James Gunn Reveals Why He Pulled the Plug on a Greenlit DCU Movie - "We Can't Make This Film" — GeekTyrant
In a recent interview with NPR, the DC Studios co-CEO revealed more details about a previously greenlit DC film that he ultimately scrapped after multiple drafts of the script failed to improve.
"We had a movie that was greenlit. We got [the] second draft and [the] third draft, and it just wasn't changing. It wasn't getting better," Gunn explained. "It was staying in the same place. And I said, we can't make this film. We can't. It's not good. We know it's not good."
Gunn went on to stress that having a talented team doesn't guarantee success if the story isn't working:
"Just because we have a good director attached and a good screenwriter, it doesn't mean the script is working. Everyone is going to be upset at the end of this.
'It's going to come out, the movie's not going to be good. Director's going to look bad, screenwriter's going to look bad and we're going to look bad. So I don't want to have this. We're not going to make the movie. And so we killed it."
While Gunn didn't reveal which project it was, the admission shows how committed he is to quality over simply pushing out content for the sake of a schedule.
The DCU officially launched its theatrical slate with Superman , starring David Corenswet as the Man of Steel, Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane, and Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor. Up next is a Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow set to hit theaters next summer, and a Clayface movie that begins production later this year.
What do you think, was Gunn right to axe a movie that wasn't working, even with big names attached?
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