James Gunn
VisionQuest made Paul Bettany a Marvel lead, and brought his Johnny Depp texts back with it
Paul Bettany has found the perfect reply to the VisionQuest boycott. It just answers something nobody said.
October 16, 2026 2:19 pm
Soderbergh is finishing The Batman Part II — this director swap is the opposite of Justice League
DC fans have watched a mid-shoot director swap wreck a film before. This time the stand-in's stated goal is footage nobody will ever be able to spot.
October 16, 2026 10:43 am
Clayface's best shot at the box office is audiences not realising it's a DC film
A $40 million Batman villain film whose best customers may be people who have never heard of Batman's villains. Warner Bros. can't exactly say that out loud.
October 15, 2026 2:03 pm
Paramount backs James Gunn's 10-year DC plan — his contract reportedly ends before Man of Tomorrow opens
Superman was a hit, Supergirl is set to lose at least $85 million, and the sequel opening on 9 July 2027 now has to settle the argument for DC's new owner.
October 15, 2026 12:37 pm
Sony spent years turning Marvel villains into antiheroes — DC's Clayface is being praised for refusing
One of the first people to see it walked in expecting Venom and walked out happy to be wrong. Not everyone in the room agrees.
October 14, 2026 2:50 pm
Clayface opens before Matt Reeves's paused Batman sequel — and Reeves and Gunn disagree on its origin
One man pitched it, another built it into his universe. The man who actually wrote it says he hasn't even seen it.
October 14, 2026 2:07 pm
The Batman Part II is paused but still dated 2028 — even Batman won't vouch for it
Pattinson once joked he would be "old Batman by the sequel". The pause is making that joke less funny, and fans who watched his clip are not reassured.
October 13, 2026 11:32 am
DC's Clayface just got its best marketing from another studio's horror flop
DC's body-horror gamble spent months being written off as a curiosity. Then Universal's big Halloween rival bombed with audiences, and Clayface's presales started climbing.
Twelve days
October 11, 2026 7:21 pm
Still waiting on Peacemaker’s return after that cliffhanger? John Cena explains the hold-up
John Cena has finally spelled out why we’re still waiting on more Peacemaker after that cliffhanger, speaking on the Happy Sad Confused podcast.
October 11, 2026 6:59 pm
Warner Bros. decided Batgirl wasn't worth releasing. The boss who binned it just made $606 million
David Zaslav's $606 million payout from Paramount Skydance's Warner Bros. Discovery takeover, the executives' $1.1bn windfall and where DC lands now.
October 10, 2026 8:20 pm
Mike Flanagan wants a Jaws sequel — and a horror Jurassic Park sequel
Stephen King’s go-to adaptor Mike Flanagan has his sights on sequels to two stone-cold classics — and he reckons one should go full horror.
October 10, 2026 11:21 am
David Corenswet just went Star Wars on Man of Tomorrow
Man of Tomorrow star David Corenswet says the upcoming sequel echoes an iconic Star Wars film, with the DCU’s next phase swerving the slow-burn for relationships already set.
October 7, 2026 9:33 am
Not into a Clayface DCU movie? James Gunn has other ideas
James Gunn has given short shrift to DCU grumbles over a Clayface movie, responding on Threads with a pointed defence.
October 7, 2026 7:22 am
‘Already in it’: James Gunn is writing his next film before Man of Tomorrow is even cut
As Man of Tomorrow’s assembly cut comes together, James Gunn’s already onto the next film — and his Threads update reveals the canny way he’s juggling both.
October 6, 2026 9:52 am
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: who is Credence? Grindelwald gives him two different answers — and the truth is a third one
The trilogy spends three films answering one question about the same young man, and changes its mind twice. Here's who Credence is in the first film, what he's told afterward, and where the answer finally lands.
October 4, 2026 5:21 pm
Midsommar director's cut vs theatrical: the added 23 minutes settle the one argument fans still have about Dani's ending
Ari Aster released a longer version of Midsommar six weeks after the theatrical run, and it is not a bonus-features edition. Here's what the restored footage contains and how it changes the reading of the final scene.
October 3, 2026 2:58 pm
Lanterns season 2 isn’t official yet, but it has already hired the writer of Marvel’s Doctor Doom comics
HBO has not renewed Lanterns yet, but its season 2 writers’ room has been working for weeks — now with Halt and Catch Fire co-creator Christopher Cantwell on board.
October 2, 2026 1:38 pm
Superman’s Mr. Terrific is joining Michael B. Jordan and Austin Butler in Miami Vice ’85, on the wrong side of the law
Joseph Kosinski’s Miami Vice ’85 has just recruited a fan-favourite Superman alum, cranking up the star power alongside Michael B. Jordan and Austin Butler.
October 1, 2026 2:33 pm
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