James Gunn says BOOSTER GOLD and THE BRAVE & THE BOLD aren't ready to be made
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- James Gunn explains some DC projects just aren't ready yet. #happysadconfused #joshhorowitz #batman #boostergold #jamesgunn
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It's good to know Gunn is taking his job seriously not micromanaging people and bringing the spot light to lesser known DC characters
Wait a minute are you saying that you don't like the structure of Star wars? 😂😂😂
@@jamoeclopton1939What lol
Not every character needs to be part of DCU this is why MCU is a pile of trash when they should just focus on the better main important characters.
I mean James Gunn is the first person who made a sex scene in an interconnected universe like the DCU so definitely he's making something different from the MCU this universe is going to be more daring ( by telling darker stories from the comics) and having more creative freedom from the directors than the MCU.@@matt-tf2ob
@matt-tf2ob crazy you say that when the mcu was built off of lesser important characters
Gunn has time and time again proven why he was the ideal choice for the executive for the DCU
And my greenlighting dozens of projects before they are even made
@harryrao4296 You don’t know what Greenlighting means.. those things he announced were in “development” the things he’s “green lighted” have impressive, finished scripts.. it’s what any studio head WOULD do
@firstlast9846 he proven capable of making cinematic universe you feige wasting time on twitter debunking shit
@firstlast9846 do realise the probability of 10 dc film plan unlikely specifically superman underperforms there is no hope for minor characters suorrgirl swamp thing authority sgt rock do well the genre is saturated already
@firstlast9846 do they her greenlighted 10 projects in his announcement should at max on 3
Nice to see someone be honest about the actual state of a movie instead of just spouting out release dates.
*cough* the old Snyderverse days *cough cough*
@@kfactor20literally the mcu phase’s thing too, they canceled blade too
@@lucifuge927Not cancelled. Indefinitely delayed. It’s still in development
@@tannerp.4996 how many project that went to indefinitely delayed then back to production, I hope Blade comes out but very doubtful
At the moment though James is only able to do this as WB know they need to get it right if they want to take some of the market share off Marvel after past failures. However, assuming these first few projects are successes and the money starts rolling in, just as happened with the MCU, the affects of corporate greed will start to appear, unless they learn from Marvel/Disney and give Gunn/Safran the autonomy they will likely deserve.
Please make The Question as a streaming series. I want that noir detective series so badly.
That’s actually a great idea
Wow now i want this too
Somebody gets me😭
I think we’re already getting that detective genre in the green lantern show
@Burger-g4v The Question is *quite* different from Green Lantern.
James Gunn is already killing the game. This is the first Superman movie I've been excited for, and Im an 80s baby.
Superman movie will be trash if its another garbage boring Lex Luthor villain like always just like fans want to see the Better S Logo eventually.
@@matt-tf2obwell I for one want to see lex luthor done correctly for once on the big screen.
@@corbinpenniman3265 Not everything is about trash Lex Luthor when Superman has other great villains that fans want to see on the big screen like Brainiac with his Skull Ship, Mongul/Warworld, Maxima, Lobo, Parasite, Titano, Manchester Black and the Elite, Metallo, Magog, Mister Mxyzptlk being CGI and others.
@@matt-tf2obagreed! But luthor is still in my opinion the best superman villian, like...he is his arch-nemesis for a reason right? But no lex luthor has had a good comic accurate writing in recent times. If he is written properly, then he is still a great villian
@@matt-tf2obyeah man the success of this film hinges on the shape of the s 😂😂😂
Always cracks me up when Josh puts on that sly smile when he's posing a question and when he's not given a promising answer in return, it disappears immediately and he just says a curt, "yep" lol
Yep! 😀
Gunn is just a huge nerd who got lucky and knows how to write an incredible story!
I love this guy!
He also got lucky in his love life too…
@@kfactor20mans living every comic book nerds dream rn fr
Good. He's taking time on the projects to make sure they're in tip top shape before they are released. I'm more than happy about that.
