DC Studios Co-CEO James Gunn Shares DCU Slate Update (And Things Don't Sound Good For THE AUTHORITY)

DC Studios co-CEO James Gunn has revealed the movies and TV shows that are the current priority for the DCU, but the Superman helmer's reaction to The Authority doesn't bode well for the planned feature.

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By JoshWilding - Jul 28, 2025 06:07 AM EST

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At the start of 2023, the newly formed DC Studios announced an ambitious slate of movies and TV shows. The Hollywood strikes delayed things, and while a few projects have fallen by the wayside (including Waller and Paradise Lost), the DCU is starting to take shape.

Creature Commandos was a critical hit, and Superman was a definite win for the studio, despite a sluggish run at the international box office.

Speaking at this weekend's San Diego Comic-Con, filmmaker and DC Studios co-CEO James Gunn shared an update on the immediate projects in development for the DCU.

"We got Supergirl coming out in a year, we got Lanterns coming out, probably less than a year," the Superman helmer revealed. "We're making Clayface right now and that is, oh man, the script by Mike Flanagan is so good. Straight horror."

"We're working on The Brave and the Bold, Wonder Woman, The Batman 2 with Matt Reeves...Sgt. Rock," Gunn continued. "The Authority...that's... [Interview: That's not going so well?] [Laughs] The Krypto shorts. Little cartoons for kids that are really fun."

There's no mention of Swamp Thing, Teen Titans, Booster Gold, and a few other projects we've heard are in the early stages of development. The implication seems to be that these movies and TV shows (Gunn also called Creature Commandos season 2 a "real big priority for us") are now the main priority for DC Studios.

Gunn laughing off The Authority is very interesting. When that movie was first announced, it was described as following WildStorm characters who join the DCU, as members of The Authority take matters into their own hands to do what they believe is right.

It never really sounded like a movie with mass appeal, though there are rumblings about Gunn's next project being Superman vs. The Authority.

"I just really liked The Engineer's powerset and I liked taking elements of The Authority's story—she's a member of The Authority in the comics—and giving those elements to Lex Luthor, to really combine the Wildstorm and DC characters in the DCU," Gunn previously said of including Angela Spica in Superman. "And I thought her powerset was good to fight Superman."

Asked in the same interview whether The Authority will still happen, he said, "We could for sure, it could happen. It's not something that's going especially quickly right now but it could happen, for sure."

You can hear more from Gunn on the state of the DCU in the player below.

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JobinJ - 7/28/2025, 6:31 AM

Superman was so weak in this movie. Engineer was kicking his ass. Not possible. But whatever. I guess fart jokes make a good movie

Sinner - 7/28/2025, 6:37 AM

@JobinJ - He knocked Engineer tf out

CrimsonComet - 7/28/2025, 6:51 AM

@JobinJ -

The part where she tried to suffocate him was a [frick]ing joke. He's Superman! He flies in space! He doesn't need to [frick]ing breathe!

SteviesRightFoo - 7/28/2025, 6:59 AM

@JobinJ - it was a bad movie and terrible way to kick off a new universe

JobinJ - 7/28/2025, 7:03 AM

@CrimsonComet - exactly

JobinJ - 7/28/2025, 7:04 AM

@Sinner - she literally almost killed him by suffocation.

Discod83 - 7/28/2025, 7:41 AM

@JobinJ - Snyder fan by any chance. Not once in the movies was she an actual threat to him but cry more.

Sinner - 7/28/2025, 7:45 AM

@JobinJ - She tried to kill him, but she wasn’t close to nearly doing it. The man literally just flew up and then back down and she was done for.

dragon316 - 7/28/2025, 8:19 AM

@CrimsonComet - comics say he holds his breath in space https://youtube.com/shorts/SaDOBjZmv0g?si=34uIIGm9c_qtq4lm

dragon316 - 7/28/2025, 8:31 AM

@JobinJ - kinda Close to this movie ?si=EVHZbfQUYm5DhGbl

lazlodaytona - 7/28/2025, 8:55 AM

@CrimsonComet - Supes does breathe in the comics and animation. He can hold his breath for hours on end.
Just remember in Chris Reeve's films this whole idea of metahumans was new and they didn't think it through.

(The worst was when Nuclear Man had Lacey Warfield in space and when his power got zapped, she not only was breathing but also sinking hanging onto to NM when there's no friggin gravity out there)

Returns had Superman levitating in space while Routh was just listening to the world, he never breathed there.

lazlodaytona - 7/28/2025, 8:57 AM

@JobinJ - pretty sure she had some help from some guy named Ultraman who is shown in the comics often stronger than Kal.

lazlodaytona - 7/28/2025, 8:59 AM

@dragon316 - that's the one time they got Superman's breathing correct in all four of Reeve's films. Of course, after this one, part 4 had him and Nuclear Man fighting on the moon breathing like they were on earth.

CrimsonComet - 7/28/2025, 9:08 AM

@lazlodaytona -

Pre-Crisis Supes didn't need to breathe at all, space or underwater. Trying to drown Superman is literally one of the worst ways you could try and kill him. Post-Crisis is inconsistent as hell but i've always been against the spacesuit from TAS. Every Superman cartoon (Super Friends, New Adventures Of Superman, Ruby-Spears Superman, Adventures Of Superboy, My Adventures With Superman) outside of the DCAU lets him breathe in space.

