"Superman" director James Gunn has revealed why modern superhero movies cannot rely on surprise crossovers, cameos and team-ups anymore.

It shouldn’t come as much of a surprise that Gunn, whose previous work includes 2021’s The Suicide Squad and the Guardians of the Galaxy trilogy, and now serves as the co-head of DC Studios, is a major comic book nerd.

Far from the triumphant return to form DC and Warner Bros hoped for, James Gunn's 'Superman' is a generic, dull, overwritten disaster.

David Corenswet's slightly puppyish Superman radiates a joy in what he's doing, but he’s far from invincible. That lends the film emotional stakes.

James Gunn And Zack Snyder's Rick And Morty Appearance Explains Viral Meet-Up Fans may remember back in February 2025, James Gunn took to Instagram to share a pic of him and Zack Snyder palling around and looking like dear old friends.

For a movie that's meant to represent the birth of a brand-new cinematic universe (the DCU), James Gunn's slight and slaphappy take on "Superman" doesn't feel much like the start of anything.  In part,

The filmmaker said the David Corenswet-led film also comes at a "particular time when people are feeling a loss of hope in other people’s goodness."

In the opening chapter of DC’s relaunched superhero franchise, the director mocks the mythology of his main character, played by the likeable yet limited David Corenswet.

James Gunn reveals he almost quit directing before Marvel hired him for Guardians of the Galaxy in new interview.