrison's Action Comics as the basis.
"They can be a great people Kal-El, they wish to be. They only lack the light to show the way. For this reason above all, their capacity for good, I have sent them you. My only son." - Jor-El
We got a KRYPTON T.V. show set a couple generations before its destruction, but other than that I think most shows just use the end days and then have a bunch of Kryptonians show up after the whole world is gone so they can retroactively do Krypton stories without a Krypton.
I was thinking they could tell a fuller story on Krypton leading up to Kal-El's birth. In that way they could include a lot of the cosmic science fiction--Green Lanterns, Lobo, Controllers, Psions, Manhunters, Thanagar, Rann, Daxam, etc. And they could better develop the characters of Jor-El, Lara Lor-Van and Krypto and show what the world looked like when it was in full flower--and not all dark and cold. Then let's hope, having got it out of their system, they won't have to have a bunch of Kryptonians show up on Earth invalidating Clark's standing as the Last Son of Krypton.
And in what order this plays out in the movie doesn't need to be linear. BATMAN BEGINS was going forwards and back for a lot of the running time.
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