The fact that James loves wacky lesser known characters like peacemaker, booster gold, polkadot man, I'd be shocked if in the next 5 years there's not an announcement on plastic man
With Stagg building and getting 2 out of 4 already in Superman i really hope that one of the unannounced projects of chapter 1 is for THE TERRIFICS?! 🤔🙏
We might get Condiment King messin with James Gunn.
That right there is what is going to slowly corrode the DCEU. He serves himself
I like Plastic Man well enough. Still, if we're going to do a DC stretchy hero, I'd prefer Elongated Man (a comical detective married to Sue, not the CW version... also not going anywhere near Identity Crisis).
I honestly don't think those are good examples of lesser know characters.
Batman solo in DCU is actually the one thing that waited the most, because he wave a lot of Batman movies but none of them about Batman in full DC universe, we should've got that with Ben Affleck before Reeves took over and made another solo batman movie, but i do hope Gunn and his team could create amazing story for it.
I mean afflecks batman was the worst incantation ever he kills and the joker is still alive in that world
@@ZackdawgzYeah. It’s too bad. I think he had the looks down.
@Zackdawgz actor wise Ben nailed the older gritty batman but I didn't like snyders take on him.but god those fight scenes rocked I can see gunn doing something great
@@allaussievlogs9028 I just prefer real Batman I get the action scenes were cool but forgetting what makes him him was the problem luckily zack Snyder is never touching an established ip again
@Zackdawgz oh i totally get that I'm in the same boat. The whole batman kills shtick was stupid
it is good to see that james gunn is making sure that the scripts and stories are ready before making them into projects
I'm hoping that makes all the difference. David Ayers' stab at Suicide Squad. Even if he did get his director's cut, the poor guy had six weeks to cobble together a shooting screenplay. I can't imagine the result was a masterpiece. It seems insane to me how little regard WB placed on the writing of its movies. They really thought it didn't matter. Turns out... they were wrong.
Honestly, take your time with Batman James, we’ve gotten so many versions over the years PLUS we got The Batman part II coming in about 2 years so that’ll keep us busy while Brave and the bold undergoes a predictably lengthy production. But just one thing, MAKE HIM FANATASTICAL.
We need to see a Batman vs Clayface in Live Action, Mad hatter, all them.
If I have anything to complain about, it's that this DCU Batman will be more intertwined with the 70s Ra's Al Ghul side of the lore, and that leaves less room for characters like Clayface, Mad Hatter, etc. Batman's biggest strength is also his biggest problem, that he has so many eras, and covers so much ground. But a creepy gothic haunted city Batman doesn't quite go with the international travel Batman with ties to an ancient sect of middle-eastern assassins.
We needed a guy like Gunn back during the early DCEU era. BvS is a classic example of a movie being made without a real idea or story behind it. Gunn announced these movies, but non of these projects will go into production unless the scripts are good. That's the sort of exec you want. Quality over quantity. I'd much rather a movie not get made than to get a movie that absolutely sucks.
Gunn being patient is key to making the DCU succeed, not rushing movies out like Marvel
And high quality competition from Gunn's DC should drive Marvel to do better too.
Which just means more great movies for us doesn't it.
Batman: The Brave and the Bold DCU movie needs to be a combination of the Kevin Conroy Batman Series with the Arkham Games.
I totally agree
He will have DCU games. That still hasn’t been done super well IMO, movie and show. Like sure they are seperately good but don’t feel the same universe fully.
@@shaokhan4421 Nobody cares about trash lazy Video Games connected to the DCU when Video Games and certain Animated Movies/Series should be standalone for not everything needs to be part of a trash lazy Cinematic Universe.
It's gotta be Alan Ritchson
The Brave and the bold better not be a movie, that's a horrific idea
Booster Gold was the original super powered influencer 😂
I trust James Gunn with the DCU I think he’s one of the best picks to lead us into this new era.
