James Gunn dropped by New York Comedian Con 2024 over the weekend to hold at a panel with the forged of Creature Commandos, the oddball upcoming animated sequence kicking off his new DC Universe in December. He additionally shared just a few tidbits on different upcoming DC Movies tasks, particularly Supergirl: Girl of Tomorrow.
“Supergirl’s a multitude,” Gunn mentioned, affectionately. Certainly, that description of her is correct to the comics supply materials. Primarily based on the DC miniseries of the identical identify, written by Tom King and drawn by Bilquis Evely, Girl of Tomorrow begins with Supergirl flying a spaceship so distant from any yellow suns that her powers put on off, all within the pursuit of truly with the ability to get drunk.
“I can’t look ahead to individuals to see it,” Gunn mentioned in regards to the film, presently scheduled for launch on June 26, 2026. “I believe it’s a very completely different, distinctive tackle a superhero.”
Learn on for all the pieces else Gunn mentioned about Supergirl, in addition to his extremely anticipated Superman film, the Inexperienced Lantern buddy sequence Lanterns, and a second season of Peacemaker.
Supergirl: Girl of Tomorrow
After getting drunk and stranded in deep house, Supergirl good points the eye of a stoic younger space-farmgirl, Ruthye, who makes a cope with Supergirl to seek out the person who killed Ruthye’s father and ship vengeance upon him. Sure, Girl of Tomorrow is True Grit in house, with Supergirl as Rooster Cogburn.
“I noticed the display take a look at for Ruthye, with Milly Alcock, who will probably be taking part in Supergirl,” Gunn mentioned, “and oh my God, I’m so excited.”
He mentioned manufacturing on Girl of Tomorrow has been “blessed from the start. [Screenwriter Ana Nogueira] got here in and he or she pitched the story to me of Supergirl, and it was simply among the finest pitches I’ve ever heard. She instantly wrote it. She got here in with a primary draft that was nice, and it’s simply gotten higher and higher. After which [director Craig Gillespie] has been extremely straightforward to work with, and I can’t look ahead to that to return out.”
Gunn mentioned the movie is hewing intently to King and Evely’s 2021 story. “There are just a few variations, as a result of it’s a three-act construction, so it’s a bit bit completely different than the [comic’s] construction, which form of goes by way of varied tales. But it surely has all these main characters and main themes.”
Supergirl: Girl of Tomorrow will begin taking pictures in January, in line with Gunn.
Gunn had little to say about his kickoff film for his new DC Movies undertaking, besides to wax eloquent on David Corenswet, who performs Superman/Clark Kent.
“David Corenswet goes to blow individuals the fuck away. He’s the film star that everybody simply desires he might probably be. I don’t suppose anybody actually understands the depth of this man’s expertise, dramatically, comedically. He’s the perfect bodily motion star I’ve in all probability ever labored with. […] He’s an incredible actor. And Rachel Brosnahan [cast as Lois Lane], I believe you’re going to die for her as properly.”
Cryptically, he promised “it gained’t be too lengthy earlier than we see a trailer [for Superman], nevertheless it’s additionally not going to be too quickly.” Superman is presently scheduled to hit theaters on July 11, 2025.
The second season of Gunn’s superhero present spinoff of his 2021 film The Suicide Squad was placed on maintain in January 2023 so Gunn might give attention to his new duties as DC studio co-chair, and on writing, creating, and taking pictures Superman. However Gunn confirmed on the NYCC panel that Peacemaker season 2 is presently taking pictures, and that he’d taken break day from the set to attend NYCC. Most of his commentary on season 2 was centered on his star, John Cena.
“John Cena has improved as an actor in a manner that I’ve — trustworthy to God, I’ve by no means seen anybody who has gotten so significantly better in such a brief period of time,” Gunn mentioned. “He was nice within the first season. This season, he owns, and he’s wonderful.
“It’s a really completely different season of Peacemaker. Very magical.” Gunn didn’t point out whether or not he was talking figuratively or actually.
The second season doesn’t have a launch date, nevertheless it’s set after the occasions of Superman, so we doubtless gained’t see it till late 2025 on the earliest.
Information that Aaron Pierre (Insurgent Ridge, The Underground Railroad) had been forged because the Inexperienced Lantern John Stewart, alongside Kyle Chandler as Hal Jordan, was revealed only some weeks in the past, and Gunn made positive to remark.
“Aaron Pierre is someone who I wished to get for a very long time,” Gunn mentioned. “Folks don’t know, however he was nearly Adam Warlock. He’s an incredible actor, and I’ve simply actually admired him from the start of his profession. And so when it obtained all the way down to it, he was simply unbelievable. Seeing him learn with [Chandler] was of a type of miraculous moments the place you go, Oh my God, I don’t care what they’re saying, I simply love all the pieces they’re saying collectively.”
Gunn mentioned that comics author Tom King supplied the primary pitch on Lanterns, and continued to work on the sequence with writers Chris Mundy and Damon Lindelof. “It has come out very simply, very naturally. It’s a really grounded sequence, a really actual sequence, which is unusual to say in a Inexperienced Lantern present.”
Lanterns doesn’t have a launch date, however is predicted to start filming in 2025.
