With “Superman” hitting HBO Max yesterday, DC Studios co-chief James Gunn has been all over social media and has been answering a few questions on Threads about both past and future DCU projects and more.
First up, he says he already has actors in mind in terms of Batman in the DCU: “I have guys I like. I have guys that are at the top of the list. One actor in particular… a pretty big star, wants to be Batman. We’ve talked about it, but I don’t think that’s the case.”
He was also asked about casting Wonder Woman. More specifically, he was asked if he’d cast anyone under 5’9 height for the role, considering that the current Superman, David Corenswet, is 6’4 tall. Gunn previously talked about how difficult it would be to cast someone taller in the role than Superman. Today he says:
“I don’t think extreme height is the most important factor in casting WW. That’s all I said earlier as well. I never said I didn’t feel good about her being taller than Superman – I just said that would never be what I considered most important in her casting.”
Gunn also confirmed the rumours that he was considering a “Plastic Man” movie in the early 2000s at Warner Bros. Pictures, with Matthew Lillard starring. Gunn confirmed it was partly true, and that he and Lillard pitched “this idea to [producer] Lorenzo DiBonaventura, and he was into it.”
Next, he spoke with The Ringerverse about the “Superman” follow-up “Man of Tomorrow” and how Nic Hoult’s Lex Luthor will really get explored in the film:
“I think I’m just more interested in getting into the heart of Lex and seeing how he fits into all of this. I think getting to know more of Lex as a human being. We saw a lot about the evil part of Lex. He’s pretty evil. He, as a character, is really interesting. There’s something, despite everything, that is incredibly heroic about Lex.
Take aside morality, which is hard to do, but here is this guy who is saying, ‘You can hold up a building. You can shoot down planes with your eyes. F— you, I’m going to kick your ass because I’m better than you. I can’t help but admire his tenacity and his ego. His ambition is beyond compare. He’s the underdog.
Yeah, sure, he’s got a lot of corporate power that he can use to manipulate things, but he can’t fly into outer space, lift up a building, or punch something across three states. He’s a guy, and I f—ing love that.”
Gunn adds “Man of Tomorrow” is “more comic booky in some ways.”