0:37 FRASIER IN THE DCU CONFIRMED?????
Who is frasier?
@@varshachopade4399I think he means Brendan Fraser.
Hey baby I hear the blues a-calling’ tossed salads and scrambled eggs
@@varshachopade4399 he’s talking about the TV show Frasier in which the main character is a radio psychologist
Batman is my all-time favourite comic-book character. I love how James Gunn brings characters from the page to the screen, and I can't wait to see how he adapts Batman.
Good. Slow & steady wins the race. DCU movies already tried to shotgun it in the late 2010s and it got them all fired due to hastily made movies.
Im excited for batman brave and the bold
That Huntress name drop👀
As an mcu fanatic, they could never be this patient
Screw Booster Gold and Batman, I need to know when he's going to give us a live action Snowflame? That character is hand crafted for James Gunn
Only if he teams up with Codpiece.
They need to see how Superman performs first especially after The Suicide Squad
It was during Covid and didn’t have good marketing
Covid was the problem with that movie. That and the reception of the David Ayer film, which turned off many people from watching the film. It was a shame but it’s still the highest rated film to come out of that era of DC. It’s just a really well made, and creatively executed film
@@adityasivaram6175 Exactly! The movie wasn’t really set up for success. It might have had a theatrical release, but it was also available to rent on HBO the same day. As a result, a huge portion of the audience pirated it for free. Movies that go straight to streaming almost never turn a profit-studios rely on people subscribing to their service and hoping they don’t cancel. That era was a massive lose-lose for the studios, which is why I find it absolutely hilarious when people use The Suicide Squad as an example of James Gunn making 'bad movies.' It’s like some people are so upset about Henry leaving that they’re willing to ignore context entirely, even if it makes them look ridiculous in the process... major delusions of grander sadly when it comes to comic book movie fans, the entitlement never gets old unfortunately lol
Dude. It’s fucking Superman. Everyone is gonna go out and see it.
The suicide squad is more of a covid failure, and had no marketing budget due to the fact they new covid would make if a failure
I honestly think they shouldn’t even make a Batman film until Reeves is done with his universe. They should just have him in team up films until then.
I really hope they get someone else to make Batman: The Brave and the Bold. I really want to see the Bat Family given justice on the big screen
I cannot wait to find out who they cast for the DCU Batman.
Jensen Ackles would be great but I think from Superman, they’re looking for younger actors
I can’t wait to see his version of Shazam and I hope he brings in Captain Atom. I’m excited for the Superman movie. Let’s go!
They need to make a Metal Men DCU movie with Chemo as the main villain, 10 Justice League movies, a JSA movie taking place During WW2, a New Gods Live-Action TV Series that its colorful and faithful to the Jack Kirby comics, Strange Adventures Live-Action TV Series, Mister Miracle Live-Action TV Series Based on the Tom King comic and others.
Funny how he didn't quite dismissed Kumail ad Bosster
I mean I think his response is pretty simple and does give us an answer. Basically Booster Gold isn't at the point where they're looking for a casting yet and if Kumail was Booster Gold I think he'd just come out and say it cause he's done so with every other casting unless they were supposed to be a secret character or something.
Kumail would be terrible as booster, idk why thats the current fan cast
LOoks nothing like him, isnt blonde, doesnt have his personality etc.
It seems to me that, if there's a lesson to be learned from the many failings of WB in the last ten years, its that you shouldn't start shooting a movie before the script is finished, and people actually like it. Just because Jon Favreau pulled it off once with Iron Man doesn't mean this is a solid working model for making movies.
Can’t say I am remotely excited for Waller. But I do trust Gunn’s instincts so I’ll keep an open mind.
