James Gunn Was Reportedly Working on Third Superman Movie Before DC Studios Ouster

It was announced yesterday that James Gunn and Peter Safran were out as co-heads of DC Studios after only four years, in the wake of the Warner Bros. Discovery’s takeover by David Ellison’s Skydance. This once again leaves DC in a messy situation, and that now reportedly includes Gunn’s plans for the the next Superman movie. Gunn is currently in post-production on Man of Tomorrow, the followup to 2025’s Superman that’s targeting a July 9th, 2027. Sources told The Hollywood Reporter that the filmmaker was already writing a third entry in the planned trilogy, with eyes on releasing a new movie every two years. What’s more, the saga could have evolved into a Justice League series, according to sources. It’s still possible new DC head Jeremy Latcham allows Gunn to follow through with those ideas; in fact, in his departure message, Gunn noted that he’d “just been engaged on another DC project which I’m writing, and we’ll see where it goes after that.” Could that be the newly teased third Superman movie? Or perhaps he’s referring to the Superman true crime mockumentary series The People v. Gorilla Grodd? We’ll have to wait and see as the new new DC Studios takes shape.