SUPERMAN Director James Gunn Gives An Update On How Soon Fans Should Expect THE AUTHORITY Movie

SUPERMAN Director James Gunn Gives An Update On How Soon Fans Should Expect THE AUTHORITY Movie

The Authority movie was part of January 2023's initial slate announcement for the DCU but it sounds like the film is still pretty far off despite the fact that The Engineer appears in Superman.

By MarkJulian - Jul 01, 2025 12:07 PM EST
Filed Under: Superman
Source: BlavityTV

Superman director James Gunn has stated that his decision to make The Engineer a henchman for Lex Luthor stemmed from a desire to introduce the audience to the world of Wildstorm and its characters.

Speaking to BlavityTV, Gunn stated that he also just thought Angela Spicer's powers were just cool and felt they would be a good matchup for Superman.

"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. And I thought her powerset was good to fight Superman."

A follow-up question was then asked about whether The Authority movie was still happening and whether the Engineer would appear, to which Gunn replied, "We could for sure, it could happen," in a somewhat evasive manner. "It's not something that's going especially quickly right now but it could happen, for sure."

Based on Gunn's comments, it seems like The Engineer's backstory is based on the Wild Storm relaunch series where Angela Spicer is more of a reluctant hero. She gains her abilities in a moment of crisis, to save a colleague but her transhuman implants make her sick.

While appearing on the official DC Studios podcast, DeFaria previously stated, director James Gunn initially envisioned The Engineer as a stoic, unfeeling presence, a "really serious, poker face, nothing ever happens to her."
 

However, De Faría quickly recognized a deeper emotional core within the character that resonated with her own acting experience, particularly her background in telenovelas. "Oh shit, happens to her. She feels a lot. And she's really emotional and I think that's telenovela," she candidly shared, highlighting the unexpected depth she found.

De Faría further elaborated on The Engineer's complex motivations, particularly her relationship with Lex Luthor.

She crafted a personal backstory for the character, convinced that The Engineer is fundamentally driven by a genuine desire for a better world.

De Faría believes The Engineer likely experienced childhood trauma, which fueled her need to "be part of the change." This trauma, she explains, makes The Engineer "a good person at heart that's extremely broken." It's this broken idealism that compels her to join forces with Lex Luthor, as she's "willing to team up with Lex to get rid of what he believes are evil aliens."

Superman opens in U.S. theaters on July 11.

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JoshWilding
JoshWilding - 7/1/2025, 12:47 PM
The DCU is giving me serious DCEU vibes.

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Baf
Baf - 7/1/2025, 1:15 PM
@JoshWilding - Really? Not me. If you're talking about an unrealized slate of films, ok, maybe. But the vibes are totally different, and every studio has a laundry list of unrealized films.
What happened to these?
1 Avengers: The Kang Dynasty
2 Cable
3 Captain Britain
4 Dazzler
5 Doctor Doom
6.1 Drax and Mantis Film
6.2 Rocket and Groot Film
7 Inhumans
8 Iron Fist
9 Iron Man 4
10 Ka-Zar
11 Luke Cage
12 Namor the Sub-Mariner
13 Nighthawk
14 Power Pack
15 Runaways
16 Silver Surfer
17 The Incredible Hulk Sequel
18 Warriors Three
MCUKnight11
MCUKnight11 - 7/1/2025, 1:00 PM
Could've switched her out for Metallo, IMO.
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TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 7/1/2025, 1:08 PM
@MCUKnight11 - do you really want Metallo to just be a Minion?
MCUKnight11
MCUKnight11 - 7/1/2025, 1:16 PM
@TheVisionary25 - User Comment Image
MCUKnight11
MCUKnight11 - 7/1/2025, 1:01 PM
I don't think this or SGT Rock should happen until all the A-listers are established and we see the JL.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 7/1/2025, 1:32 PM
@MCUKnight11 - I get your viewpoint but I see it just building out the history & world more.

They tried to do it as you said before and it didn’t really work so why not try something different.
SteviesRightFoo
SteviesRightFoo - 7/1/2025, 1:30 PM
Hopefully in the very distant future or ideally, never. We need top class, true to the character films for superman, batman, flash, wonder woman, green lantern and green arrow (with Martian manhunter to appear somewhere) before we start doing gunns edgelord contrarian stuff
Forthas
Forthas - 7/1/2025, 1:47 PM
I think Zaslav put the kibosh on that! He was like we need movies that people actually know the main characters and they want to see.
Nolanite
Nolanite - 7/1/2025, 2:13 PM
9 comments but I only see 2..

So who has me blocked?

Nolanite out
kider2
kider2 - 7/1/2025, 2:21 PM
@Nolanite - So I think on this site if you can not see the parent comments you also can't see it's replies.
So its likely Josh and MCUKnight11 who blocked you if you don't see a comment from them.
AwesomePromoz
AwesomePromoz - 7/1/2025, 3:12 PM
@Nolanite - You don't get to know who blocked you. Suffer. Try not being a [foo foo].

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