I love how we’re getting no so many cool movies and shows but I do want the interconnected universe as well… I want to see the Justice League, I want to see them fight gods, I want to see Batman’s and Superman’s friendship/rivalry dynamic
I feel the same way. But I trust in Gunn’s larger plans. He’s always struck me as a man with a vision. The GOTG franchise is an excellent example of his intentionality in long-term storytelling. For the 3rd movie to wrap up so sincerely what the 1st one started almost 10 years prior is insane. So, I have no doubt he has a huge vision for the DCU.
Nice to see gunn not rushing scripts and not even starting them until they are completed. No rush just wants a good script thats ready to go
Honestly, I just want a good quality end product. I still play Knights of the Old Republic from 2003. Big fan of the original Dan Jurgens Booster Gold run. Honestly, I'd love Ted Kord's Blue Beetle to appear in it. I don't tremendously care if it takes years to do something good, when they finally do it well: I'll enjoy it for years.
It should be like that forever
Question/ Huntress show would be dope
I hope it’s called Batman: The Brave and the Bold and not just The Brave and the Bold
It will be. For marketing reasons the money they'd make would be WAY less just off a title not having the characters name which sounds dumb out loud but sadly is the truth. I'm near certain hes just referring to it as the brave and the bold for short.
I hope its not, im tired of every batman movie being called batman: the one who crawled up my ass
Yeah no way in hell they don’t add “batman” in the title
@@RyanFloom im kinda tired of every batman movie being labled batman, im not 5 years old i can tell its a batman movie
@@stalebread9825that’s good for you but there’s a lot of people who won’t know a movie has Batman in it unless the name Batman is in the title.
I wish gunn focuses on Martian manhunter and hawkgirl (shayeral hol) they soo deserve a separate origin animated film!
Take notes Marvel. Don't start shooting anything until you have a solid script. Seems obvious but for some reason they love pissing away money. I'm rooting for James Gunn and the DCU!
Luckily they’ve finally learned that lesson if the delays with Blade are anything to go by.
Frasier Crane in the DCU.
Don’t want Muschetti at all
It should wtay that way forever
This might be for the best. The Reeves universe is still going on.
Booster Gold as Ben Schwartz
I swear there better not be a slip up I swear to God
At least someone learned from ali blade movie drama changes
I’m honestly hoping that James Gunn finds a way to put Cassandra Cain into the DCU.
Better not be anywhere near Adam West Batman, or even a Batman that smiles or laughs. Batman only works if he’s dark and gritty.
I kinda want Hal Jordan to be Ryan Reynolds
Just give me a animated Batman Knightfall and I will be happy.
Maybe you can spend that extra time looking for someone who actually looks like Booster Gold.
I can’t be the only one who thinks the DCU starting lineup is really weird, right? Like only genuine comic fans are going to know someone like the creature commando’s.
It’s best to not rush the brave and the bold at least, let Pattinson complete his trilogy wait a bit then introduce the DCU Batman. Two Batmen on screen at the same time would just be overdoing it.
Haven't found the right satirists to write them yet, and they're still trying to figure out which color sky-portals to use. Batman rallying a rag-tag team of superhero misfits to save the world from an existential threat is a tough nut to crack, I'm sure. Not like GUNN'S ENTIRE FILMOGRAPHY IS LITTERED WITH TEMPLATES FOR THAT EXACT STORYLINE, or anything...
I feel like fans become more matured compared to dceu era.. I still remember how awfully nonsense talking by fans about man of steel and bvs.. The colour isn't colourful enough /wheres the mcu humor, why so destruction etc.. Like seriously who gives a crap about colour science nowadays about a film.. The film has to be great thats all.. And i feel like man of steel was a masterpiece
Ofc they aren't 😂 like he isn't sure how superman is going to go
Iam more excited for booster gold
take notes Marvel Quality over quantity
Please Don't give Kumail Booster he's not booster
Agreed, I see Anthony Starr or Glen Powell as Booster ☝️
Why?
