The Screen Brief<\/a>, Gunn admitted that it’s been a “rough road.”<\/p>\n“There\u2019s a lot to say. It\u2019s like, so, yeah, you know, sometimes things just happen and it\u2019s like butter and it\u2019s so easy and you\u2019re getting great scripts and it\u2019s just, you know, straight of the bat, and other times it\u2019s just a rockier road,” he added.\u00a0“And as I said from the beginning, we\u2019ll never greenlight something where the scripts aren\u2019t working, and we just haven\u2019t had that yet with the Waller show.”<\/p>\n
After Peacemaker Season 2 didn’t quite live up to expectations, many fans are eager for Gunn to take a back seat in 2026 and concentrate on Man of Tomorrow (as a creative, he’s been stretched pretty thin between this series, Creature Commandos, and Superman).\u00a0<\/p>\n
Asked about focusing on being a CEO next year instead of a filmmaker, Gunn said, “It\u2019s challenging because my experience is being writer and director. I\u2019ve produced some things, but it doesn\u2019t feel like it comes as naturally to me. So that is just about trying to be the best producer I can. I\u2019m focused on supporting those creators the best I can to help them tell good stories.”<\/p>\n
“I\u2019m beholden to the story in those things as much as I am to the stories in my own stuff. So, my central concern is the same whether it\u2019s a movie I\u2019m directing or someone else is directing,” he continued, and revealed which part of the DCU he’s focusing on “There is one big story. On the one hand, everything is going to be ok to watch by itself, but there is still a bigger story that is being told that involves, for example Salvation.”<\/p>\n
“And that story involves Rick Flag, it involves Lex and Superman, so those movies I\u2019m going to be directing,” Gunn explained. “That\u2019s the plan right now, at least. I may get so tired that I can\u2019t do it because I\u2019m pretty tired, so we\u2019ll see. But there\u2019s a plan that I\u2019m going to do. It\u2019s a couple more at least.”<\/p>\n
However, before you go tracking down a copy of Salvation Run to try and figure out what the filmmaker is up to, he confirmed that the core of the comic book version of that story isn’t something he intends to adapt for the DCU.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“We\u2019re taking elements like Salvation, but we\u2019re not adapting that total story. For example, there\u2019s a very distinct storyline in the comics that involves The Joker vs Lex Luthor, but we\u2019re not doing that,” Gunn said, adding that the idea of sending metahumans to Salvation was a bigger draw to him, as is the exploration of the ramifications of doing so.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“In this case,” he noted, “the sole person there right now is a good guy who has to survive on this own [Peacemaker].” When and where Gunn will explore that plot point remains to be seen, but it likely won’t be in Man of Tomorrow, judging by other recent comments.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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