November 24, 2024 at 11:03 a.m. in Cinema
At the helm of the new DC cinematic universe, James Gunn has the difficult task of reinventing superheroes such as Wonder Woman or Batman, to an audience who knows them by heart. This involves creative choices that the director is ready to defend to fans, such as that of not to tellorigin story In Supermanone of the most anticipated films of 2025.
James Gunn is determined to surprise us with his Superman
New costume, new interpreter, new logo: James Gunn's Clark Kent does not will not be a copy and paste of that of Henry Cavill and Zack Snyderalthough the room for maneuver regarding changes to the famous superhero is quite slim.
For example, to tell the story of this iconic character from DC comics, the director chose not to retrace how he came to don the Superman costume. To the question of an Internet user who asked him (via Threads) why he doesn't tell the origins of DC superheroesarguing that this “allows us to connect with the characters on an emotional level“, James Gunn offered a simple answer:
I'm not going to retell the origins of Batman and Superman because everyone knows them.
The rest of the post concerns James Gunn's choice to highlight “underground” characters such as the Swamp Creature, which the director defends by explaining that he is very popular, and not as confidential as the Internet user claims . Its decision not to restart Superman's story from the beginning is similar to Sony/Marvel's decision for the new iteration of Spider-Man, who is never seen getting bitten by a spider on screen. A way to get (a little) off the beaten track!
