James Gunn has teased his subsequent DC Universe (DCU) mission will function David Corenswet’s Superman.
With Superman set to land in cinemas this Friday (11.07.25), the 58-year-old director has turned his consideration to his subsequent DCU mission, and whereas Gunn mentioned it received’t be a direct sequel to the upcoming blockbuster, the filmmaker teased it’ll see the return of Corenswet’s Man of Metal.
Talking with Omelete, Gunn mentioned: “[Corenswet] was asking me what I used to be engaged on … He is aware of that I am engaged on one thing. He is aware of he is part of it. He does not know what it’s … actually nothing.”
Gunn’s subsequent mission is the second season of Peacemaker, and whereas followers have theorised Corenswet’s Superman may cameo within the HBO Max present – which hits the field on 21 August – this has not but been confirmed.
Superman follows Clark Kent (Corenswet) as he struggles to stability his human life together with his Kryptonian heritage, whereas dealing with a brand new menace from Lex Luthor (Nicholas Hoult).
The blockbuster additionally introduces different DC heroes, together with Man Gardner’s Inexperienced Lantern (Nathan Fillion), Hawkgirl (Isabela Merced), and Mister Terrific (Edi Gathegi).
This comes after Gunn mentioned Superman, Batman and Surprise Lady would “after all” meet within the DCU.
When Deadline requested the DC boss if it was doable for Superman to cross paths with Batman and Surprise Lady sooner or later, he mentioned: “After all, yeah! However not within the subsequent film.”
After the outlet quizzed the Guardians of the Galaxy filmmaker on whether or not the team-up may occur within the subsequent few years, he mentioned: “It’s a must to bear in mind all these things is talks inside my head.
“So there’s numerous chatter in my head that does numerous issues! However the DCU is chatter in my head, not talks!”
In January, Gunn revealed he was “pre-writing [his] subsequent DC Studios mission” after wrapping manufacturing on Superman.
He wrote on Threads: “The majority of my time is coping with post-production on Superman and Peacemaker, however I’m additionally spending a good period of time pre-writing my subsequent DC Studios mission and watching dailies and providing concepts on the opposite tasks.
“It’s a lot much less overwhelming than after I was directing.”
The director additionally mentioned he had about “4 various things that [he] may do” as soon as work on Superman was completed.
He informed Collider: “I’ve received like 4 various things that I may do, and I’ll sort of leap backwards and forwards between these issues. I’ll see which one actually speaks to me, and that is the one I am gonna do.”
Gunn emphasised that he wouldn’t greenlight any mission within the DCU “till we’ve a screenplay that [he’s] completely pleased with”.
He defined: “One factor that I’ve tried to clarify to folks from the start […] is that all the pieces in DC goes to be primarily based on the writers.
“Till we’ve a screenplay that I’m completely pleased with, that film is just not going to get made, it doesn’t matter what it’s.”