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Francis Lawrence reveals he has hope for CONSTANTINE 2 now that James Gunn and Peter Safran have been fired

"The people that were at DC were an impediment to us making it."

He says the Keanu Reeves sequel has a script and would go Hard R.
(via. Collider)

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Frank Grillo aka Rick Flag Sr. publicly thanks James Gunn and Peter Safran after their recent departure as co-heads of DC Studios

Prior to being hired in the DCU his highest grossing American film as a lead was The Purge 3 with $118M

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According to Variety, the DCU will now lean into a more “faith-based vision” rather than James Gunn’s “edge”

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Rachel Brosnahan, in an interview with Reader's Digest, talks about Lois Lane

"James Gunn, our wonderful writer and director, knows this, but I’m dying for Lois to fight some bad guys and do a little more flying—maybe in the next one."

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LANTERNS vs HBO Shows
Average Viewership vs Budget comparison;
• IT: Welcome to Derry: 27.1M vs 85M
• Lanterns: 22M vs 160M
• The Penguin: 19.8M vs 135m
• True Detective: Night Country:
17.5M vs 65M

(via Skydance Q3 report)

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According to Variety, the Wonder Woman film the DCU, written by Ana Nogueira, never got past the initial planning stages.

This was reported to be “Fast-Tracked” Summer 2025
This means that despite James Gunn’s comments, the film would have seen a post 2029 release.

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BREAKING: One of the show-runners of LANTERNS S2, Chris Cantwell, refutes Variety’s report that it has been cancelled

Keep in mind that James Gunn was also blindsided with his firing/“stepping down”

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Mackenzie Davis aka the DCU’s Big Barda brings attention to the current flooding crisis in Gaza via her IG stories

This calls into question her future at SkyDance (Owned by the Ellisons) and the future of the Tom King driven project scheduled for 2028

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'Lanterns' has reportedly been cancelled and will not move forward with a Season 2

A studio insider suggests the show "isn't quite capturing the zeitgeist"

This comes after the supposed “triumphant and record breaking” viewership.

(via. Variety)

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BREAKING: ‘CLAYFACE’ will reportedly NOT break-even theatrically.

It is expected to break-even only in post-theatrical revenues.

The DCU will now have 2 theatrical films in 2026 that failed to break even in theatres.

(via. Variety)

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The People Vs Gorilla Grodd will now officially be the final DCU live action project under James Gunn and Peter Safran’s leadership

It is expected in Q3 2027 and will introduce ‘Matter Eater Lad’

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Chris Mundy doubts chances of LANTERNS S2 following James Gunn & Peter Safran's DC Studios exit.

“We thought everything had settled [after the merger]. I can imagine a world where everyone retreats to their corners, but then, you know, it’s a coin flip, 50/50.”

via The Playlist

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David Ellison reportedly wants the Justice League back asap, and is expected to prioritise A-Listers.
Expect:
- Savage Hunters
- Sgt. Rock
- Untitled Polka-Dot Man Project
- Swamp Thing
- The People vs Grodd S2

and other James Gunn planned projects to not move forward

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David Ellison reportedly wants the Justice League on the big screen as soon as possible.

Jeremy Latcham is expected to prioritize Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, The Flash and DC’s other heavyweights, focusing on big names over deep cuts.

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David Ellison was reportedly in talks with Jeremy Latcham to take over DC over a month ago before the merger closed.

James Gunn in that time was hosting the ‘Is It Canon” podcast and celebrating the success of ‘CLAYFACE’ unaware

(via. The Wrap)

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One of the reasons for letting James Gunn and Peter Safran go was because Superman (2025) lacked “pop culture impact”.

“Punkrocker” by Teddybears, “Superman Summer”, “Kindness Summer” were all dominant social media and pop culture phrases/trends in Summer 2025 according to data.

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James Gunn was;
- “celebrating Clayface making $100 million”
- Writing Superman 3

Then, on Friday, Nov. 6 2026, David Ellison and Ynon Kreiz told Gunn and Peter Safran they were out as co-heads of DC Studios.

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The Hollywood Reporter says that Jeremy Latcham will deliver “more meat and potatoes tastes” rather than James Gunn’s “lesser known characters”

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Reasons that Skydance replaced James Gunn and Peter Safran as the heads of DC Studios included;

• ‘Supergirl’ being a massive bomb

• ‘Superman’s $618M box office was not “impressive” to Skydance either, as the film lacked “pop culture impact” in their eyes.

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James Gunn's DCU plans will be mostly dismantled.
This will exclude projects already filmed.

(Source: @PuckNews)