Moving over to DC Films would have been a lateral move with mammoth expectations. Whereas James Gunn's ascendance to DC Films co-CEO with producer Peter Safran is more of a promotion, as he only ran a corner of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Recently io9 sat down with both writer-director James Gunn and Superman himself, David Corenswet, to discuss not just the shocking contents of the Kryptonian message but, more specifically, if those revelations could have an impact moving ahead in the DC Universe.

James Gunn's highly awaited Superman, featuring David Corenswet as the new Man of Steel, hit screens globally today, July 11. Kicking off a new era in the DC Universe, the film boasts a stellar ensemble including Rachel Brosnahan,

The director James Gunn reboots the DC Universe with "Superman," and smartly skips the character's over-told origin story.

James Gunn’s Superman is highly anticipated amongst fans as the premiere film of the new DC Universe, and it’s about to hit the 2025 movie calendar. Many actors have portrayed the Man of Steel and his love interest Lois Lane over the decades,

Dean Cain has a problem with DC Studios co-head and Superman director James Gunn calling the superhero an immigrant. The MAGA supporter and Donald Trump fan said the superhero film might be too “woke” and turn away moviegoers.

During post-production on Superman, writer-director James Gunn ran into a problem. “We found that people loved the movie but that they were confused about the world they were entering,” Gunn told io9 recently. And so, to fix that problem, late in the filmmaking process, he looked to another one of his favorite films for the fix.

Movie-goers can likely expect years of on-going debates between DC and Marvel fans about the qualities of the DC Universe and the Marvel Cinematic Universe, so let's get this one out of the way up front: at the beginning of every MCU movie,