A few weeks before the release of Superman by James Gunn, Warner Bros. Discovery cancels this very promising DC film. Too bad … We tell you everything!
Warner ends this DC film
After a long wait, the DCU of James Gunn will soon take his first steps in the cinemas, with the exit of Superman. Scheduled for July 9, 2025, it will actually be the second work of the DC Universe, the first being the animation series Creature Commandoslaunched on max in December 2024. The film Supermanwho will be in direct confrontation with The fantastic four: first steps -The first feature film in phase 6 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe -, has the delicate mission mission to make people forget the pitfalls of the DCEU and to show all the potential of this new Cinematographic Universe DC. At any rate, The expectations of this inaugural film are all the more important since James Gunn is a talented and respected director.
James Gunn and Peter Safran are working hard to build an extended universe able to fully compete a long, deemed dying MCU but which seems about to make an astonishing start with Thunderbolts* (very well received by spectators) and films to come, namely The fantastic four: first steps and the diptych Avengers: Doomsday et Avengers: Secret Wars Russo brothers. Among the most attractive films in the DCU, let us obviously quote Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow (adapted from Tom King’s cult comics), Clayface (on a scenario by Mark Flanagan) and The Authority (According to the legendary comics of Warren Ellis). In short, a beautiful program in perspective!
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We nevertheless learn in the columns of the very serious American media The Hollywood Reporter what The film project Sgt. Rock Developed by Luca Guadagnino (Challengers) was canceled by Warner Bros. Discovery. The film was to immerse us in the adventures of Sergeant Rock which would have established an alliance with the French Resistance in order to find a artifact coveted by Hitlerian Germany. The character was to be embodied by the Irish actor Colin Farrell (absolutely wonderful in the role of Oswald Cobblepot for the film The Batman and the series The Penguin). Unfortunately, Despite a very advanced pre-production, the project was thrown in the trash, without the reason being very clear. According to THRthis decision could be motivated either by timetable problems (because the film would require outdoor shootings), or by the reluctance of entrusting Luca Guadagnino (as a director appreciated for his intimate dramas) an action film with a budget of $ 70 million.
Note that Deadline is more careful than the Reporter and hypothesizes that the film is simply reported, without established calendar. What to give hope to fans to see the project of Luca Guadagnino carried out? We cross our fingers. Even if the economic situation and the financial difficulties of Warner Bros. Discovery are likely to accentuate our pessimism. And you, what do you think? Do not hesitate to tell us in the commentary space.