@@selenarodgers5667Glenn Powell would be great i think
I like Kumail but I thought Gunn more than anyone would understand that importance of the characters feeling like their comic book versions, at least partly
hmm, so what im sensing is that you would rather see a white actor get the role
Wah! I want non comic book James Gunn back
He cant use any character he wants due to rights, stop lying bruh.
So basically hes WAAAAAY over his head.
Please caste me for any robin characters 🙏 😢😢😢😢😢
Abe yaar 😂
It is so difficult to hire good enough screenwriter ?...apparently yes for DC..
Well, Marvel does the same, but they just give green light to those garbaje scripts... Just saying...
Kumail🤢
Is the DCU or your brain even ready?
Kumail would be the worst booster gold of all time, can we stop casting this guy in shit.
Hes not booster at all, in any facet. Weird how terrible fan casts are jesus christ
booster gold? not even marvel is desperate at making series and movies of irrelevant characters
@@garka6135 is this a joke😂😂? Are we really going to go down this road because I’ll have this debunked instantly
every avenger minus hulk was around booster gold levels of popularity pre mcu
@@fafmundo4449 Not Captain America. Before the MCU the most popular Marvel characters (outside of comic book readers) were Spider-Man, Captain America, Wolverine and Hulk.
Listen no Kumail but Glenn Powell would be great
Glen Powell already looks like him…but Ben Schwartz would be good too
Why did they even announce a director for Batman that soon?
Probably because they wanna work on the script and tone with him as early as possible, that way production from start to finish has minimal hiccups, rather than the director being potentially unhappy when reading a script for the first time; he will be there when it is formulated. Most times when you see a director leave a comic project its due to creative disagreement with the screenwriters.
@@MitchMunchies15 plus, It can become easy to bring cast to the project
Did they announce it, though, or was it reported and then confirmed, or just reported and never confirmed? I don't remember where the actual claim that Muschietti was attached actually came from.
@@Swenglish From Variety: “We saw ‘The Flash’; even before taking the reins at DC Studios, and knew we were in the hands of not only a visionary director but a massive DC fan,” Gunn and Safran told Variety of Muschietti. “It’s a magnificent film - funny, emotional, thrilling - and Andy’s affinity and passion for these characters and this world just resonates through every frame. So, when it came time to find a director for ‘The Brave and the Bold,’ there was really only one choice. Luckily, Andy said yes. Barbara signed on to produce with us and we were on our way. They’re an extraordinary team, and we couldn’t have better or more inspiring partners as we embark on this thrilling new adventure in the DCU.”
@@MitchMunchies15 But they hired Supergirl director after a script was done, right?
It seems more likely that Warner wants to pump the brakes on future projects until Gunn’s Superman is released. If it tanks at the box office, Gunn’s DCU is likely dead. Warner can’t keep losing hundreds of millions on these movies and audiences are losing interest in the superhero genre.
Yo aren’t very bright are you, Gunn is Warner bros now he is the ceo of a studio within the company the only person he answers to is zaslav himself Gunn is the money he doesn’t have restrictions he is part of Warner bros he writes the checks for that studio along with Peter saffron so when your say Warner bros is worried about Gunn it makes no sense 😂😂😂 since he is the only part of Warner bros involved with with DC, and no the audience isn’t loosing interest since an R rated deadpool movie just went well past a billion the audience is sick of bad comic book movies not the genre itself and it shows, you need to stop getting your info from TH-cam comment sections and Facebook pages 😂😂😂
Yeah everything is hanging on the success of Superman
@ Warner Bros has a CEO and a board of directors. Yes, Gunn answers to all of them. You honestly think they’re going to keep funding big-budget movies that lose hundreds of millions of dollars each? Warner Bros is already in trouble financially. I hope Gunn’s Superman succeeds, but the audience has soured on DC movies in general and the recent releases have been massive flops. Marvel movies have been tanking also. DC putting out a bunch of movies about minor characters seems like a plan that will never happen. If DC is lucky they can put out one movie a year about their major characters.
