James Gunn says there are too many superhero movies, says creators aren’t thinking about ‘Why is this story special?’

DC Studios co-CEO James Gunn has shared his opinion on each the growing variety of new superhero films and TV reveals, and mentioned that the DC crew goes to be “very careful” with the standard of their films. James additionally slammed that with the current superhero films, the creators have turn out to be lazy with the primary film as they solely need to create sequels so as to add it as a franchise. (Also learn: James Gunn responds to DC Studios backlash after Henry Cavill’s Superman exit: No one likes to be harassed, referred to as names)

James as DC Studios’ new co-CEO

Earlier in January, James Gunn, who took over DC Studios as their new CEOs with Peter Safran, unveiled a brand new slate of initiatives after chopping down on some outdated ones. The new slate revealed initiatives specifically Waller, which is a derivative of Gunn’s personal HBO Max hit sequence Peacemaker, Superman: Legacy, The Authority and The Batman sequel.

James Gunn on too many superhero films

Now, showing on the Inside of You with Michael Rosenbaum podcast, James Gunn referred to as out the growing variety of superhero films not too long ago in addition to the way in which the creators are creating initiatives simply so as to add extra sequels. When requested if there are too many superhero reveals and films, James mentioned, “Yeah, I do think there’s too many.” He additionally mentioned, “But I don’t think it’s… It’s much less a problem of too many. And yes… we’re not going to overextend ourselves at DC. We’re going to be very careful with the product that we put out and making sure everything is as good as it can possibly be.”

Adding to the identical line of thought, the filmmaker mentioned that the creators have turn out to be lazy. “But I think that what’s happened is, people have gotten really lazy with their superhero stories. And they have gotten to the place where, ‘Oh, it’s a superhero, let’s make a movie about it.’ And they make, ‘Oh, let’s make a sequel, because the first one did pretty well,’ and they aren’t thinking about, ‘Why is this story special? What makes this story stand apart from other stories? What is the story at the heart of it all? Why is this character important? What makes this story different that it fills a need for people in theaters to go see? Or on television?'” he mentioned.

The Chapter 1 slate at DC Studios is ready to kickstart with the animated sequence Creature Commandos after which transfer forward with Superman: Legacy which is ready for a launch date of July 11, 2025.