DC Studios co-CEO James Gunn named Peacemaker‘s season two finale “Full Nelson” for the craziest possible reason: He recruited the actual band Nelson — ultra-blonde twin brothers Matthew and Gunnar Nelson, who reigned over MTV in 1990 with the Number One hit “(Can’t Live Without Your) Love and Affection” —to …
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F rom creating the Guardians of the Galaxy franchise’s mixtapes to making the obscure Iggy Pop/Teddybears nugget “Punkrocker” one of the songs of the summer via Superman, DC Studios co-CEO James Gunn has an impeccable record when it comes to mixing music with superhero universes. Peacemaker‘s just-concluded second season, with …
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James Gunn’s Superman was designed as a fresh start for movies and TV shows based on DC Comics characters. Henry Cavill and the desaturated edgelord aesthetic of Zack Snyder, out; David Corenswet, vivid colors, optimism, and rambunctious superdogs, in. As Gunn and Peter Safran reboot a franchise that largely wasn’t …
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“Superman is the best friend you could have,” Iggy Pop recently said, responding to the prominent use of “Punkrocker,” his 2006 collaboration with Teddybears, in the final scene of Superman —and he proved he meant it Saturday night by playing the formerly obscure track live for the first time ever. …
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“I wanted a Superman who could be beaten,” Superman writer-director and DC Studios co-CEO James Gunn told Rolling Stone before the release of his film. David Corenswet’s Kal-El does take more than his share of punches in the film, but he turns it around in the end —and the movie …
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Dean Cain is not a fan of the direction Hollywood is taking Superman. The actor, who played the superhero on Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Supermanfrom 1993 to 1997, said he is concerned about James Gunn‘s vision for the character. “How woke is Hollywood going to make this …
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Those with even the most basic knowledge of the Superman story would not have been surprised to hear what filmmaker James Gunn — director of the highly-anticipated Superman reboot — stated plainly in a recent interview with The Sunday Times. “Superman is the story of America. An immigrant that came …
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At this point, in the Year of Our Lord 2025, everyone can recite the origin story of Superman. Born Kal-El on the planet Krypton. Sent to Earth by his parents before that world goes boom. Grew up in a typical middle-American small town named [checks notes] Smallville. Moves to Metropolis …
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I t’s not hard to find James Gunn’s office on the Warner Bros. lot. A huge, glowing Superman “S” symbol beckons from an entrance wall, visible through a glass door from yards away. Gunn, 58, is in his third year as co-CEO of the company’s newly created DC Studios, sharing …
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I t’s not hard to find James Gunn’s office on the Warner Bros. lot. A huge, glowing Superman “S” symbol beckons from an entrance wall, visible through a glass door from yards away. Gunn, 58, is in his third year as co-CEO of the company’s newly created DC Studios, sharing …
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