@@Kb-xq2rygunn answers to zslsv they allow dcu to contest if first few movies are bombs after the dozens bombs dc had.
@@Kb-xq2ryyou don't understand company works
Please no Kumail
it makes me happy that james gunn is gunning (no pun intended) for these movies to be shot out with no direction, and not be ready. the dceu was doomed to fail for the simple reason that they shot out blank after blank, with no real direction. it’s nice to have someone in hollywood admit a movie isn’t good enough to come out yet rather than having them start give release dates that’ll end in push backs
Bring Back Animated Batman Beyond 😊
Then Cancelled the Brave & the Bold🤡
Glen plummer would be a perfect booster gold
Gunn taught Superman was Starlord and gave David Cornswet that horrible jacket to wear. So fuckin disappointed at that damn suit
I feel like a project needs to be prioritized more directly as well in order for the script to get completed more sooner.?
Sometimes having a timetable and increased pressure from above creates better product out of certain individuals, instead of just having ideas gestate around and to tinker with them as they come along.
Maybe but the whole point of his philosophy is trying to avoid the mistakes of marvel and other large studios, and it seems to be working so far
HUNTRESS
It will be trash 🗑️ movie regardless
DCU Batman has to be comic accurate and fantastical. Like the Animated series or Arkham Universe.
Enough of the pretentious grounded, realistic batman adaptations and self contained trilogies like the nolan and reeves movies.
Honestly, as much as I like The Batman and don't think it's too pretentious, I agree, I believe a fantastical Batman is the way forward, and would simply make sense in a universe where Superman and the Green Lanterns exist. Plus, we already have Clayface
Finally someone who wants to actually COOK his DC movies and not just pop them in the microwave
It sounds like a good policy, but regardless of what he says, it probably shouldn’t come down to ONE person judging the screenplays. Especially in the case of James Gunn, who recently went on record to say that he’s never really liked ANY of the Batman movies to date. At least not until Reeves’ THE BATMAN, but all he’s doing is amping up the noir elements that have almost always been there, anyway. Batman is the studio’s crown jewel of superheroes, and from Tim Burton’s 1989 BATMAN to Nolan’s THE DARK KNIGHT trilogy, I don’t think Gunn can afford to alienate the audiences for those films and make the DCU a sustainable success.
Lmao years later and not a single movie. Nothing has gotten done. Dudes a hack.
Buddy what are you talking about??? Can you touch grass?
@tomgu2285 hahaha can you be anymore vapid? Try harder. The irony will come to you.
You don't even know the meaning of a hack so don't even give your opinion, you're done. Slow people don't get to formulate their opinions 😂
Yes because James Gunn famously can snap his fingers and make a completely finished movie within the span of a few seconds, he must be a hack because it's taking his time and making sure the projects are good. Truly despicable.
@Isaacisaperson4677 lmao count the amount of time he's been in control. Count.
He delayed the Batman into oblivion for god sake, and ADMITTED it. Didn't want it stepping on hissss Batman ideas.
And has tried multiple times, to just snag the work of a better writer and director for his own universe to take credit.
Have fun getting on your knees for a bargain bin Kevin fiege
Meanwhile Snyder still believes Batman v Superman was the sickest most awesomest movie ever made and anyone that didn't like it is a jealous loser
It's a soft goofy beta male universe u are creating. I have low expectations
Gunn is so unlikable. Superman is going to bomb like suicide squad.
we own snyder an apology, is not too late
Yes it is he and his joke decision making isn’t stopping us from having comic accurate Batman and Superman no more
You failed in your casting for Booster Gold. It'll never be ready.
still a rumor
Creature commandos wasn’t ready either it was the same lame toilet humor and fetish shit he always does.
This guy is a predator. No one should forget those tweets.
The new Gunn stuff is going to be junk. Superman will be a bust.
Cope harder synder fan
@@shantaehalf-geniehero4318 hey don’t lump us in with this guy