"Do More Shots Of Him Punching": James Gunn And Zack Snyder Disagree Over SUPERMAN In RICK AND MORTY

"Do More Shots Of Him Punching": James Gunn And Zack Snyder Disagree Over SUPERMAN In RICK AND MORTY

The latest episode of Rick and Morty features appearances from Superman director James Gunn and Man of Steel helmer Zack Snyder, and both filmmakers lent their voices to their animated counterparts...

By JoshWilding - Jul 07, 2025 05:07 AM EST
Filed Under: Superman

Like DC Studios and Superman, Rick and Morty falls under the Warner Bros. Discovery banner. Last night's episode, "Ricker Than Fiction," was corporate synergy at its finest, but surprise roles for filmmakers James Gunn and Zack Snyder still proved to be a lot of fun. 

In that, an unhappy Rick and Morty head to Warner Bros. to express unhappiness with the creative direction of their favourite movie franchise, Maximum Velocitree, and it's there they run into Gunn, the episode's antagonist. 

The biggest talking point, however, has been the meeting between Gunn and Snyder in the cafeteria. The Man of Steel director tells the DC Studios co-CEO, "Just saw your new cut of 'Superman,' and word of advice, he's the 'Man of Steel,' not the 'Man of Conversation.' Do more shots of him punching!" 

Snyder proceeds to explain slow motion to an unhappy Gunn, and they both lent their voices to these animated versions of themselves (Variety has confirmed that the viral photo of them together was taken after they recorded their lines for Rick and Morty). 

"They were good sports," Rick and Morty executive producer Scott Marder told the trade. "Both of those guys sort of implied that this is the show they watch when they have downtime. So they were thrilled to get to be a part of the world, and there was no pushback or bristling."

"If anything, they laughed at anything we threw at them. There were probably, frankly, even more digs and more silly things we could have used. All they did was laugh it off."

Marder continued, "We were like, if we’re going to do a movie and we’re going skewer Hollywood, we feel like we have to include our bosses. So we started thinking about Warner Bros. Who’d be a good face to be kind of the villain here? James Gunn just seemed like such a good choice. We were all pretty sure that whenever Schrab reached out Gunn he would be a million percent in the middle of doing 'Superman.'" 

"But he not only did he respond instantly with a yes, but I think he ran it up the chain at Warner Bros. that same day," he noted. "We had people on our production side who were like, 'How is it that James Gunn and Zaslav and all these people already know about this episode?' We didn’t think it would actually move this quickly."

Unsurprisingly, Snyder was every bit as enthusiastic when it came to starring in an episode of Rick and Morty. "I direct all the voices, so I directed both those guys, and Snyder left, and he came back like a fan, saying, 'I’ll do anything for the show. Throw me a tag. Throw me a thing,'" Marder revealed. "It was just cool to hear such enthusiasm from him."

You can watch a clip from the episode featuring Gunn and Snyder's back-and-forth in the player below.

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lord22
lord22 - 7/7/2025, 5:07 AM
i don't think there will be a lack of punching in superman 2025.


superman return however have zero puch in the whole movie (WTF !!!!)
SteviesRightFoo
SteviesRightFoo - 7/7/2025, 5:07 AM
The very name of snyder is enough to inspire dread
KurtLazner
KurtLazner - 7/7/2025, 9:14 AM
@SteviesRightFoo - Oh, you're one of them... gross.
SteviesRightFoo
SteviesRightFoo - 7/7/2025, 9:20 AM
@KurtLazner - ?
Mrcool210
Mrcool210 - 7/7/2025, 5:12 AM
And yet the Snyder cult all but want James Gunn dead at this point if you look on Twitter. This shows that BOTH sides are laughing about it. Gunn and Snyder. So guys please, stop the fighting, stop the death threats, stop trying to tank superman thinking that will bring Snyder back.

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Highflyer
Highflyer - 7/7/2025, 5:15 AM
@Mrcool210 - And can people stop making fun of Snyder's loss.
halvor311
halvor311 - 7/7/2025, 6:33 AM
@Mrcool210 - I love Snyder's version of DC and would LOVE to see it conclude, but it ain't happening, so I'm 100% on board with what Gunn has to offer, and so far, it looks pretty great! He's never let me down before.
Mrcool210
Mrcool210 - 7/7/2025, 7:30 AM
@halvor311 - see you're the kind of fan I like. I don't see many of you around the cesspool of the internet. But you and everyone like you..

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dagenspear
dagenspear - 7/7/2025, 7:37 AM
@Highflyer - What does one have to do with the other?
Highflyer
Highflyer - 7/8/2025, 4:40 PM
@dagenspear - Because they were talking about what these fandoms do?
dagenspear
dagenspear - 7/8/2025, 4:48 PM
@Highflyer - Maybe so, but I read it as a response, not an add on. Was I wrong?
Highflyer
Highflyer - 7/8/2025, 5:13 PM
@dagenspear - An add on. I think death threats, mocking the loss of a loved one and other needless insults should stop.
Highflyer
Highflyer - 7/7/2025, 5:13 AM
I love this. Ngl, I think the best kind of jokes are the ones that both fans and detractors can laugh at. Like that teen titans go episode with Snyder.
Pictilli
Pictilli - 7/7/2025, 5:13 AM
Cringe
Pictilli
Pictilli - 7/7/2025, 5:14 AM
More dialogua than any Snyder DC movie tho lol
Highflyer
Highflyer - 7/7/2025, 5:16 AM
@Pictilli - You must be fun at parties.
Zeeboy
Zeeboy - 7/7/2025, 5:14 AM
@JoshWilding — Are you going to post the Sunday Times article about Superman?
UltimaRex
UltimaRex - 7/7/2025, 5:50 AM
@Zeeboy - why wait? Slap it down right here.
UltimaRex
UltimaRex - 7/7/2025, 7:23 AM
@Zeeboy - interesting...
WarMonkey
WarMonkey - 7/7/2025, 8:05 AM
@Reginator - yup. Looks like he's just making this movie to impress his woke social crowd and not fans of the character or of superhero films. It sucks, I was really hoping for a good movie about Superman.
Reginator
Reginator - 7/7/2025, 11:38 AM
@WarMonkey - as was I. I had a little fear the Gunn humor would go unchecked and ruin the movie, had no idea he would push a message.
ModHaterSLADE
ModHaterSLADE - 7/7/2025, 6:07 AM
Meh episode.
MisterBones
MisterBones - 7/7/2025, 7:36 AM
Snyder cultists right now
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Clintthahamster
Clintthahamster - 7/7/2025, 7:47 AM
How's this season going? Haven't been very inspired to watch . . .
WruceBayne
WruceBayne - 7/7/2025, 10:33 AM
@Clintthahamster - this season hasn’t been very funny. 8 episodes in and most of them has been more miss than hit.
Clintthahamster
Clintthahamster - 7/7/2025, 11:27 AM
@WruceBayne - Yeah, that's been the general impression. I'll probably binge on a rainy sunday at some point in the future.
FusionWarrior
FusionWarrior - 7/7/2025, 7:50 AM
Yes very Meta it's brilliant!
Forthas
Forthas - 7/7/2025, 8:21 AM
The Guru of Slapstick Meets the Sage of Nihilism
SpiderParker
SpiderParker - 7/7/2025, 2:36 PM
And here I thought Man of Steel meant he can take a punch. Even in a skit, Snyder is out of touch about the character.

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