Christopher Reeve, George Reeves, Brandon Routh, Tyler Hoechlin, Henry Cavill all flew in space no problem too.

lazlodaytona - 7/28/2025, 9:40 AM

@CrimsonComet - don't remember Cavill or Routh breathing out there

CrimsonComet - 7/28/2025, 9:47 AM

@lazlodaytona -

Routh re-creates the Chris Reeve look at the camera while flying through space in both Superman Returns and Crisis On Infinite Earths

Cavill is in space when escaping Zod's ship in Man Of Steel, then again in BvS when he's recovering from the nuke

soberchimera - 7/28/2025, 10:29 AM

@JobinJ - OP Superman is boring. As long as he’s bulletproof, super strong, and can fly, I’m happy.

lazlodaytona - 7/28/2025, 11:05 AM

@CrimsonComet - did they breathe out there?
Knowing Supes can hold his breath hours and hours it wouldn't be a thing to not breathe for the time on camera they spent in space.

JobinJ - 7/28/2025, 12:12 PM

@Discod83 - Did you even see the movie? She was choking him out with her nano's. He literally, desperately had to fly as high as possible to stop her, he almost passed out.

I don't think you seen the movie if that is your take.

Sinner - 7/28/2025, 6:37 AM

Nobody wants the Authority, and that Engineer was a straight up villain without any redeeming qualities

lazlodaytona - 7/28/2025, 9:01 AM

@Sinner - I'd rather see the Elite. One film of The Engineer is good enough.

WruceBayne - 7/28/2025, 9:18 AM

@Sinner - 🙋🏾‍♂️ I want The Authority. That was my favorite announcement out of that whole upcoming slate that was announced.

CaptainFlapjaks - 7/28/2025, 12:14 PM

@Sinner - i think the point was using her as a villain in superman then having her redemption take centre in the authority film. By the end she is seeing lex for the madman he is. Definitely felt like she regretted a bit of her actions by the end but not quick enough to be redeemed.

CrimsonComet - 7/28/2025, 6:52 AM

[frick] this Authority shit, get working on my boy The Flash!

herohype - 7/28/2025, 7:34 AM

@CrimsonComet - oh yes flash should be top priority bc he has superstar potential if done right

budget can be under 100M too so it can turn a profit then you go bigger with the sequel

F4ntasticClunge - 7/28/2025, 6:59 AM

Superman getting deepthroated by the engineer wasn't something I was expecting in Gunns superman movie!

This guy is such a perv! 😌

lazlodaytona - 7/28/2025, 9:02 AM

@F4ntasticClunge - maybe you should stop thinking about deepthroating and children. Having both words in your post is kinda messed up.

F4ntasticClunge - 7/28/2025, 9:28 AM

@lazlodaytona - its a children's film mr sensitive!

Funny you went straight to paedophilia, maybe you and Gunn think alike 😭

lazlodaytona - 7/28/2025, 9:41 AM

@F4ntasticClunge - just a joke bro. Look up sarcasm. The word will open up a whole new world for you.

F4ntasticClunge - 7/28/2025, 10:02 AM

@lazlodaytona - its almost like my first comment was a joke too!

Coupled with a simpsons gif of helen lovejoy i would have thought that was obvious!!

Take your own advice sir!

lazlodaytona - 7/28/2025, 11:06 AM

@F4ntasticClunge - I got a laugh out of your joke sir.

F4ntasticClunge - 7/28/2025, 11:26 AM

@lazlodaytona - good stuff!

We are all good then 😅

AllsGood - 7/28/2025, 7:04 AM

My question is after the Last 2 Comic Book Movies Box Office Results is it Real?

vectorsigma - 7/28/2025, 7:11 AM

@AllsGood - no, just marvel burnout

ProfessorWhy - 7/28/2025, 7:14 AM

@AllsGood - I think low budget street level superheroes are the way to go..... they're is an incredible Heroes For Hire flick waiting to be made for $65M

AllsGood - 7/28/2025, 7:20 AM

@vectorsigma - Don't look NOW but the WB/DCU Superman is already a Box Office Flop.

AND Marvel Studios Fantastic Four: First Steps movie Opened the Same as Superman Box Office Numbers.

The Actuals will be released later today.

AllsGood - 7/28/2025, 7:29 AM

@ProfessorWhy - All Movie Studios will be cutting their Budgets for Comic Book Related entertainment.

PopBye - 7/28/2025, 8:12 AM

@vectorsigma - Well you're wrong

PopBye - 7/28/2025, 8:20 AM

@AllsGood -

Bro superman isn't a box office flop, it has passed 500 million. And will settle in the 600+ range. I wouldn’t call that a box office flop.

And F4 will probably do similar, if not a little less.

Next year, marvel have no worries regarding box office.

I think Dc box office next year, looks more shaky than marvels.

But for this year, at least both movies are a success. Sure it's far from the 800 or billion, that was predicted before, but nonetheless it's a success.

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