James Gunn Brands Backlash Over Henry Cavill’s Exit As Superman “Disrespectful Outcry”

Henry Cavill and James Gunn. (courtesy: henrycavill) (courtesy: jamesgunn)

James Gunn, the brand new CEO of DC Studios, issued an announcement on Monday, addressing the backlash and the outcry of followers after the announcement of Henry Cavill’s exit as Superman. A couple of days in the past, Henry Cavill introduced that he is not going to be sporting that crimson cape within the DC Universe anymore. James Gunn had too, together with revealing just a few adjustments in DC tasks, confirmed {that a} new Superman movie is within the works nevertheless it would not function Henry Cavill. This led to an enormous backlash on social media, the place James Gunn and his co-CEO Peter Safran have been additionally “harassed” by customers. Now, in a sequence of tweets, the actor-filmmaker has stated that their selections “for the DCU are based upon what (they) believe is best for the story and best for the DC characters who have been around for nearly 85 years.” He additionally added that the choice they’ve taken for DCU tales may not be “great” however “they are made with sincere hearts and integrity and always with the story in mind.”

“One of the things Peter Safran and I were aware of when we took the job as heads of DC Studios was a certain minority of people online that could be, well, uproarious and unkind, to say the least. Our choices for the DCU are based upon what we believe is best for the story and best for the DC characters who have been around for nearly 85 years. Perhaps these choices are great, perhaps not, but they are made with sincere hearts and integrity and always with the story in mind,” tweeted James Gunn. 

Our selections for the DCU are primarily based upon what we consider is finest for the story & finest for the DC characters who’ve been round for almost 85 years. Perhaps these selections are nice, maybe not, however they’re made with honest hearts & integrity & at all times with the story in thoughts.

— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) December 19, 2022

James Gunn added that the resentment and “disrespectful outcry” they’re dealing with from a bunch of individuals on social media “will never, ever affect (their) actions” as they already knew in regards to the penalties once they “took this gig.” 

James Gunn wrote, “No one loves to be harassed or called names — but, to be frank, we’ve been through significantly worse. The disrespectful outcry will never, ever affect our actions. We were aware there would be a period of turbulence when we took this gig, and we knew we would sometimes have to make difficult and not-so-obvious choices, especially in the wake of the fractious nature of what came before us. But this means little to us in comparison to our jobs as artists and custodians in helping to create a wide and wonderful future for DC.”

But this implies little to us compared to our jobs as artists & custodians in serving to to create a large & great future for DC.

— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) December 19, 2022

James Gunn’s assertion arrived after a number of customers expressed their anger over DC Studios cancelling Wonder Woman 3 and concluding Henry Cavill’s journey as Superman, amongst different points. People demanded the Suicide Squad director’s resignation and trended #HearthJamesGunn on Twitter. “Absolutely #FireJamesGunn #BoycottWBD,” wrote one person.

Absolutely #FireJamesGunn#BoycottWBDhttps://t.co/wddbmsx5bR

— MO₂ #BoycottWBD (@Just_aNomad) December 20, 2022

Another tweeted, “Make it make sense #FireJamesGunn.”

Make it make sense #FireJamesGunnhttps://t.co/YU0rmcR051

— Lorenzo Atreides Hohensee (@HOHENSEELorenzo) December 20, 2022

“Don’t lose hope Superman fans, we are still on track. Henry Cavill will always be Superman. #FireJamesGunn. Fans can do it all,” learn a tweet.

Dont lose hope Superman followers, we’re nonetheless on monitor #HenryCavill will at all times be superman. #FireJamesGunn

followers can do all of it. pic.twitter.com/2mqCZDhl6W

— Art Stein (@ArtStein_) December 20, 2022

James Gunn, earlier, tweeted in regards to the new “DC slate,” the place he revealed {that a} new Superman movie “will be focusing on an earlier part of Superman‘s life, so the character will not be played by Henry Cavill.” However, he had additionally said, “But we just had a great meeting with Henry Cavill and we’re big fans and we talked about a number of exciting possibilities to work together in the future.”

But we simply had an ideal assembly with Henry and we’re large followers and we talked about numerous thrilling potentialities to work collectively sooner or later.

— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) December 15, 2022

Among different adjustments in DC movies, it has additionally been reported that Jason Momoa will now not play Aquaman however will stick with DC as a brand new character.