James Gunn Says His Superman Movie Was Greenlit Pre-Cavill Announcement

James Gunn simply dropped another reality bomb about how the ‘Superman’ mess happened — and it seems like Henry Cavill was kinda being utilized as a pawn … or so it appears.

Here’s the offer … the brand-new co-chief of DC Studios reacted to fans Sunday who asked about an IG Story he tossed up over the weekend, which discussed when precisely he’d been worked with to begin dealing with brand-new DCU flicks — consisting of a huge top priority, ‘Superman: Legacy.’

In his IG Story, Gunn clarified that while one movie he supervises of has actually currently entered into pre-production — ‘Creature Commandos’ — both that movie and his ‘Superman’ job had really been getting dealt with silently behind the scenes prior to he and Peter Safran were formally worked with, which was on Oct. 25 … a day after Cavill stated he was “back” as Supes.

He even more verified in follow-up tweets — noting he’d been worked with to compose ‘Superman: Legacy’ over 6 MONTHS earlier which his movie was constantly going to be different from Zack Snyder’s variation of the character … the very same one Cavill briefly believed he was repeating.

The bottom line is this … James is stating he currently had the thumbs-up to begin charting a course for an entire brand-new Superman story, however it does not appear Cavill knew that.

According to him, he was informed by the WBD to reveal he was formally going back to the function … despite the fact that it now appears clear Warner had no genuine intents of pursuing that — evidenced by the hiring of Gunn/Safran as co-bosses, and their choice to offer HC the boot.

In other words, Cavill appears to have actually been getting jerked around. As for who’s to blame … well, difficult to state. There’ve been numerous modifications at WB over the previous 2 years — with officers coming/going — it’s not actually clear if Cavill was absolutely misinformed (and by whom). Alternatively, there may’ve simply been a miscommunication that caused the confusion/psych-out. 🤷🏽‍♂️

All we understand, Henry most likely ain’t gonna be dealing with them once again after this. His next couple of movies are all with various studios — and we do not see a water tower in his instant future.