Henry Cavill’s return to the DCU was short-lived, with new DC head honcho James Gunn making the announcement himself through Twitter. This comes after weeks of hypothesis following a bombshell report that prompt Gunn and co-DC boss Peter Safran had been shaking issues up in a giant method. That included dropping Marvel Girl 3. On Twitter, Gunn revealed that he himself is writing a Superman film, albeit one with a unique actor within the lead, saying it will likely be specializing in an earlier a part of his life (but it surely won’t be an origin story).
Listed below are Gunn’s Tweets:
Amongst these on the slate is Superman. Within the preliminary phases, our story can be specializing in an earlier a part of Superman’s life, so the character won’t be performed by Henry Cavill.
— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) December 15, 2022
Cavill himself confirmed the information shortly after through Instagram:
Whereas that is definitely unhappy information for Cavill, who, in what one hopes is a coincidence, opted to depart The Witcher following his Black Adam cameo, Gunn is leaving the door open to a future collaboration. He wrote: “we simply had a fantastic assembly with Henry and we’re huge followers and we talked about quite a few thrilling prospects to work collectively sooner or later.”
Gunn additionally shot down the notion that Ben Affleck will return as Batman (exterior his function in The Flash) however guarantees that the previous Caped Crusader can be again within the DC fold as a director. Replying to a Twitter query, he wrote: “met with Ben yesterday exactly as a result of he desires to direct & we wish him to direct; we simply have to search out the precise undertaking.’ He additionally teased {that a} full DC slate is able to go and that he’ll reveal extra particulars within the New 12 months.
Whereas many could also be bummed for Cavill, one has to offer Gunn credit score for getting out in entrance of the story following a slew of rumors.
Don’t really feel too unhealthy for Cavill, although, with him fronting what may doubtlessly be an excellent spy franchise of his personal through Apple TV Plus with Matthew Vaughn’s Argylle. He additionally simply signed on to guide Man Ritchie’s The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare. And, let’s not overlook he’s at all times been a favourite to in the future play 007. Possibly in the future Cavill will look again at his time because the Man of Metal in the identical method Pierce Brosnan does when he thinks about Remington Steele.
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