James Gunn’s DCU: What Should Be Kept, And What Should Go?

James Gunn and Peter Safran are out at DC Studios. Jeremy Latcham is the new president and chief creative officer.What happens now?In the short term, probably nothing. DC still has Gunn’s Man of Tomorrow due in theaters next summer. If things don’t fall any further behind schedule, The Batman Part II follows in early 2028.In the long term, things get murkier. When Gunn and Safran first joined DC Studios as co-CEOs, they announced an ambitious plan for ten interconnected movies and TV shows, most of which never saw the light of day. Later they announced more projects that weren’t even part of their original slate. The fate of all those films and shows remains cloudy.DC fans are nothing if not opinionated, and as DC fans here at ScreenCrush we have a few of our own to share. If the company asked for our feedback on the DC Universe so far, and what aspects of it should stay and which should go, here’s what we would say....KEEP: The Superman Franchise GoingWarner Bros.Warner Bros.Gunn and Safran’s DCU got off to a great start with Superman, a colorful, upbeat, and hopeful superhero movie that understood the Man of Steel down to his inspirational core. Gunn did a superb job filling out ...