Though James Gunn’s DCU is already a number of tasks in, with the streaming collection Lanterns at present releasing episodes weekly and performing nicely up to now, DC’s R-rated horror film Clayface simply across the nook, and subsequent yr’s Man of Tomorrow nicely underway, there’s no query that DC followers are nonetheless closely debating the deserves of Gunn’s DCU versus what Zack Snyder did with what many name the Snyderverse. For some Snyder loyalists, Gunn’s DCU won’t ever dwell as much as what Snyder did earlier than, whereas some Gunn followers really feel that he’s a a lot wanted change of tempo. There’s been loads of hypothesis through the years that there was pressure between the 2 filmmakers themselves (and a latest Gal Gadot interview steered there have been at the very least some troublesome conversations and dynamics by way of the Snyderverse forged and the DCU), however that’s solely ever been speculative.
That continues to be the case, and Snyder has regularly confirmed that he and Gunn are pals, however Snyder did lately get some backlash for revealing that he has but to see Gunn’s 2025 film Superman, saying, “I simply haven’t gotten round to it but.” On the time he made these feedback, Snyder added that he nonetheless wished Gunn nicely. Even so, the next backlash turned blended with ample rumors and hypothesis that this meant there was truly dangerous blood there. Nothing of that nature has been confirmed, however Snyder has simply given yet one more interview that touches upon his DCEU versus Gunn’s DCU, and his new feedback defending his resolution to not watch Gunn’s Superman have led to much more chatter about what’s actually happening behind the scenes.
Talking with Josh Horowitz on his present Completely satisfied, Unhappy, Confused, Snyder as soon as once more addressed the query of whether or not he’d seen Gunn’s Superman, however he appeared to have modified his tune barely from the final time he was requested, when he stated he simply hadn’t gotten round to it but. This time, Snyder stated, “Actually, it’s only a private factor for me. I need success for them, and I feel that, you already know, I belief James’s aesthetic and his take…He has a really explicit manner of constructing motion pictures and taking a look at issues. So, yeah, it’s only a issue…It’s simply obtained loads of baggage.” On this similar interview, Snyder stated “100%” that he and Gunn are pals, so whereas this doesn’t undercut that earlier message in any respect, it does counsel that there’s extra to him not watching Gunn’s Superman than simply not getting round to it, as he beforehand stated.
Reasonably, it appears, as he stated on this interview, that there’s only a lot wrapped up in these DC characters and tasks for him, and that is smart. Whether or not there’s dangerous blood behind the scenes or not, and regardless of who’s concerned in that or isn’t, these DC tales had been one thing that Snyder labored on for years and clearly felt very keen about, and it’s not precisely a secret that the transition away from the Snyderverse and in direction of the DCU was a bit messy. In all chance, Snyder’s new feedback will result in a brand new wave of backlash, however in reality, there isn’t something too stunning about what he stated; he’s simply not in a spot the place he desires to observe the DCU movies, and perhaps he by no means shall be.