There are some quirky yet exciting things that DC Studios CEOs James Gunn and Peter Safran seem to be cooking for the DCU, and the last couple of months of constant updates by Gunn have just proven them further. The fans have received major updates thus far about the upcoming animated series in the franchise, titled Creature Commandos, and live-action movie Superman: Legacy.
In particular, Gunn seems to be hyper-excited about starting the production of Superman: Legacy in a couple of weeks, and so are the fans to learn new things about the project. Thus, we have seen him taking to his social media and constantly answering questions related to the project.
In one of his recent conversations, he revealed that the titular superhero’s origin story will not be part of his upcoming film, and fans are all here for it.
James Gunn Reveals Superman: Legacy Will Not Explore The Origins Of The Titular Superhero
Since the announcement of the projects slated to grace the upcoming DCU more than a year ago, James Gunn is constantly working behind the scenes to make the franchise successful. And by far, one of the biggest projects in his plan is none other than the upcoming Superman: Legacy.
While the public may now know that David Corenswet will be playing the role of the titular superhero, not too much more is known about the film in general.
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But the filmmaker is among those creators who are constantly taking fans’ feedback and updating them about what’s going on with his upcoming projects, and following this attribute of his, he gave a huge update about the upcoming film. When a fan asked how much of the film would explore the origin story of Superman, the Super director said it’ll have none of his backstories.
James Gunn says 'SUPERMAN: LEGACY' will not focus on Superman's origin story at all pic.twitter.com/gBnzHpXVVR
— ScreenTime (@screentime) January 27, 2024
Following this news, many people have raised their eyebrows at this decision and have surprisingly shown their support for it. Superman has been such a crucial part of pop culture and comic book culture for more than eight decades at this point everyone, young or old, knows who Clark Kent is and how he became the Symbol of Hope that we have come to know and love.
Thus, reimagining his origin story yet again would seem so repetitious that it might just become boring for the audience and, thus, create a disconnection between them and the superhero in the film.
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How Do The Fans React To This?
While many assumed that this decision would create quite an uproar among the die-hard fans of Superman and comic books, it seems like most are on board with this idea and supporting Gunn’s radical choice.
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Good, we already know it
— Flash (@YellowFlashGuy) January 27, 2024
This is the way
— Nzhdecrypto (@nzhdecrypto) January 27, 2024
huh kinda like Spiderman homecoming
— Garrett Keller (@GarrettKeller11) January 28, 2024
Finally a Superman movie that doesn’t start off with the same boring origin story and he’s already Superman.
— Garix (@Its_Garix) January 27, 2024
Good decision. Usually find it boring. Let's get straight into it, enough of the origin story. We already know it
— OriginalMarko (@DragonMarko1) January 28, 2024
Thus, with fans already behind this decision, it creates a sense of surety that the upcoming film, helmed by Gunn, will be something different from what we have seen before.
Superman: Legacy, in cinemas on 11th July 2025.
