Leftist streamer Hasan Piker is bragging that James Gunn’s new Superman delivers the political message he wants, and his comments spell out exactly why the DCU is woke.
Piker told Variety that Gal Gadot “ruined the DC franchise,” citing her outspoken support of Israel as a dealbreaker, but Gunn is supposedly “redeeming it” by incorporating progressive politics into the new DCU.
Piker claims the fictional nation of Boravia is a direct stand-in for Israel. He told the outlet that Boravia’s leader “looks one-to-one like David Ben-Gurion,” the former Prime Minister of Israel, arguing the movie mirrors the Middle East and that Gunn intentionally hid a political allegory behind the Superman story. Gunn denies it, but Piker insists “we know exactly what we’re looking at.”
This is the type of guy that Gunn’s DCU has courted. Piker’s comments say more about the current direction of the DCU than Gunn wants to admit.
Piker Says Gunn’s Superman Is About Israel, Gaza, and U.S. Imperialism
Piker takes the allegory further, claiming that LuthorCorp is meant to represent Palantir, BlackRock, and Raytheon. According to him, Lex Luthor “cutting a contract” with Boravia is how the U.S. supposedly behaves in global conflicts.
He even calls Gaza “a weapons laboratory,” insisting Gunn’s movie mirrors “how imperialism works.”
And to cap it off, he praises David Corenswet specifically for being Jewish “but not pro-Israel.” This is apparently what matters most to him.
Piker was so convinced by his own interpretation he literally dressed up as Gunn’s Superman for Halloween. When someone like Piker thinks your version of Superman is finally “correct,” that says plenty about the politics baked into it.
The Pattern: Gunn’s DCU Keeps Leaning Woke
The reaction from Piker isn’t coming out of nowhere. Gunn’s other DCU projects have already raised eyebrows for pushing the same ideological direction he’s now being celebrated for.
Creature Commandos was packed with the typical modern Hollywood messaging audiences are pushing back against.
And Peacemaker Season 2 went even further. The show openly compared our real world to a Nazi universe, with LGBTQ+ characters delivering dialogue suggesting that Nazis “really love Jesus” and that America isn’t much different. That’s not subtle. It’s the exact type of ideological framing Piker applauds.
In his DCU Peacemaker episode ‘Like a Thief in the Night,’ @JamesGunn mocks faith — equating love for Jesus Christ with Nazis. pic.twitter.com/BQOjFW09eb
— Cosmic Book News (@cosmicbooknews) October 3, 2025
When you line these projects up, a clear picture forms: this isn’t accidental. It’s a trend.
"Superman leads into this show and then we have the setting up of all of the rest of the DCU in this season of Peacemaker, it's incredibly important," – James Gunn
— Nerdrotic (@Nerdrotics) October 3, 2025
James Gunn's DCU pic.twitter.com/MKYmpJOWuf
Skydance–Paramount’s MAGA Turn: A Major Shift Coming for Hollywood
Now add another layer: Variety recently reported that Skydance-Paramount — the merged studio now running one of the biggest entertainment empires — is shifting toward a more MAGA-friendly, anti-woke direction. This is part of the broader corporate landscape as David Ellison’s Skydance pursues a potential takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery.
That’s the same WBD currently employing James Gunn as DC Studios chief.
If Skydance buys WBD, that means a new parent company with a completely different political alignment overseeing DC Films.
Which is why…
Industry Talk Says Gunn Is Out If WBD Gets Sold
Inside the industry, the chatter we have been told is that if WBD gets sold, Gunn is gone. The new leadership won’t want a DCU defined by political messaging, niche ideological narratives, and social-media fights. They want mainstream hits, not cultural lectures. And they want movies and TV shows that are profitable.
So when a leftist like Hasan Piker is celebrating Gunn’s Superman for being “woke enough,” that’s the kind of quote that stockholders, executives, and new ownership won’t ignore.
Especially at a moment when Skydance-Paramount is positioning itself as the anti-woke studio trying to fix Hollywood financially and creatively.
Where This Leaves Gunn and the DCU
Hasan Piker’s comments don’t expose some hidden message in Gunn’s Superman — they expose the reality that the DCU under Gunn is being embraced by activists, not by general audiences.
He says Gadot “ruined DC,” and Gunn is “redeeming it” by going political. He says Superman is about Gaza, Israel, U.S. imperialism, and corporations like Palantir and BlackRock. He praises the new Superman actor for not being pro-Israel. And he literally cosplayed as Gunn’s Superman to celebrate it.
That tells you exactly who this version of Superman was made for.
And it explains why, if Skydance gets WBD, Gunn’s future at DC may already be written.
