At the start of 2023, DC Studios co-CEOs James Gunn and Peter Safran announced the "Chapter 1: Gods and Monsters" slate. While that year's WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes slowed things down a little, those movies and TV shows haven't taken shape as quickly as fans hoped.
Some, like Waller and The Authority, appear to have fallen by the wayside. Others, such as Clayface and Man of Tomorrow, have been added to the slate. It's also not clear how much of the DCU's future has been mapped out by Gunn.
Talking to BobaTalks, the filmmaker confirmed that his grand plan for this franchise will extend beyond his Superman sequel. However, it sounds like the odds of us seeing more of it hinge on many factors.
"Yes, they definitely go significantly further than Man of Tomorrow," Gunn shared. "So whether or not that'll be me that's able to fulfil that promise depends on a lot of things in life." What might those things be? Well, continued box office success is likely one of them, while another could be the potential sale of Warner Bros. Discovery.
A new owner wouldn't necessarily come in and fire Gunn, as he's already well on his way to restoring the DC brand to its former glory. However, there's a possibility that DC would be sold off or that new executives might have their own ideas for where the franchise should go that don't align with Gunn's vision.
While DC Studios is supposedly a separate entity from Warner Bros. Pictures, Gunn is clearly still getting used to working hand-in-hand with other WBD-owned enterprises, including HBO.
There have already been rumblings about HBO executives being unhappy with the cable network potentially being flooded with superhero content, and Gunn is somehow in the dark when it comes to when we'll get the first teaser trailer for Lanterns.
While he has "seen the [sneak] peek," he added, "I think at least where it is now. But I have no clue...when that's planned to be shown. With HBO, the marketing is so different than film."
As of now, it's looking like the plan is for "Salvation" to be a new take on Dinosaur Island, which those of you who have read The New Frontier will know was really an all-powerful entity known as The Centre. That's a big enough threat to assemble the Justice League, right?
Man of Tomorrow arrives in theaters on July 9, 2027.