{"id":51670,"date":"2025-08-08T02:01:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T02:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/51670\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T02:01:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T02:01:07","slug":"we-finally-have-a-new-clue-about-james-gunns-next-dc-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/51670\/","title":{"rendered":"We Finally Have a New Clue About James Gunn\u2019s Next DC Movie"},"content":{"rendered":"

Superman is DC\u2019s biggest hit in years, so, of course, the Man of Steel will be flying to the big screen<\/a> once again. But in what movie? Well, we now have our best clue yet, even though it\u2019s still a little murky.<\/a><\/p>\n

In recent weeks, DC Studios president and writer and director of Superman, James Gunn, has teased that he\u2019s been writing<\/a> a new DC movie that features Superman but isn\u2019t a Superman sequel. Most minds immediately jump to something like World\u2019s Finest, which could team up a new Batman with Superman, but that\u2019s just speculation. Gunn hasn\u2019t confirmed anything. Then, Thursday morning, Variety<\/a> reported that CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery, David Zaslav, said on an earnings call that Gunn will write and direct \u201cthe next installment in the Super-Family.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s an intriguing statement with various potential implications, but, before speculating, most fans know the move is to check James Gunn\u2019s Threads account<\/a>. That\u2019s where he likes to confirm, deny, and clarify certain rumors, and, as of publication, Gunn has done that\u2026 sort of. In response to a fan asking if he was, indeed, \u201cpreparing for the next installment in the Super-Family,\u201d the always-savvy Gunn focused on that first part of the question, replying<\/a>, \u201cI am actually past preparing and well into writing.\u201d Which, again, we knew.<\/p>\n

What Gunn didn\u2019t object to, though, was the phrase \u201cSuper-Family,\u201d and that\u2019s the big clue here. What does that mean, exactly? Well, for most of us, our minds jump to the movie itself,<\/a> where we saw Supergirl, played by Milly Alcock, appear. She\u2019s Superman\u2019s cousin, Krypto\u2019s owner, and the next DC hero with a film coming to the big screen. Two cousins and a dog certainly qualify as a \u201csuper-family.\u201d And if they had to team up, the adventure could take them practically anywhere across the DC Universe. That would be exciting.<\/p>\n

However, we also have to look at the messenger. It was David Zaslav who said \u201cSuper-Family,\u201d not someone with a deep knowledge of comic books. There\u2019s every chance in the world a business-driven CEO saying that just means something like \u201cthe next in the family of Superman movies.\u201d Or even the family of \u201csuperhero movies.\u201d It\u2019s a phrase that can be read as either very specific or very vague, depending on point of view. And, we think, that was on purpose.<\/p>\n

Gunn, to his credit, has suggested we\u2019ll learn what he\u2019s been writing and will next direct sooner rather than later. And, if we had to bet on it, we think it probably does feature Supergirl and Krypto alongside Superman. We just don\u2019t know for sure yet.<\/p>\n

What are your thoughts here? Do you think Gunn\u2019s next movie is about Kryptonian heritage? Or is David Zaslav speaking in broader strokes? Let us know below.<\/p>\n

Want more io9 news? Check out when to expect the latest Marvel<\/a>, Star Wars<\/a>, and Star Trek<\/a> releases, what\u2019s next for the DC Universe on film and TV<\/a>, and everything you need to know about the future of Doctor Who<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Superman is DC\u2019s biggest hit in years, so, of course, the Man of Steel will be flying to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":51671,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[948,96,1155,2839,9409,9955,951,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-51670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-dc-universe","tag-entertainment","tag-james-gunn","tag-movies","tag-supergirl","tag-supergirl-woman-of-tomorrow","tag-superman","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51670"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51670\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}