James Gunn’s Superman just got another major vote of confidence from the top, as Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group co-chairs Pam Abdy and Mike De Luca revealed on the Smartless podcast that they’ve seen an early cut of the film—and they’re impressed.
Abdy and De Luca Praise Gunn’s Vision
De Luca previously said that James Gunn has “crushed it” when it comes to Superman, that “it’s so epic” and gave it five stars. De Luca adds that DC is in great hands with Gunn.
“I used to chase James as a producer when he did Slither and started with his low-budget movies. He’s really unique and I think DC is in great hands with the two of them,” De Luca said about Gunn and Peter Safran. “We’ve seen an early cut of Superman, and I don’t want to bury the lead, there’s a lot of marketing about to roll out on the way to its release, but he really understood the assignment.”
De Luca continued, “His heart’s in the right place, his aim is true, and we’re really excited about their new version of DC.”
Abdy added, “Yeah, James is great.”
De Luca Clarifies: Gunn and Safran Report Directly to Zaslav, Not Us
The hosts of the podcast also thought Abdy and De Luca were in charge of the DCU, but they responded and clarified Gunn and Safran report directly to Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav.
“We actually have to stipulate: DC reports directly to David Zaslav, we don’t oversee it, but we were big supporters of Peter and James taking the job,” said De Luca. “Our advice when we were asked was it doesn’t need another career executive, it needs a storyteller in charge. We were really impressed with Pixar — they brought Pete Docter, who’s a filmmaker in from the field, to be chief content officer and preside over their slate of movies.”
James Gunn Superman gets released on July 11th.
DeLuca also hinted that Gunn and Safran are developing new Teen Titan projects set in the DCU.
