"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 - 7/7/2025, 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...
AllsNotGood
AllsNotGood - 7/7/2025, 5:29 AM
OT

Dylan Mulvaney and Agatha All Along phenom Joe Locke are dating

Stunning and Brave

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DocSpock
DocSpock - 7/7/2025, 5:51 AM
@AllsNotGood -

Double gross.
AllsNotGood
AllsNotGood - 7/7/2025, 5:52 AM
@DocSpock - plausible until you take the glasses off
BuzzKillington
BuzzKillington - 7/7/2025, 6:28 AM
@AllsNotGood - And that's fine.
Killuminatic
Killuminatic - 7/7/2025, 6:36 AM
@AllsNotGood - You seriously went out of your way to find this news, get annoyed by it, and then post it under an article that has nothing to do with it? That’s weird behavior. If you hate these people so much, stop obsessing over them and move on.
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.
ModHaterSLADE
ModHaterSLADE - 7/7/2025, 6:07 AM
Meh episode.
Latverian
Latverian - 7/7/2025, 6:44 AM
@AllsNotGood, @DocSpock -

You both seem like you could use a drink right now.

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AllsNotGood
AllsNotGood - 7/7/2025, 6:48 AM
@Latverian - User Comment Image
Latverian
Latverian - 7/7/2025, 7:03 AM
@AllsNotGood -

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ANewPope
ANewPope - 7/7/2025, 9:48 AM
@AllsNotGood - More man than you'll ever be, more woman than you'll ever get.
AllsNotGood
AllsNotGood - 7/7/2025, 10:03 AM
@ANewPope - but isnt he a woman?
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 . . .
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
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