James Gunn reveals he almost quit directing before Marvel hired him for Guardians of the Galaxy in new interview.

Speaking at a Q&A at the HMV Store London (as reported by ComicBook.com ), Gunn revealed that he was originally approached to direct a Superman film for DC back in 2018.

James Gunn says kindness is the new “punk rock,” in his "Superman" tale, but it can’t electrify in an overstuffed, cartoonish story.

Nicholas Hoult co-stars as criminal mastermind Lex Luthor, who twists public opinion to turn the world against the superhero, while pitting him against metahuman adversaries.

In the opening chapter of DC’s relaunched superhero franchise, the director mocks the mythology of his main character, played by the likeable yet limited David Corenswet.

It shouldn’t come as much of a surprise that Gunn, whose previous work includes 2021’s The Suicide Squad and the Guardians of the Galaxy trilogy, and now serves as the co-head of DC Studios, is a major comic book nerd.

DC Studios’ new Superman movie feels like a wild comic book that’s been brought to life. For years, Warner Bros. Discovery has been playing a desperate game of catchup in hopes of recreating the success that Marvel achieved with its live action comics adaptations.

But while CinemaBlend was visiting the superhero blockbuster’s set in Cleveland, Ohio, we spoke with leading man David Corenswet about his participation in future DC movies, and the confidence that he has in James Gunn’s vision.

During post-production on Superman, writer-director James Gunn ran into a problem. “We found that people loved the movie but that they were confused about the world they were entering,” Gunn told io9 recently. And so, to fix that problem, late in the filmmaking process, he looked to another one of his favorite films for the fix.

James Gunn’s “Superman” — starring David Corenswet as the Man of Steel — surprised even the most worn-out critics with its “charm.”